Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

These sensors capture precise data on factors like location, speed, fuel usage, and driver behavior, transforming fleet management from reactive to data-driven decision-making. The IoT data allows managers to detect inefficiencies, predict maintenance needs, and even assess driver performance.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

FreightFest 2023 is presented by Truck N’ Hustle. Truck N’ Hustle provides the news, stories, resources, and tools for transportation and logistics professionals to be successful in the trucking business. Rahmel Wattley and Joe Lynch discuss the FreightFest 2023. Rahmel got his start in the trucking business in the early 2000’s.

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Material Handling and Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Learn how to organize your data operations in alignment with supply chain strategy. Cloud-based supply chain management tools, the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are expected to figure prominently in future supply chain operations. More data is coming in than ever before.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 1, 2025

Together, they presented the vision for the future and innovation priorities. 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.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2024

By analyzing real-time data from various sources, companies can make proactive decisions that improve collaboration among stakeholders, boost operational resilience, and increase customer satisfaction. Despite its transformative potential, the path to full AI integration in logistics presents challenges.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2025

Integrating ESG across supply chains presents clear operational and strategic challenges that require focused attention. Data collection and verification remain areas of concern. Legacy procurement systems pose challenges, as they were not designed to capture and manage ESG-related data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 26, 2025

Traditional supply chain planning, which relies on historical data and reactive adjustments, is no longer adequate for managing these challenges. AI as a Predictive Tool AI-driven supply chain planning integrates machine learning, real-time data analytics, and external risk monitoring to anticipate disruptions before they materialize.

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The Lean Thinker

APRIL 28, 2025

This is a video of Gerd’s presentation to Kata School Cascadia on the process of developing problem-solving capacity and cascading goals. However I am trying to keep this at the level of the principles, so I’m not going to go into the gritty details of statistical tools at all. All of the so-called lean tools do this.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 15, 2023

They talk about the growing popularity of podcasts in the logistics industry and how podcasting can be a helpful tool for professionals to stay up-to-date on industry trends and insights. Present-day, Blythe and her team oversee the management of dozens of websites to help the one-person marketing team flourish.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 30, 2025

For instance, fixed slotting strategies assign products to specific locations based on historical data rather than dynamic needs, and hardcoded rules assign specific tasks to workers based on static roles or zones, rather than dynamically allocating tasks based on workload or real-time conditions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 23, 2024

The usual themes were still very present as solution providers and retailers alike were more than happy to talk about omni-channel, mobility, robotics, and machine learning, to name a few. This year, a recurring theme that I saw was about using supply chain data to improve the customer experience across the entire value chain.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 6, 2020

FreightWaves is a freight industry leader in data and analytics, logistics industry news and commentary. SaaS product, SONAR, is the leading freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JANUARY 9, 2023

Manufacturers increasingly turning to data and analytics, from an ERP system, to support business initiatives. Data is after all the fuel that runs the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In most cases, there has been a succession of tools that worked in some cases but were not broadly successful. Challenges to using data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Advanced route optimization tools further support these goals. Innovative tools provide actionable insights and improve operational efficiency Artificial Intelligence (AI): AI systems optimize routing and demand forecasting, reducing energy consumption and empty miles.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2024

Let’s just come right out and say it – without the ability to capture, aggregate, and understand your supply chain data, you have gray area within your organization. The data locked in black boxes across your operating network causes you, and your network, to operate ineffectually. Your “story” is in your data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Companies find it difficult to fully trust the data from suppliers, complicating efforts to ensure product authenticity, safety, and ethical sourcing. The specific origin data reinforces De Beers’ commitment to consumer confidence , transparency and ethical sourcing. ERP & SCM Systems (2000s2015): Centralized ERP suites (e.g.,

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 8, 2021

The digital age has presented a wealth of opportunities for the over the road trucking market. As explained by Supply & Demand Chain Executive , “Digitization, software and giving shippers and carriers efficient tech tools are critical, as technology continues to modernize this industry. But what is the solution to lagging data?

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

To do this, shippers in both the US and EU are turning to data visualization and transportation managed analytics to reveal optimization opportunities and determine how to become a shipper of choice. They then communicate their data-driven advantages to carriers in a way that makes complex information clear and approachable.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 30, 2021

This is done by presenting in-depth insights in an effective manner, such as with an easy-to-view ticker lineup, such as seeing OTLT.USA compared to OTRI.USA side-by-side, but that can only go so far in helping to alleviate concerns with routing guide compliance. Download the White Paper.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

IoT: Powering the Future of Digital Product Passports The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to impact how industries track products and manage data. This network of devices enables seamless, automatic data collection from physical objects in near real-time.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 13, 2021

With the proper use of data and freight analytics , contract procurement and securing capacity can be enhanced. The incredible insights that accurate data has to offer combats volatility and unearths a clear understanding of what’s actually happening in the market. Those are the founding principles behind SONAR SCI Lane Acuity.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2025

Quality and Detail of Data and its Analysis In some of our earlier posts, weve 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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WorkWave

JANUARY 23, 2025

But for lawn care and pest control companies, well-crafted cancel and prepay letters remain among the most effective tools for maintaining customer relationships and boosting cash flow. Pre-pay Letter Best Practices Timing and presentation are crucial for pre-pay letters.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2025

Knowledge Graphs are emerging as an important tool for building advanced AI capabilities. He also spoke at the ARC forum in 2023, and this article is based on that presentation as well. We needed to model the data in a way that we can do simple searching. This ends in a spaghetti approach to data integration.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

APRIL 8, 2025

AI systems get better and more accurate as they collect and analyze more data. ML is a form of AI that enables a system to learn from data rather than through explicit programming. ML is a form of AI that enables a system to learn from data rather than through explicit programming.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 7, 2022

SaaS product, SONAR, is the leading freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector. FreightWaves’?

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Trinity Logistics

AUGUST 4, 2020

Chemical manufacturers collect and use a lot of data in their supply chain. They deal with data on their products, customers, transportation, storage, operations and more. Acquiring that data is not hard but managing and utilizing that information to be able to analyze your business is the challenge. Managed Services.

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Log-hub

JANUARY 21, 2025

Matrices are powerful mathematical tools that play a crucial role in supply chain management. They help businesses organize and analyze data, leading to better decision-making and improved efficiency. By organizing data into various matrix types, companies can perform calculations that reveal insights into their operations.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Indeed, the transition has taken place so swiftly that some companies may still need to fully grasp the present or future possibilities to exploit distribution performance as a competitive advantage. Big Data and Analytics With the latest analytics technology, you can further refine your fleet’s efficiency and plan more accurately.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

As data becomes a critical resource in modern organizations, business users are clamoring for tools to ease access to data for reporting and dashboards. EA plugs data in the form of reports, dashboards and data visualizations into applications, putting the information where it will get used.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Manufacturing, logistics and other supply chain users of the ‘Compact Configurator’ service tool enter key data including their building height, storage and picking needs. The new vertical storage lift planning tool is available HERE.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 14, 2023

Original article: PODCAST: Modern Courier Delivery Compliance Considerations: Understanding SOX and SOC Compliance Logistics and supply chain are some of the world’s most complex and regulated industries, which has been further compounded by increasing reliance on data and technology in both fields. What Is SOC Compliance?

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3PL Links

JANUARY 8, 2025

A fleet management system is a fundamental tool in the planning and operational control of the logistics sector. All in all , this tool helps automate fleet management, simplifying day-to-day operations and facilitating the creation of performance parameters for better decision-making by managers.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 9, 2023

For example, in the future, staff scheduling need not be handled by employees, but rather can be carried out by intelligent software tools via data processing. These tools will also control performance in an energy-efficient and low-wear manner and will anticipate consumption behaviour.

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Blue Grace Logistics

DECEMBER 12, 2024

This session dives into the tools, strategies, and market shifts that are transforming cross-border logistics, offering valuable insights into the future of the industry. Mexico trade is presenting both opportunities and challenges in infrastructure and capacity. Navigate the Growth in Nearshoring: Understand how the growth in U.S.-Mexico

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Therefore, enterprises need to know how to apply transportation data to increase on-time shipping performance. . Aggregate data from beyond the four walls of your business. Yet all benchmarking begins with access to the right supply chain data. Augment on-time shipping performance with freight data at your fingertips.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 21, 2024

Today’s CRM platforms have adapted and expanded their tools to meet the needs of ecommerce businesses. Let’s take a look at CRM systems, the tools they provide, and the benefits they offer to ecommerce businesses. Here are some of the tools CRM systems offer.

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