Talking Logistics

MARCH 27, 2018

Adding a Transportation Management System (TMS) with support for all modes and powerful optimization tools can be a great game plan to help shippers continue to gain efficiencies, reduce costs, and improve service to customers. The tool also allows shippers to save data and results in a single file for future use.

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Ship Monk

JUNE 15, 2022

Today, we’re talking about the difference between inbound logistics and outbound logistics. At a glance, inbound logistics and outbound logistics refer to the different stages that goods go through while moving down the supply chain. Outbound Logistics. Best Ways to Optimize Inbound Logistics and Outbound Logistics Processes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 23, 2021

Companies “seeking to increase data sharing and collaboration across their supply networks have faced three principal hurdles.” A SCCN 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.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2021

Whether considering where to start or what they have to gain, most merchants find the necessary insights to move forward with business intelligence tools that mine their own fulfillment data and customer interactions. Critical data to track. Carrier invoice data (actual costs). Carrier-contracted rates.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Having experienced market growth in size and volume of tenders, Opus9 realized its existing freight market data intelligence tools were not giving their customers the best rate information. The post Opus9 delivers better service by applying SONAR data to stay competitive appeared first on SONAR. View the Full Case Study.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

A leading indicator, Truckstop.com’s outbound tender rejection index (OTRI), currently stands at 22.48. Truckstop.com’s market data also shows that spot rates have gone up an average of 20%, year-over-year, for all freight sectors. Recently, the company began using the Book-It-Now digital freight matching platform from Trucker Tools.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 23, 2022

Real-time visibility tools are generally most effective for over-the-road shipments. There are a variety of external data streams that also play a role in providing better visibility and improved ETAs. There are a variety of external data streams that also play a role in providing better visibility and improved ETAs.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 15, 2021

Advancements in tender data science and paid market data now power SONAR SCI (Supply Chain Intelligence) Lane Acuity Plus. In the screenshot above, you can see that the outbound and inbound stability show scores of 29 out of 100 and 21 out of 100, respectively. WHAT IS LANE ACUITY PLUS?

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 5, 2021

Should] you just figure out if it should be 5% or 6% [without data]?” Unlike other tools in the market, the Lane Signal considers an abundance of data from multiple sources, not just dirty data that flows through one system like other industry tools. SONAR is near-real-time data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Implementing the solution involved cleaning up master data and mapping their complete global supply chain. Risk management solutions scrape data from hundreds of thousands of online & social-media sites, but Autoliv also has access to sources of information that they pay for. The implementation was not trivial.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 16, 2021

Real-time visibility and data into all things freight shipping is a supply chain gold standard. And nearly one-half of the industry’s freight market participants can see their data in real-time. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always amount to capturing real-time data outside of an individual company’s four walls. Now consider this.

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FreightWaves SONAR

AUGUST 13, 2024

Whether you are looking to gain more customers, increase your company revenue size or add more trailers to your fleet, SONAR has information and data to help you with these decisions. OTVI was indexed at 10,000 on January 1, 2018, so when looking at this data set, the trend of the line is more important than the actual value.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 2, 2021

Companies are rapidly adopting and using real-time data to clearly understand challenges to better mitigate unexpected problems when they arise. In fact, logisticians should consider these top five use cases of increased visibility and data within logistics and how they improve throughput.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JULY 17, 2023

Third-party supply chain and freight market data has become an important tool for retailers, manufacturers and suppliers who want to redesign their networks, improve strategic planning, benchmark their transportation spend and the service they’re getting in return, and measure the efficiency of their facilities.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 9, 2021

With all the advances in technology and a continuous need to just do more with less, it’s imperative for shippers to start by assessing the quality of their basic data and analytics tools. According to PLS Logistics , “A routing guide is an essential tool for businesses seeking greater control over transportation decision-making.

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FreightWaves SONAR

AUGUST 13, 2024

Whether you are looking to gain more customers, increase your company revenue size or add more trailers to your fleet, SONAR has information and data to help you with these decisions. OTVI was indexed at 10,000 on January 1, 2018, so when looking at this data set, the trend of the line is more important than the actual value.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JULY 23, 2024

We learn how to use tools like Excel and Google Sheets out of necessity to organize the world around us. Once installed, everyone from boomers to Gen Alpha (if a 14-year-old has interest in logistics data) gains access to incorporate SONAR’s millions of data points into their day with nothing more than a user login and password.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 22, 2021

The WRI combines outbound tender market share (OTMS) and the weekly change in tender rejection rates (OTRIW). For example Atlanta’s OTMS value is 4% and outbound rejections increased from 3% to 5% over the past seven days. FreightWaves SONAR is the fastest and most comprehensive freight market data and analytics platform in the world.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 8, 2017

This example generates a huge amount of data that can leverage in the supply chain. But, the same data can have a drastic impact on transportations planners and agencies around the globe. Today’s Status: Today, this technology is limited to automated identification and data capture (AIDC) applications.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Zaro Transportation offers better service and data-driven rates due to SONAR among other initiatives to include: The company needed to emphasize its value to maintain profitability during disruption. Using SONAR’s Predictive Rates tool to generate accurate shippers’ prices and offering more competitive rates to LSPs and carriers.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 29, 2021

The action: prioritize carriers within the routing guide based on which are preferred for shipments, depending on origin/destination data. What is a routing guide : a set of rules and requirements from shippers that set rules for inbound and outbound shipping. Request a SONAR SCI Lane Acuity demo by clicking the button below today. .

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

This involves using real-time data and technology to get information about manufacturing processes when and where it is needed, in the form it is needed, to empower smart decisions about business operations. For example, analyzing real-time production data to uncover hidden inefficiencies and implement changes faster.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2021

By doing this, you can run a day or a week in the life of your operation and get back data on its performance capability. Areas can include: In- and outbound workflows. Then you can run different scenarios over a similar seven-day period, against the data you have collected, to create an accurate “compare and contrast” picture.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 24, 2015

Given that our proprietary TMS, the Cerasis Rater , provides multiple reports, giving our shippers’ many insights, this post is quite appropriate, just like getting the data that is meaningful , in order to make the best decisions for your business possible. . Outbound freight costs as percentage of net sales. On-time pickups.

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20Cube Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

RFID is a tool to read & understand digital data encrypted in RFID tags through a reader via radio waves. To understand it, we can take the example of a bar code or magnetic strip of a bank’s ATM card where data is captured by the device and stored in the database. Easy reports and advanced data analysis .

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 5, 2021

Let’s look at seven ways that freight technology and data achieves that goal. Freight data reduces dwell time and load time. New advances in data-driven transportation management help reduce dwell time impact by streamlining scheduling and avoiding bottlenecks in the yard. Data-driven processes streamline shipping.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The freight transportation industry has always been slow to adopt new advances in tools, software and automation. And to help carriers achieve that goal, this white paper will explore a few best practices to reduce operating costs, including: The importance of meaningful data capture. Tracking and applying equipment data insights.

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AIMMS

JANUARY 24, 2019

Our analytics department is comprised by data scientists who work on developing AI models, as well as OR specialists who focus on Supply chain optimization, simulation and mathematical programming. Were you using other tools aside from spreadsheets, prior to using AIMMS? . I work for the analytics department within Tata Steel.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 22, 2017

Thus, retailers must manage the whole process, including inbound and outbound freight, as an extension of the shopping experience. Customers’ Data Is Being Created, And It Requires Integration. In other words, data created must be used across multiple systems throughout the supply chain.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Quality and Detail of Data and its Analysis In some of our earlier posts, we’ve stressed the importance of simplicity in distribution network design , and we will return to that topic later in this article. It would be folly not to take advantage of data availability and accessibility.

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Automotive Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2018

Such software and planning systems are also highly relevant for a wide range of purposes in outbound automotive logistics systems, including for the execution of transport activities and the creation of transparency in relation to distribution flows, increasing transport load rates and auditing freight invoice and payments.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 30, 2018

Implementing new technology is a complicated process, but it can be simplified as follows: Integrate systems that control both inbound and outbound freight. Upgrade your WMS, taking advantage of systems capable of self-optimization and big data analytics. How to Implement New Warehouse Management Technology Successfully.

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3PL Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2022

These tools give real-time visibility to various people internally and provide customers transparency over their goods while in our care. Data-driven Business Intelligence. While the WMS collects the raw data, the evans365 portal gives customers an interactive dashboard to observe trends. What metrics are important to customers?

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FreightWaves SONAR

AUGUST 14, 2023

But when supply chain leaders tackle these problems with digital tools, they find that resilience and responsiveness often go hand in hand. High quality data connected in the right way can dramatically improve the speed that information propagates through an organization and accelerate the cadence of decisions.

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FreightWaves SONAR

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Within SONAR, the Outbound Tender Reject Index (blue) In early October eclipsed 5% for the first time since the Fourth of July holiday. At the same time, the Outbound Tender Volume Index (white) has yet to move meaningfully higher, despite record import levels. The post Prepping For The Retail Rush appeared first on SONAR.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 16, 2024

Market Dashboard Plus is a multi-lane management tool that provides context around origin and destination capacity conditions in relation to spot and contract rates. A low Lane Score indicates the flow of capacity into a given market is inbound-centric, while a high Lane Score indicates the flow of capacity is more outbound-centric.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 31, 2022

Digital control towers sit at the heart of the supply chain ecosystem, gathering real-time data on current conditions. Delivered in a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, warehouse tasking solutions gather real-time, 24/7 operations data, flag issues and generate an autonomous response. Digital Control Towers. Digital Freight Bidding.

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