SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JULY 28, 2022

People have been talking about the ‘paperless office’ for decades, but many manufacturers and distributors still have staff members manually printing, posting, faxing, emailing and managing documents that go out to customers. Printing, posting and storing paper documents all cost money. Here’s how: Additional person hours.

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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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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Curtis documents and shares challenges, progress, and goals in a collaborative and community driven way. The company provided an innovative approach to utilizing data and revolutionary technology for its growing clients to streamline logistics and implement cost-effective, efficient transportation programs. The Greenscreens.ai

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MTS Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2021

On the other hand, you also need to know and understand the rules and regulations of exporting and importing, and crucially, you need the proper shipping documents. However, most documentation is still handled manually in some countries. Packing list is used by freight forwarders in order for a shipment to clear U.S.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2025

Inventory management isn’t just about classification; it’s about getting your reorder points, minimum order quantities, and pack sizes perfectly aligned with your business reality. And the foundation that holds all of this together is your master data. what we found was shocking.

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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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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Prior to starting AscendTMS, Tim co-founded and ran a national 3PL, where he invited Palm Beach Capital LLC to become minority equity shareholder in July, 2009 in order to speed both internal growth and outside acquisitions. It has a user-friendly interface and a comprehensive documentation library.

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RPA Labs

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Staying on top of the ever-changing omnichannel service options and keeping track of supply chain documents and freight documents remains vital for continued growth and success within competitive markets. Supplies big and small and all logistical teams and supply chain management teams can suffer from poor document management.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 12, 2025

Procurement & Supplier Agreements Traditionally, businesses negotiate procurement contracts manually, issuing purchase orders, invoices, and letters of credit that require human validation. How Smart Contracts Improve Logistics IoT-Enabled Tracking: Sensors on shipping containers continuously log real-time data (e.g.,

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RPA Labs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Shippers and freight forwarders are turning to AI for shipping document automation to stay competitive in price and efficiency. . What Is Shipping Document Automation ? Shipping document automation uses robotics processing automation (RPA) to extract data and appropriately sync it with an internal business system.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 1, 2025

Innovation Pillars: Diagnose: primarily powered by Infor Process Mining, this capability helps organizations gain visibility into business processes, uncover non-conforming variants, identify critical bottlenecks, and optimize operations based on data. IDP converts paper-based documents into automated digital processes.

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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 Bureau

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Of course, the big challenge in this type of external benchmarking is obtaining the necessary data, since many companies are wary of sharing performance data with potential competitors. Instead, its merely a common-sense guide to those supply chain KPIs that can best provide actionable data for general management purposes.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 1, 2021

To reap the rewards of a data-driven e-commerce returns strategy, logistics leaders should follow these steps: Keep all stakeholders working together and sharing the right information with related communications via API-integrated systems. Continuously measure performance with returns key performance indicators.

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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. Still, SaaS requires active human engagement.

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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. For example, a buyer might say, “You only shipped me 800 of the 1000 products I ordered.” The transactions are captured in the platform, eliminating “he said, she said” type arguments.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 20, 2025

Imagine your inventory system automatically placing orders when stock runs low, your warehouse robots picking and packing orders 24/7, and your delivery routes optimizing themselves based on real-time traffic conditions. These smart robots talk to the WMS to optimise picking routes and cut order fulfillment time in half.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 2, 2025

when telesales would have captured many of the daily orders from customers. This process would continue until the order cutoff time at around 4 p.m. when we knew it was safe to start planning without too many new orders coming in to disrupt the task. Thats when the orders reached the maximum weight a vehicle could legally carry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

For those unsure of what EDI is, it stands for electronic data interchange, is the concept of businesses electronically communicating information that was traditionally communicated on paper, such as purchase orders, advance ship notices, and invoices. How does EDI enhance data accuracy and integrity in supply chain transactions?

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 2, 2021

(Graphics created by Emily Ricks) There are ample opportunities to take advantage of spot versus contract freight data insights. Consider this; as reported by Louis Columbus of Forbes , “Machine learning algorithms and the apps running them are capable of analyzing large, diverse data sets fast, improving demand forecasting accuracy.”

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Food Logistics

AUGUST 7, 2024

DAT Freight & Analytics announces a strategic partnership with Orderful, an advanced Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) vendor specializing in end-to-end document management for enterprise-level shippers.

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Trinity Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Even if you already have a TMS, you might still be doing more work than necessary if your software doesn’t have integration capabilities for order entry. You might be stuck typing each order into your enterprise resource planning system (ERP), as well as your TMS. MANUAL PROCESS: DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT. TMS SOLUTION . TMS SOLUTION.

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WorkWave

AUGUST 4, 2020

In the grand scheme of things, data analysis falls into the categories of descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive. While descriptive data presents existing figures, predictive data allows you to draw insights from trends in your descriptive data in order to make an educated guess about what might happen next.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 13, 2025

Real-time data With technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) , data creation is happening at an exponential rate, meaning that manufacturing in the 21st Century isnt so much based on gut-driven decisions anymore but rather on data. It eliminates duplicate work and ensures everyone works from the same accurate data.

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3PL Links

OCTOBER 15, 2024

By automating these processes, you eliminate guesswork, minimize stockouts, and avoid over-ordering. Communication Breakdowns Across the Supply Chain The Issue: Poor communication between suppliers, logistics teams, and customers can result in misaligned expectations, missed shipments, or order errors.

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GoShip Blog

APRIL 27, 2021

The Bill of lading (BOL) is a very important document in the shipping industry that acts as a contract between the shipper, the carrier, and consignees. A bill of lading as a contract between the carriers and shippers, stating evidence of carriage between all involved parties in order to transport the freight. Receipt of the goods.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 16, 2023

Processing documents is one of the most time-hungry tasks in supply chains. ERP lets you automate manual tasks like document processing saving you a huge amount of time and money while streamlining your supply chain. It also means order information is always up-to-date, giving clients all the information, they need.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2021

The G-Log 2 data logger from Germany-based Aspion GmbH is the first shock recorder on the market to implement the continuous shock/vibration test of the European transport standard EN IEC 60721-3-2:2018 with its 2M4/2M5/2M6 classes during transportation. The result is either: the standard was complied with or it wasn’t.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 7, 2019

A cold chain is a temperature-controlled supply chain for perishable food products, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals in order to maintain their quality and increase their shelf-life. WMS, TMS, documentation. Identify potential hazards / risks – Document every potential risk to food safety. Documentation.

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Shipchain

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Additionally, global trade scales are vulnerable to an impending digital documentation revolution, as noted by Kyunghee Park of Bloomberg.com. Since documentation and paperwork make up a considerable portion of time lost in transport, shipping on the blockchain will revolutionize the industry and allow you to do more with less.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 13, 2020

However, systems used to manage inventory refer to the combination of technology, including hardware and software, for the following: Product identification Product matching to orders Data analysis Product labeling and management Documentation Reporting The use.read More.

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MTS Logistics

APRIL 12, 2024

The automated manifest system is an electronic system that is used to support cargo data such as departure, arrival, and release information between the actors of shipment when importing to the U.S. You can include the details of two documents when preparing an AMS manifest: Importer Security Filling (ISF): It is documented before shipment.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

AUGUST 2, 2023

From stringent quality standards to comprehensive documentation requirements, Class 1 and 2 manufacturers must navigate a complex landscape to ensure compliance and product excellence. To contend with these pressures, medical device manufacturers crave actionable, real-time, accurate, and reliable data throughout the entire supply chain.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 1, 2024

LLMs fueling data-driven decision-making LLMs have stormed the tech landscape in recent years, and their applications in supply chain management are nothing short of transformative. The answer lies in data. In the ever-evolving world of logistics, data reigns supreme.

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Trinity Logistics

JULY 11, 2024

billion , according to data from the Census Bureau. Paperwork Troubles Freight most often gets detained at the border for incomplete documentation. Shippers are required to fill out many, often repetitive documents. Nearshoring to Mexico is the hottest trend in supply chains. With Mexico now the top trading partner of the U.S.,

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

One of the key themes that emerged was the growing importance of data standards and integrations. But the volume of available digitalized data, and the number of tools, solutions and platforms that supply chain stakeholders are using (juggling?) The rate of tech adoption in logistics continues to grow. are growing too.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 20, 2024

In recent years, the amount of data available to most companies has exploded. Common issues include: Lack of data-source integration. The ability to gather and compare data from multiple sources is vital to making real-time decisions. Data warehousing costs rise. Scarce manpower. Human error.

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