The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Curtis is on a career-long mission to advance LTL via technology, process and relationships while simplifying and demolishing the silos that have existed for decades. Curtis documents and shares challenges, progress, and goals in a collaborative and community driven way. He is a huge believer of working in public.

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Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

billion rate data points monthly to provide the most comprehensive view of the market, helping you identify savings opportunities and make data-driven decisions. billion rate data points monthly to provide the most comprehensive view of the market, helping you identify savings opportunities and make data-driven decisions.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 25, 2025

MES vs MOM The term MES (Manufacturing Execution System) was first used by analysts in the 1990s to describe a category of software that defined a system that tracks and monitors the production of manufactured goods on a factory floor. Using these two terms gets some people confused. What is an MES?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 17, 2025

The combination of SAP agent technologies and Databricks data fabric solution, sets the stage for end-to-end enterprise orchestration. Every ten years or so, there is a technology that truly shakes up the enterprise and supply chain software markets. Vendors that embrace the new technology take market share.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2025

Businesses will need to ensure accurate data reporting across core operations such as sourcing, procurement, and transactions. AI tools become more valuable when users can comprehend how the AI model arrived at its decisions. Consequently, demand for robust GTC solutions will continue to rise. from Canada and Mexico.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

It is a brilliant tool.” The enterprise software company also announced a new analytics solution covering external workforce management. SCCN solutions allow trading partners to collaborate across defined trading partner processes based on a common data model. Those types of disagreements disappear in a SCCN platform.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 12, 2025

Even digital advancements, like Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, only partially solve these challenges because they still need centralized oversight and reconciliation. Smart contracts are software programs that self-execute and are stored on a blockchain. Smart contracts offer a new approach.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

There are some young supply chain technologies that are getting a lot of buzz. But how mature are these technologies? There are also promising technologies that we expect will deliver great value. But we can’t document the ROI or other benefits at this point. Hyped Technologies. Do they have a proven ROI?

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Essential Steps to Using Warehouse Modeling Software for Design 1) Understand the Design Objectives and Constraints The first step in your review should be to determine and prioritise the objectives for your warehouse facility and operation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 31, 2022

The industry’s well-documented labor shortages are not ending anytime soon. If there’s a bright spot anywhere it’s the fact that, as logistics challenges have grown, so has the availability of advanced technologies to manage these challenges. Digital Control Towers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

There are some young supply chain technologies that are getting a lot of buzz. But how mature are these technologies? There are also promising technologies that we expect will deliver great value. But we can’t document the ROI or other benefits at this point. Hyped Technologies. Do they have a proven ROI?

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 28, 2024

These passports document all aspects of the life cycle – from the sourcing of raw materials to final disposal or recycling. Data Collection Accurate data is critical to the success of any DPP. Consistent, trusted data ensures the DPP reflects the true lifecycle of the product.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

This year, nearly 40,000 attendees comprising 6,200 brands from all over the world headed to the Javits Center to see what new solutions and innovations software and hardware suppliers had in store for 2024 and beyond. Throughout the conference I met with several software and hardware providers to get a glimpse into what they were showcasing.

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Freightos

AUGUST 10, 2024

More Resources Home Is AI Hype or a Truly Revolutionary Technology Set to Transform Logistics? (AI Like all innovations, however, developing technology as complex as the human brain requires time and significant investment.Here, too, the journey of AI began as far back as 1956 at a workshop on Dartmouth College’s campus in the U.S

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Freightos

JUNE 17, 2024

In the first issue of our AI popup newsletter series, Matt Motsick, CEO of Rippey AI and a long-time logistics technology leader, explores buying or building AI models. Matt was previously the founder/CEO of Catapult International, the industry leading ocean shipping rate management system.

Modeling Software 119

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WorkWave

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This has paved the way for innovative models such as Delivery as a Service (DaaS), which promises to streamline the delivery process. Delivery as a Service encompasses a range of technologies and systems designed to enhance the logistics of transporting goods. Table of Contents [Open] [Close] What Is Delivery as a Service?

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Talking Logistics

MAY 14, 2019

Addressing this challenge, executives are rethinking their business models and strategies to improve product quality and avoid issues surrounding test results, material specifications, non-conformances, recalls, and supplier corrective action requests. Digital transformations make better quality data available to the right decision-makers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

A multi-enterprise supply chain network platform provides network-based order fulfillment applications and/or advanced network-based supply chain risk analytics. Many-to-many can also refer to many participants in a network accessing many, many sources of event data critical to supply chain operations through a public cloud network.

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Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

billion rate data points monthly to provide the most comprehensive view of the market, helping you identify savings opportunities and make data-driven decisions. billion rate data points monthly to provide the most comprehensive view of the market, helping you identify savings opportunities and make data-driven decisions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2024

The German software colossus has 27,000 customers and 300 million users that rely on their software. 27,000 customers are regularly using SAP Business AI, either as part of the SAP business flow or they have used SAP’s Business Technology Platform to create a custom AI solution.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 1, 2024

In an era where resilience and adaptability are key to survival, technology has become the bedrock upon which supply chain professionals build their strategies. These tools are helping businesses advance operations, enhance efficiency and drive growth, irrespective of the volatile economic market conditions. The answer lies in data.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

AUGUST 20, 2024

The past thirty years have seen several notable (re)evolutions in enterprise software, including client-server, Web X.0, Brief comparison of AI technologies When discussing AI and how it applies to ERP, it’s important to understand that AI has been leveraged by ERP software providers (and users) for some time.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Manufacturers and distributors want to dramatically increase their efficiency, productivity and accuracy through smart technologies, data analytics and connected services. These terms are often used interchangeably, and yet understanding the difference is critical in the move toward smart factories powered by digital technologies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2023

Chakri Gottemukkala, CEO at Supply Chain Planning Vendor o9 Solutions There are several young supply chain software companies that are unicorns. The company launched their platform in 2014. In enterprise software markets, there is a technological revolution every 20 to 30 years that upends the market and creates new winners and losers.

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RPA Labs

JANUARY 20, 2022

Robotics Processing Automation (RPA) is a form of digitization and automation within various business models that allows management to establish a set of processes or instructions for a robot (bot) to carry out. Why Supply Chain Systems Integration Matters. Show your bots what to do, then let them do the work.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

There are so many exciting emerging technologies in supply chain and logistics today, but which ones will be the best fit for your company’s business strategy? Which technologies have the greatest potential to deliver the value you need, both in the near and long term? On the cusp of a revolution. It takes time and investment.”.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 4, 2022

In times that continue to defy our ability to predict them, the words of famous statistician George Box have never been more right: “All models are wrong, but some are useful.” So what can we do to make models more useful? Why bother with forecasting if the model is always wrong? Select software that incorporates these features.

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IoT World Today

AUGUST 15, 2021

In other forms of IoT, it’s common for enterprises to acquire IoT as a packaged system that includes IoT devices, controllers, software, and even vertical-market-specific tools, instruments, and vehicles. More Than Just an IoT GPS System. The second ingredient in mobile IoT is the sensor networking technology.

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Freightos

JULY 31, 2024

More Resources Home Is AI Hype or a Truly Revolutionary Technology Set to Transform Logistics? (AI Like all innovations, however, developing technology as complex as the human brain requires time and significant investment.Here, too, the journey of AI began as far back as 1956 at a workshop on Dartmouth College’s campus in the U.S

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Stord

JANUARY 26, 2021

To keep up with the resulting complexity to the supply chain, brands have been relying on third-party logistics partners and manually piecing together long contracts, RFPs and limited software capabilities with their own third-party integrators and multiple software tools.

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WorkWave

AUGUST 12, 2019

The WorkWave Cloud Operations team would like to share some insight into how we architect our SaaS products to host nearly 100TB of customer data across a large multi-region cloud footprint. As a customer, we know, and value, that you place a lot of trust in WorkWave to keep your data secure. Data At Rest.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

OCTOBER 22, 2020

This value and volume in the industry inspired the creation of the Centersource Digital Platform in Sweden with a view to eliminate manual processes from the industry and digitalise the entire gamut of manual processes. As part of the Product Reviews I do on this site, here is my review of this Platform. 65% drafting documents.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2023

Technology is nowadays disrupting business more than ever, and international trade is not an exception. Digitalization of documents, as well as blockchain-based solutions for many responsibilities and functions, is one of the main boosters of that disruption. Argentinian writer Gino Baldissare reports. Digital Logistics.

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Dedola Global Logistics

MAY 1, 2025

No cookie-cutter solutions herewe identify your unique needs, plan proactively, and leverage cutting-edge technology to deliver best-in-class logistics with precision and transparency. In 2025, predictive analytics and Large Language Models (LLMs) are orchestrating supply chains with precision.

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Dedola Global Logistics

APRIL 30, 2025

No cookie-cutter solutions herewe identify your unique needs, plan proactively, and leverage cutting-edge technology to deliver best-in-class logistics with precision and transparency. In 2025, predictive analytics and Large Language Models (LLMs) are orchestrating supply chains with precision.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 25, 2024

Instead start with the foundation of your AI strategy, which should be an understanding of your company’s supply chain and your data. And third, lead the change needed, which in most cases is for your team to use technology more effectively, not build it themselves. Global Network.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 30, 2022

Despite this, only 33% of businesses invested in procurement and sourcing technologies. Further to that, only 18% of businesses invested in technologies to improve external collaboration with suppliers. Through an Accounts Payable (AP) system requisitions can be automatically routed to relevant managers.

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