Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 24, 2022

A network effects business model allows a company to gain more value as more companies use its products or services. Google and Twitter mainly monetize the data through targeted advertising. Google and Twitter mainly monetize the data through targeted advertising. FedEx enriches this data with weather and traffic data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

This year, a recurring theme that I saw was about using supply chain data to improve the customer experience across the entire value chain. Here are the ones that stood out to me, especially as it relates to supply chain data. The single data cloud runs on Snowflake, one of Blue Yonder’s partners.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2025

From sourcing and bid evaluation to warehouse slotting and dynamic routing, AI tools support faster and more consistent outcomes by processing large volumes of operational data and identifying patterns that human decision-makers may overlook. Integration allows seamless transitions from data insights to purchase approvals and execution.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 12, 2025

Dynamic Pricing: Real-time data from decentralized oracles (such as Chainlink) can adjust contract terms based on market prices or demand fluctuations. How Smart Contracts Improve Logistics IoT-Enabled Tracking: Sensors on shipping containers continuously log real-time data (e.g., Solution: Layer-2 scaling solutions (e.g.,

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 25, 2025

Smart factories use IoT-enabled technologies like sensors and smart machines to generate data, often in real-time, to improve information about production processes and help decision-making. Together MOM and MES provide the intelligent systems to collect, deliver and analyze production data to empower industry strategy and smart factories.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

People have to enter data, analyze outputs and proactively execute tasks. Tracy is an expert in track-and-trace, monitoring and documenting the movement and status of orders and shipments throughout their journeys, from origin to final destination. A unified approach ensures better collaboration between agents and reduces data silos.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 24, 2024

SCCN solutions allow trading partners to collaborate across defined trading partner processes based on a common data model. Asset collaboration includes the process flows and documentation associated with commissioning or maintaining capital equipment. SAP’s Business Network is a supply chain collaboration network.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2024

When SAP refers to AI, it refers to generative AI based on large language models or AI based on machine learning. The manager would not be required to drill down through web page after web page and look at dense tabular data to get the answer. The Business AI also understands the SAP canonical data.

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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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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

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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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

Below I will outline how a vendor managed inventory model, in conjunction with reverse marketing, value analysis, and collaboration will achieve supply chain cost reductions. Vendor Managed Inventory Model for Supply Chain Cost Reductions. Collect drawings, specifications, all the written data on the item. Get a detail of costs.

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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. Focus on Innovation : By outsourcing the underlying AI technology, companies can focus more on innovation and applying AI in unique ways within their business models.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 1, 2024

Three technologies have emerged as game-changers for third-party logistics (3PL) and supply chain experts: large language models (LLMs), freight optimization platforms and no-code automation. These AI-driven models can understand and generate human-like text based on the input provided. The answer lies in data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 20, 2023

The supply chain planning market got started when supply chain models were put into in-memory databases in the early 1990s. A graph database stores nodes and relationships instead of tables, or documents. Data is stored just like you might sketch ideas on a whiteboard. In-memory relies on system memory as opposed to disk space.

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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? Trusting the box.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

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. Real-time location and IoT data such as condition statuses (e.g., It is a supply chain model built on the fly based on what is actually occurring in the network.

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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. Digitization: from analogue information to digital data. The first step, therefore, is to get all your information – documents and data – into a digital format.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Data and Privacy. Companies will often hold sensitive data belonging to their customers such as contact details, credit card numbers, bank accounts, and purchase history. Make sure people understand how their data is processed and that it will not be passed on to other companies. Delivering Goods.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

But we can’t document the ROI or other benefits at this point. The theory is that as more and more devices throughout the supply chain and manufacturing process become part of the ‘Internet of Things,’ they will produce an incredibly rich data stream that will send signals in real-time to trigger a wide variety of events.

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MTS Logistics

APRIL 19, 2021

Ocean transportation is the most-used model when it comes to delivering goods overseas. Consider the Costs of Different Transportation Models. Provide the Right Documents and Ensure That the Provided Information is Correct. Proper documentation on import/export items is a must to meet regulation requirements.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 12, 2014

According to a research study from Forrester, EDI continues to prove its worth as an electronic message data format. Exchanging documents electronically improves transaction speed and visibility while decreasing the amount of money you spend on manual processes. for an order processed using EDI.

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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 (DaaS) is a logistics business model where businesses utilize specialized service providers to handle their on-demand delivery needs without the need to maintain their own delivery fleet.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2021

But we can’t document the ROI or other benefits at this point. The theory is that as more and more devices throughout the supply chain and manufacturing process become part of the ‘Internet of Things,’ they will produce an incredibly rich data stream that will send signals in real-time to trigger a wide variety of events.

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IoT World Today

JANUARY 11, 2020

Manufacturers may ship their products across the globe, but they lack key data about shipment location and status as packages move from sea port to port. Data on ships in dock, cranes in the yard and individual containers can now be analyzed to find out about ship and shipment arrivals and so on. trillion globally.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

We define this as creating a digital model that represents all of the functions that make up a company’s global supply chain, particularly execution processes. That’s no trivial thing, but once you’ve done that, you can better collaborate, automate and analyze your supply chain data, and that creates value. Big Data and Analytics.

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Parade

JUNE 8, 2021

This document outlines all the Parade features specifically built to support third-party logistics (3PL) agency models. Agent Models. Agent-based 3PLs are an alternative freight brokerage business model where 3PL companies provide business infrastructure for their agent partners. The Challenge.

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Parade

JUNE 8, 2021

This document outlines all the Parade features specifically built to support third-party logistics (3PL) agency models. Agent models. Agent based 3PLs are an alternative freight brokerage business model where 3PL companies provide business infrastructure for their agent partners. The Challenge.

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Freightos

AUGUST 10, 2024

AI Popup #3) AI Popup #3 August 10, 2024 Dive deeper into freight data that matters Learn More For anyone who has played around with ChatGPT or Midjourney, it’s now clear that AI has the potential to be an incredible tool for enhancing efficiency and productivity. It’s been about two years since OpenAI publicly released ChatGPT.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

AUGUST 20, 2024

Cognitive AI is employed by ERP to process documents and transactions efficiently, reducing the manual workload and increasing accuracy. By understanding and automating routine tasks, cognitive AI streamlines operations and ensures that data entry and management are performed consistently, which is crucial for maintaining ERP data integrity.

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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. Those traits are essential for business, along with understanding of your supply chain and its data. Collaborative decisions are possible when everyone is on the same page at the same time, any time.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

And then there are the different freight broker business models. Most freight brokerages offer visibility, document management and payment tools for their customers and carriers. Whether you’re working from the office or from home, SONAR can provide you the data and intelligence you need to stay ahead of your competitors. .

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Shipping and Freight Resource

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Digital Transformation is a strategic transformation of the business processes and models to leverage the opportunities created by the digital technologies which can result in improved customer service and value additions to the business. Whether digital or manual, the business of shipping involves a lot of documentation.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 5, 2023

Digitalization of documents, as well as blockchain-based solutions for many responsibilities and functions, is one of the main boosters of that disruption. The main concept behind these digital services is the possibility of managing all the necessary documents and data with multiple parties in one single platform.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2020

For all but the simplest route planning problems, creating the best plan is not as simple as loading data and hitting the “optimize” button. The more competent route planning organizations do a good job at documenting and enforcing planning best practices.

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Stord

AUGUST 5, 2020

The SmartWay program provides a structured process for tracking, documenting, and benchmarking logistics’ carbon footprint across the entire supply chain including freight. A variety of data is pooled from these parties using SmartWay tools including indirect emissions data (CO2, NOx, and PM), fuel use, freight backhaul logs, and more.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MAY 30, 2022

Companies that have recognized the role of technology in transforming their business models have been the ones that have been able to thrive. The self-service within the ERP also means suppliers can be onboarded quickly as the process is streamlined, document handing is minimized, and transparency and government is improved.

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