Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2025

AI-driven procurement tools streamline supplier negotiations, ensuring cost savings and efficiency. AI-driven forecasting tools analyze historical data, market trends, and real-time variables such as weather events, geopolitical risks, and transportation delays.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2025

Understanding AI Agents At its core, an AI Agent is a reasoning engine capable of understanding context, planning workflows, connecting to external tools and data, and executing actions to achieve a defined goal. Integrate with External Tools and Data: AI Agents can augment their inherent language model capabilities with APIs and tools (e.g.,

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Today, Carl writes about his 5 tips for success Warehouse and Distribution center management. In order to maintain a successful distribution center in this business environment, you have to run an efficient operation in which you are constantly moving product and satisfying your customers. Take Advantage of Technological Innovation.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 5, 2021

With the havoc 2020 caused, can shipping trends get any worse? Preparation becomes the name of the game in shipping trends, and being ahead becomes the new normal. If a business wants to “thrive” in 2021 abnormalities, it’s essential to consider the top trends to expect through the year. Congratulations and welcome to 2021!

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Ship Monk

JANUARY 9, 2024

We can’t predict when joggers will go out of style (never, we hope) but we are pretty good at predicting ecommerce trends. ShipMonk nurtures relationships and facilitates integrations with shipping companies, as well as providers of third-party tools and systems that enable ecommerce businesses to thrive.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Rob O’Byrne makes an early start with his round-up of supply chain and logistics trends that might make industry headlines in the coming year. His observations include trends in first and last-mile logistics, and the increase in SMEs entering global markets. 2020 Supply Chain and Logistics Trends: What’s Around the Corner?

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Current industrial manufacturing trends show the new administration is pushing for reshoring among the nation’s biggest manufacturers, and new technologies are revolutionizing how companies respond to growing skepticism and scrutiny by the public and government oversight as well. The "First Five" Industrial Manufacturing Trends of 2017.

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3PL Insights

MAY 3, 2021

May 03, 2021— Evans Distribution Systems, a leading provider of third-party logistics and supply chain solutions, launched a new business intelligence tool: evans365. The tool provides warehouse customers a holistic view of their account activity based on real-time data. “As About Evans Distribution Systems.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 12, 2021

I’ve noticed a trend in recent years in that when businesses want to check their distribution networks or design a distribution network , they immediately jump into loads and loads of detail. We did it all on spreadsheets in the early days because there were no specialist tools around. Specialist Tools.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

If you are a regular reader of the Cerasis blog, you know our goal is to educate and inform those in the manufacturing, supply chain, distribution, logistics, and transportation space with best practices, trends, and industry news so that we can create a community of people. 20 Manufacturing Blogs You Need to Be Reading.

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GoShip Blog

APRIL 21, 2020

Certain trends in the transportation and trucking industry are placing a focus on certain road freight technology. What are the key technology trends in road freight? Such technology like the Internet of Things(IoT), blockchain, big data tools, and others will make trucking way more efficient and safer. Sustainability.

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Stord

MAY 3, 2018

May 4, 2018 The speed and reliability of your distribution network is essential to your company’s success. To scale, an optimized distribution network is required to meet customer expectations and business growth targets. It is essential to balance the cost of the distribution network with responsive customer service.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 2, 2025

Over a relatively short period, a transport or fleet manager’s ability to support an efficient distribution network through route and delivery optimisation has shifted from almost nil to almost limitless. Back to the Nineties However, it’s not always been like it is today.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 30, 2025

By analyzing real-time data such as order trends, equipment availability, and associate performance, these systems can dynamically adjust workflows. For instance, many distribution centers (DCs) face challenges handling rising e-commerce order volumes alongside wholesale orders because their WMS or ERP systems only support wave-based picking.

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EazyStock

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Intro to 2020 Supply Chain Management Trends. Throughout the last decade, the main trends were digitization and globalization. 2020 supply chain management trends will further these shifts. 2020 supply chain management trends will further these shifts. Greening” the Supply Chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 1, 2023

That’s why staying on top of the latest supply chain planning trends is so important – they can make all the difference when it comes to staying competitive, reducing costs, and meeting your customers’ needs. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning. Asena holds B.S.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Travel time in the warehouse represents one of the biggest costs in modern distribution centers. Like transportation management for shipped product, effective labor management and lean processes in the warehouse are key to lowering labor costs in your distribution center. GET YOUR COPY HERE. Download White Paper. Optimize routes.

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ECW

MARCH 5, 2025

Industry Trends & Challenges While the industry is evolving with new advancements, businesses also face significant obstacles in maintaining efficient temperature-controlled logistics. AI-powered forecasting tools help predict potential disruptions, ensuring proactive decision-making.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 12, 2025

Suppliers of smart contract development tools: Ethereum Foundation, Polkadot, Hyperledger, OpenZeppelin, Chainlink How Smart Contracts Automate Supply Chains 1. Fetch.ai, OpenMined) analyze warehouse trends to optimize inventory distribution. Because blockchains are decentralized (i.e.,

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Supply Chain Brain

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Recent supply chain disruptions have magnified ongoing trends that continue to challenge distribution operations. Warehouse management system (WMS) vendors have positioned new capabilities and existing features as key tools for addressing these challenges.

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LandLink

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Without the autonomous hardware that promises to supersede traditional road transportation, they are instead leveraging digital tools to improve the performance of manually executed deliveries and reduce lead times from days to hours, with 24 being today’s bargain-basement service level. How are logistics professional going to keep this pace?

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

They include: You Have a New Facility : Each new distribution center opened offers opportunities to rethink current warehouse software systems. Your Distribution Costs are Rising : You are dealing with distribution cost as a percent of revenue rising and becoming too much to bear.

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WorkWave

MARCH 4, 2025

Understanding their trends is crucial for maximizing marketing ROI and driving business growth. One of the most powerful yet underutilized tools for achieving this is decile data analytics. By categorizing customers this way, businesses gain insights into overarching trends and identifiable behaviors within specific client groups.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 8, 2019

3 Supply Chain Trends to Track in 2019. However, this year hasn’t quite closed out yet (at the time of writing), so in the true spirit of just-in-time delivery, here’s a quick appraisal of three current trends that I believe will come on stronger, and perhaps become some of the most important to supply chain operators in 2019.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

We have all our factories, both in-house and outsourced, all of our distribution centers, and our transportation network on the Blue Yonder foundational system. We have complete visibility of the performance of the entire supply chain in one tool. This was meant to be an internal tool for Lenovo. We operate in many countries.

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LandLink

JANUARY 30, 2020

Without the autonomous hardware that promises to supersede traditional road transportation, they are instead leveraging digital tools to improve the performance of manually executed deliveries and reduce lead times from days to hours, with 24 being today’s bargain-basement service level. How are logistics professional going to keep this pace?

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Though they’ve always relied on internet load boards, posting services and other tools determine when and where loads are available, today they’re leveraging these technologies to “lie in wait” for opportunities to optimize their margins. Unsurprisingly, carriers are feasting on their advantage in this atmosphere.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 30, 2018

New warehouse management technology, like analytics, machine-to-machine learning, and automated systems, pushes the limits of standard operations to create best-in-class distribution centers. WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Download white paper. Focus on visibility.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 8, 2017

While this example may still be a few years off, it is important that you understand how the top emerging trends in automation will shape supply chains and transportation processes in the coming years. Additive manufacturing will gradually move products from warehouses and distribution centers to be closer to end-users.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Distributed Inventory — At ShipMonk, inventory can be distributed to twelve owner-operated fulfillment centers in the US, Mexico, Canada, UK and Europe and managed in real-time through a centralized warehouse management system (WMS).

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 5, 2023

It’s common that manufacturing and distribution enterprises would use a third-party Business Intelligence (BI) solution to analyze and interpret data from their ERP system. Traditional business intelligence requires users to toggle between the business applications they use daily and the separate set of tools they use for data insights.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Lynx Logix will identify trends, patterns and issues within distribution networks with features like lane risk profiling, distribution network mapping, AI, machine learning and situational awareness.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The answers to these questions lie in understanding a few of the top industrial procurement trends to expect in 2018. WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Analytics Driven Procurement Will Take Center Stage as the Key Player in all the Industrial Procurement Trends.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

With the growing advent of digital technologies, it seems to have become impossible for manufacturing and distribution businesses to chart their success in the absence of applications supporting their internal and external functions and code for the future.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Ralf Duester, board member of the Bochum-based SCM software specialist Setlog, shows which trends will be important in 2024. His statements are based not only on discussions with experts from the industry and research, but also on data from Setlog customers who use the SCM tool OSCA. At a glance: The top ten SCM trends in 2024 1.

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AIMMS

MARCH 30, 2020

The examples below show you how to do this in AIMMS SC Navigator Apps, but we encourage you to study these scenarios in the tools you have at your disposal. . Study 2: Inspect Demand Trends . Using Demand Forecasting Navigator to Study Demand Trends. Understand Exposure . Adjusting Demand in Network Design Navigator.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The evolving crisis and measures taken worldwide to contain the spread of the pandemic accelerated certain long-term and emerging trends. The pandemic has been the catalyst for change, with a drive to fundamentally rethink the manufacturing and distribution space. 2021 has been a year of transition.

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