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Cargo Insurance: What You Need to Know

ShipLilly

The rough and often unpredictable conditions of the sea mean that cargo insurance is critical in the shipping industry. Most freight forwarders will use this service and may require it as a precondition when packing and securing cargo. In case something goes wrong, the insurance policy can help mitigate losses. Having cargo insurance does not mean that you can neglect standard operating procedures such as good stacking and appropriate weight distribution.

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The Future of 3rd Party Fulfillment with Andy Lloyd

The Logistics of Logistics

The Future of 3rd Party Fulfillment with Andy Lloyd. Andy Lloyd and Joe Lynch discuss the future of 3rd party fulfillment. Andy Lloyd is the Chief Executive Officer of 3PL Central , a company that specializes in cloud-based warehouse management system (WMS) solutions. About Andy Lloyd. Andy Lloyd is the Chief Executive Officer of 3PL Central. Andy is a software innovator with more than 20 years experience at high growth companies, ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies.

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How to Identify Unexpected Fulfillment Costs

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Predicting costs is an essential part of any business function. For fulfillment, however, predicting costs can be tricky because of the large number of variables involved.

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Overcoming Canal Crises

Food Logistics

How supply chain visibility helps today’s ocean carriers forecast—and prepare for—future disruptions.

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Rethinking warehouse work culture: Can automation create better workplaces?

Heico Sandee, CEO of Smart Robotics, explores how automation redefines warehouse culture. By shifting repetitive tasks to skill-based roles, automation improves safety, fosters collaboration, and makes warehousing more appealing to today’s workforce.

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Creating a Green Marine Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Seventy-one percent of the surface of our “blue planet” is covered by oceans which is also reflected in the fact that 80% of goods are moved via sea transportation within the global supply chain [1]. Ships also account for around 3% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions [2] , contributing to the acceleration of climate change. This in turn leads to melting ice caps, rising sea levels, and threatened biodiversity.

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How to Improve Snowplow Operations with Fleet Management Solutions

RasTrac

Snow and ice create hazardous driving conditions for motorists. Learn how to optimize snowplow operations with GPS tracking solutions like Rastrac.

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Hillebrand Acquires Alcoholic Beverage Logistics Provider to Implement B2C Channel

Food Logistics

VignoblExport’s strong market reputation, large customer base and unique service capabilities will strengthen Hillebrand’s current offering and allow it to service end-consumers directly.

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Business-to-Anything Integration Supports Agile Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

OpenText Touts Business-to-Anything Integration. There have been extensive supply chain disruptions caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. These disruptions have elevated the supply chain function to the boardroom level. It is now understood that supply chain agility is imperative. Supply chain collaboration networks, which provide wide ranging visibility to events occurring upstream and downstream in supply chains, can help companies be more agile.

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Hydrogen, now mainstream

Truck News

You don’t have to look very hard at all to be inundated by news about electric cars and buses and trucks these days. In the four-wheel world, some manufacturers plan to offer predominantly electric powertrains within the decade or nearly so. By 2025 Volvo aims for 50 percent of its cars to be ‘pure electric’, […].

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Load Optimization: A Sustainable Way To Reduce Transportation Costs

Discover strategies to optimize load building and achieve significant transportation cost savings. Plus, learn how load optimization can help reduce CO 2 emissions and align with climate regulations and consumer expectations. Finally, discover best practices for sustainable load optimization.

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Ongoing high import levels remain a key theme of Port Tracker report

Logistics Management

The report explained that imports hit a new record this spring, with volume over the first half of 2021 pegged to be up by one-third annually, or 33.9%, driven by the economy continuing to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Transportation and Technology: How to Crack the “Cost of Goods Sold” Conundrum

Food Logistics

In order to truly optimize cost of goods sold operations, businesses must begin to include transportation under their COGS umbrella.

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‘Ice Road Truckers’ star Lisa Kelly still tackles Alaska’s challenging Haul Road

Overdrive Online

Kelly runs between Fairbanks and the oil fields around Prudhoe Bay on Alaska’s northern shore. She still gets "Ice Road Truckers" fan mail.

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The future of ERP – from ‘Built to Last’ to ‘Built to Change’

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Niels Bohr, the Nobel laureate in Physics and father of the atomic model, is quoted as saying “prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” However, in business, you need to be able to estimate the future. You don’t just make it up on a daily basis. Forecasting gives companies a better chance of getting […]. The post The future of ERP – from ‘Built to Last’ to ‘Built to Change’ appeared first on SYSPRO US.

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Autonomous AI Agents Are the Future of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations

As early as next year, procurement and supply chain operations will begin to adopt AI agents, often called “agentic AI,” to work alongside employees to make and execute decisions with precision across procurement and even the most complex global supply chains. Unlike LLM-based generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, these AI agents do not require prompts from humans.

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National diesel average is up after two flat weeks, reports EIA

Logistics Management

With a 1.8-cent increase, the national diesel average came in at $3.142 per gallon, following back-to-back readings of $3.124, for the weeks of April 19 and April 26, respectively.

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Driver Retention: 4 Ways Brokers Can Do More

Food Logistics

At the end of the day, logistics is a people business. Driver retention is a people problem and requires a people solution, and brokers can be a part of that solution.

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Know the value of your time to assess true profit

Overdrive Online

Gary Buchs on the value of assessing cost, profit and driver pay per hour to evaluate any given load. It could help you know that customer who’s got a huge detention problem is no longer worth the time and effort, among other benefits.

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FAST program approvals need to be resumed

Truck News

Society, and our industry, have been thrown many curveballs and suffered many consequences as a result of Covid-19. While governments, in most cases, have been proactive – reactive when necessary – and worked with industry and the public to strike a fine balance between public health and our economy, sometimes decisions get made that fail […].

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Freight Procurement Simplified: Bids from Hours to Minutes

Speaker: Eric Berdinis, Ran Sun, & Chris Chmielewski

Procuring freight can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and error-prone. If you’re frustrated with the complex and manual processes for obtaining bids for your contract and spot freight, you’re not alone. In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, optimizing these processes is critical to staying competitive and cutting costs. Join this exclusive webinar with experts from Uber Freight to learn how the latest digital tools and automation can transform your freight procurement strategy by strea

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XPO Logistics posts record-breaking revenue for Q1

Logistics Management

Quarterly revenue—at $4.77 billion—was up 24% annually over the $3.86 billion, for the first quarter of 2020, and marked the highest revenue for any quarter in the company’s history. EBITDA was up 33%, to $433 million, topping estimates of $388 million, marking the third consecutive quarter it set an EBITDA record. Quarterly operating income—at $202 million—was more than double the $81 million recorded a year ago.

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The Executive Guide to ERP: Part 1

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

When it comes to an ERP project, many business executives, even some CIOs, delegate their responsibilities for running an ERP project to the ERP solution implementer. They do this because this is an area they have little or no experience in and no education about. What they need is an executive guide to ERP, and […]. The post The Executive Guide to ERP: Part 1 appeared first on SYSPRO US.

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With Roadcheck under way, here's a refresher on the OOS violations for lights, hours

Overdrive Online

If you could carry just one replacement bulb on the truck, which would most likely save you from being put out of service? It's not a headlamp, notes compliance whiz Andy Blair, who offers this refresher on the OOS conditions for lights, hours.

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Amazon Fuels North America’s Most Severe Warehouse Shortage

Supply Chain Brain

Finding warehouse space around Toronto has never been harder, and the e-commerce fueled shortage is disrupting businesses and threatening the broader economy.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Despite small decline, Services economy remained strong in April, reports ISM

Logistics Management

The reading for the report’s key indicator—the Services PMI (formerly the Non-Manufacturing PMI)—came in at 62.7 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth is occurring) in April. This marks a 1.0% decline from March’s 63.7, which was the highest reading since October 2018’s 60.9, and marks the eleventh consecutive month of services sector growth, at a slower rate.

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Meet Ecommerce Demand with Best Practices in Less than Truckload Shipping

CH Robinson Logistics

In 2020, the United States saw five years’ worth of ecommerce growth in one year. Consumers who never shopped online began doing it regularly. Stores became distribution centers for online orders. Brands supplying those stores and delivering directly to consumers found themselves overwhelmed. These ecommerce trends aren’t going away, and shippers will continue to face the challenge of moving smaller quantities of freight at a higher frequency while navigating capacity issues.

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The Evolution of Online Shopping

Kuebix

Online shopping is extremely popular because of its convenience and wide range of available products. Even though we don’t necessarily notice, the process and platforms behind online shopping are constantly changing in response to consumer priorities and interests. Online Shopping on Social Media Platforms The pandemic pushed online shopping further into the spotlight because it […].

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California AB 5: Likely next steps, wait-and-see mode, unanswered questions prevail among small fleets, leased operators

Overdrive Online

Many feel indiscriminate application of AB 5 to trucking is like carpet-bombing a legitimate business model in leasing owner-ops, when the weapon the state needs is already in its tool belt, a hammer for tax dodgers 1099'ing drivers who own no equipment.

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The Ultimate Guide to Transportation and Load Building Optimization

Enhance your transportation and load building efficiency with our comprehensive guide. Learn to tackle today's supply chain challenges and optimize your approach with advanced planning strategies. This guide covers: Supply Chain Challenges: Discover how transportation planning can address critical issues and improve efficiency. Load Building Benefits: Understand how effective load building can enhance your transportation processes.

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Preliminary North American Class 8 orders are solid in April

Logistics Management

FTR reported that preliminary April North American Class 8 orders—at 34,600 units—were down 15% compared to March (snapping a six-month streak of monthly orders topping the 40,000 mark), while remaining above typical seasonal trends. April preliminary North American Class 8 net orders came in at 33,500 units, its lowest level since September 2020, ACT noted.

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Evaluating Network Design Options for your Supply Chain Consulting Business? Here’s why you should consider AIMMS

AIMMS

The post Evaluating Network Design Options for your Supply Chain Consulting Business? Here’s why you should consider AIMMS appeared first on AIMMS.

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Collision avoidance: The best safety advancement since brakes

Truck News

May was a big month for me. The 15th was my second birthday. Pretty impressive that I’m writing this at only two years of age, right? That’s not right either. Thirty years ago, my life took a serious turn on the 15th of May. There was a safety issue on a piece of farm equipment […].

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