Log-hub

JANUARY 8, 2025

From new tech breakthroughs to changing customer expectations and unexpected global events, businesses need to stay flexible and ready to adapt. Thats why its more important than ever to focus on strategies that work and make them part of your plan moving forward. Use data analytics tools to track costs across your supply chain.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Freight damage is not only expensive and upsetting to customers, but it is also ridiculously hard to figure out where, when, and how it occurred. Ilya was formerly a strategy and operations management consultant within the Big 4 with both PwC and KPMG, advising Fortune 1000 clients across healthcare, technology, and private equity verticals.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 30, 2025

Overlaying a dynamic layer on top of the WMS can sometimes be the the best and most efficient strategy. By analyzing real-time data such as order trends, equipment availability, and associate performance, these systems can dynamically adjust workflows.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 8, 2021

She is a sought after author and speaker having been published in various books, articles, and white papers and spoken at dozens of industry events. Circular supply chains are interconnected systems that use secondary and regenerative inputs to generate value by reducing and extending resource use. Is circular economy more expensive?

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TransAudit

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Companies that rely on reactive strategies risk falling behind, while those that prioritize resilience are better equipped to thrive. Reactive strategies focus on addressing issues as they arise, but these approaches: Lack foresight to predict disruptions. Cost Savings : Reduce inefficiencies and last-minute expenses.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 15, 2024

More Resources Home October 15, 2024 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. Europe weekly prices fell 1% to $3.80/kg. kg last week.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2021

Machine learning (ML) techniques can be applied to provide more accurate transit information and estimated arrival times (ETAs) by analyzing the historical shipment data in your transportation management systems. Increased lead time accuracy reduces risks involved in transportation and logistics, improving your overall supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 6, 2023

In today’s dynamic and unpredictable business environment, companies face various challenges such as changing consumer demands, global uncertainty, and the impact of natural and man-made events. The costs associated with purchasing these items hit the “operational expenses” components of the company’s financial statements.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Supply chain intelligence and actionable insights must apply the most accessible, near real-time data available. Analytic data resources for brokers are great, but it’s equally important to realize that FreightWaves SONAR is much more than a broker-exclusive resource. Email and fax don’t cut it. Download the White Paper.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

Their plants are very expensive. The occurrence of any of these events disrupts the global supply chain and can deeply impact profitability. One event could create so much churn, Mr. Al Syed explained. We needed to model the data in a way that we can do simple searching. Data does not move.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Trucking companies need to manage many layers of safety and compliance, and while insurance is just one of them, it’s also among the most important and expensive. So, in an era of escalating costs, carriers need to always be on the lookout for ways to cut costs while maintaining proper and sufficient coverage.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Technology can help to simplify your supply chain management, which will enable your business to operate more efficiently, give you more visibility and control over your inventory, and help to reduce your operational costs. Radio frequency identification (RFID) has become one of the megatrends in logistics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 17, 2023

Despite their best efforts, current events and market dynamics caught up with them, leading to issues managing their suppliers and sourcing the materials needed for their products. To counter strong inflationary pressures of the past few years, banks and governments increased interest rates, making borrowing much more expensive.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 31, 2016

When customers step up pressure on prices and when economic growth flattens or dips, a supply manager’s mind turns to cost reduction. Or rather, it turns even more to cost reduction, as squeezing out savings that then show up directly on the bottom line is a goal that never goes away. Elimination of redundant activities.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

Today we will go into detail on using the available data created in the processing of shipments within transportation management and other related logistics management for continuous improvement. . 6 Benefits of Using the Right Data in Logistics & Transportation Management for Continuous Improvement. Order Processing Capabilities.

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Stord

MAY 3, 2018

Stagnant, stiff supply chains make adapting to real-world events like changing customer demand caused by the e-commerce boom or COVID-19 difficult. A quick review of internal processes and distribution strategy can eliminate touch points and wasted movement. Maybe you need to consolidate shipments and pool distribution?

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 29, 2017

Editor's Note: Today's blog comes from Katie Cruze at considerdigital.com who give us the top 5 reasons why data quality is important. Data, for most companies, is often collected for record-keeping purposes. For many companies, managing the quality data can seem like an overwhelming task.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The industry is moving in an unprecedented direction that is increasingly digitized and more data-centric than ever, and logistics leaders are looking to increase efficiency with artificial intelligence (AI). And at the conference it was clear that the data problem is still huge and everyone needs a better way to solve it.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JULY 24, 2023

As the industry struggles to recover from the unprecedented global events of 2020, recognizing budget limitations is essential for industry growth and success. The costs of logistics as a ratio of total expenses are too significant to ignore. Measuring performance with transportation KPIs and freight data is getting easier.

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Blue Grace Logistics

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Webinars Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® Newsroom Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search Adam White - February 29, 2024 LinkedIn Live Webinar On-Demand: Transportation Cost: The impacts & how to gain visibility to the right data What’s the Topic?

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Locus

MARCH 27, 2024

Geocoding drastically cuts down on the headache of reattempted deliveries on these unclear by accurately locating unclear addresses, thereby saving costs and boosting customer satisfaction. This proximity reduces the need for long-haul deliveries, further cutting down transportation costs.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 25, 2025

To answer that question, lets look quickly at how platform-delivered services and sales mechanisms can be exploited : Companies can shorten their supply chains by transitioning some, or all, of their sales to direct-to-customer (D2C) channels, thereby reducing their reliance on wholesalers, distributors, and other partners.

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Conger

MARCH 28, 2024

These commercial vehicles are called fleets and are often one of the most expensive assets for a business. Technologies like artificial intelligence continue to enhance these capabilities to become more attractive and allow new visualizations and data collection standards.

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WorkWave

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Not only does it provide a space to test hypotheses, but it takes it a step further, giving you results and data to power smarter decisions based on accurate data. Using Simulations allows them to prepare for the intense growth that comes with catering a large event, adding a new facility and more.

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Ship Monk

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The process usually includes analyzing historical data for seasonal trends and product performance, as well as gathering current data on competitors, marketplace trends, future marketing plans and promotions. All of them rely on data, whether you’re using historical data or new findings gathered from consumer research.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 10, 2024

12,000 SAP customers and partners attended the event, and another 15,000 watched remotely. 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. It can improve the accuracy of the parameters used.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 30, 2018

An integrated system enjoys the benefits of 100% visibility, almost zero data duplication, smooth flow of information from one stage to the other, incorporating scalable subunits at any stage, and data security. This allows deployment of effective control towers and solves the visibility challenge that plagues the industry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Here are 10 reasons to implement a Cloud Multi-Carrier Parcel Management System: Low Barriers to Entry : A cloud system eliminates expensive, upfront installation-related expenditures associated with hardware and software, enabling any size organization to utilize the technology. Why the sudden increase in popularity?

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 6, 2018

Traffic and congestion are expensive and annoying problems for any city and its people. It sounds like the stuff of shiny futures, but the reality of autonomous cars that talk to each other — as well as with government data systems — is already here. It seems to have been getting worse for a while , too. The answer?

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GlobalTranz

MAY 21, 2015

Many manufacturers & retailers have found that they can use state of the art supply chain management to reduce inventory & warehousing costs while speeding up delivery to the end customer. Managers should ensure that a firm’s transportation strategy supports its competitive strategy.

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Dedola Global Logistics

AUGUST 9, 2024

Geopolitical tensions, equipment shortages, and global events like the Red Sea crisis contribute to the disruption. Beyond the base freight rate, additional expenses such as fuel surcharges, customs duties, and port fees add to the financial burden. Recent data indicates a significant uptick in freight volumes from these regions.

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Log-hub

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Data is present in almost every discussion about innovation and digitalization. Nevertheless, a lot of our customers face uncertainty, insecurity or helplessness when discussing data. They store a significant amount of data in their company, but they haven’t effectively coordinated or utilized it.

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Freightos

APRIL 27, 2023

In this article, Eytan Buchman, Freightos’ CMO, discusses the importance of data and context in global freight and logistics. The future of global freight data lies in real-time information, contextual insights, and aggregated data that can help companies make better decisions and adapt to a rapidly changing industry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Instead of manually entering data at set intervals throughout the month – an after-the-fact exercise prone to errors and omissions – an automated solution captures billable activities correctly in real-time, improving overhead utilization, cost control, and revenue leakage at once.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 24, 2025

One of the key approaches to simulating warehouse operations is based on employing discrete event simulation (DES) techniques and tools. Modeling AMRs is Complex I interviewed Hamid Montazeri, a senior vice president of software engineering, robotics, data science & AI/ML at Locus Robotics.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2024

Since the historic referendum in June 2016 Brexit has been a seismic event, reshaping the landscape of the UK’s logistics and transport sector. Consequently, some companies have faced reduced profits or even had to cease exporting activities altogether.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 16, 2021

ARC’s definition is that a supply chain collaboration network is a “collaborative solution for supply chain processes built on a public cloud – many-to-many architecture – which supports a community of trading partners and third-party data feeds. Industry and government data can be used to increase forecast accuracy.

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