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Transportation Cost and Capacity Trends

Now, That's Logistics

As shippers either figuratively or literally flipped the calendar page over to 2022, the hope was that at least some of the capacity crunches, driver shortages, labor issues and freight rate increases that took hold in 2021 would begin to heal themselves and create a more balanced transportation marketplace. Unfortunately, this didn’t happen. In fact, many shippers are facing the same challenges that they were grappling with in 2021—now compounded by issues like the Omicron variant, persistent s

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What is the Difference Between a Trucking Company and a 3PL?

Food Logistics

With so many constraints happening in the supply chain, many shippers wonder if it’s better to select a 3PL or a trucking company.

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Building a Strategy for National Fulfillment Services

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

If your company ships products nationally, you know the fulfillment environment has never been more demanding. Customers’ expectations for rapid delivery have risen to never-before-seen levels, and their impatience and frustration when you fall short of those expectations can send them looking at your competitors with fresh eyes. Those expectations apply heightened pressure on the need to have national fulfillment services that are efficient and fast – without coming attached with higher costs.

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The Parallel Systems Story with Matt Soule

The Logistics of Logistics

The Parallel Systems Story with Matt Soule. Matt Soule and Joe Lynch discuss the Parallel Systems story. Matt is the Co-founder & CEO of Parallel Systems , a company developing autonomous, battery-electric rail vehicles to move more trucking activity to rail. About Matt Soule. Matt Soule is the Co-founder & CEO of Parallel Systems , a company developing autonomous, battery-electric rail vehicles to move more trucking activity to rail.

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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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What Makes a Truly Agile and Resilient Supply Chain?

Logistics Viewpoints

Last year, many in the supply chain technology industry were warning companies all over the globe to prepare for the unknown. We didn’t know how long COVID-19-related shutdowns, and the ensuing port congestion and crunch on carrier capacity, would last. It now seems that port congestion and capacity issues will persist throughout the year. There is optimism around the corner, but a sunny outlook isn’t enough; it’s past time for supply chain leaders to transform their supply chains to become more

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How Order Fulfillment Impacts the eCommerce Customer Experience

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

The eCommerce customer experience has become an essential part of the online shopping process, especially for luxury brands and high-end goods. Online sellers in this realm don’t just sell products; they sell a brand experience. Therefore, when creating an experiential online sales encounter with consumers, eTailers need to focus on more than just the website design or the efficiency of the ordering process.

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What is Dynamic Pricing with Dawn Salvucci Favier

The Logistics of Logistics

What is Dynamic Pricing with Dawn Salvucci Favier. Dawn Salvucci-Favier and Joe Lynch answer the question what is dynamic pricing. Dawn is the CEO and Chief Product Officer at Greenscreens.ai , a dynamic pricing infrastructure for the truckload spot rate market that delivers buy and sell-side market intelligence and business insights to help companies grow and protect their margins.

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E-Commerce Sales are Soaring! But are E-Commerce Operations Profitable?

Logistics Viewpoints

Yes, if you take on risk. We hear it everywhere and I have said it myself a number of times “ e-commerce sales are soaring! ” But more difficult to determine is the profitability of e-commerce operations. And even more difficult than profitability is the detailed cost-structure of e-commerce channels. According to Digital Commerce 360 , Amazon accounts for 42 percent of e-commerce.

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Softening spot rates could mean ‘days are numbered’ for ad-hoc carriers

Supply Chain and Logistics

Spot rates for container shipments might be coming down from the stratosphere. There are a few indications, such as Xeneta’s XSI short-term index from Asia to North Europe.

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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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Can Blockchain Solve the Problem of Food Recalls?

Supply Chain Brain

Food-borne illnesses can be deadly. Yet when people hear about a food recall — even for something serious like E.coli — they usually determine whether or not they recently purchased that item and move on, not stopping to consider what the situation implies about the U.S. food supply chain.

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Deborah Dull on Inventory Thinking and How to Improve It

Logistics Bureau

In the late summer of 2020, I was honoured with the opportunity to interview supply chain guru Deborah Dull, not just once, but three times. While all the interviews are available to view on the Supply Chain Secrets YouTube channel , I decided to create some brief articles from the transcripts. After all, some people prefer to learn by reading, and in any case, you might find the transcripts helpful to cement the critical points of the interviews in your mind for future reference.

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Don’t Replace that WMS just yet – Optimize it first!

Logistics Viewpoints

Recently, my team members and I worked on a project with a well-known retailer facing challenges in the e-commerce area of its distribution center – and here was the question at hand: ‘Would replacing the WMS be the best solution?’. This retailer’s challenge was specifically its direct-to-consumer (DTC) picking inefficiency. E-commerce was a rapidly growing area for the retailer, and with a relatively large SKU count (more than 10,000), its WMS was challenged to support strategies for hand

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Supply chain signals: New-container prices and production finally peak

Supply Chain and Logistics

There are some interesting statistics here about container production. The graph shows the price of new containers is dropping. Drewry estimates production this year will be somewhere around 4.5 million TEU, 70% of which is 40-foot containers.

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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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Eight Ways Businesses Can Stop Child Labor in Their Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

Companies have been prioritizing environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals in an effort to meet stakeholder demands. As Year Three of the COVID-19 pandemic approaches, however, this goal is becoming more difficult to meet.

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Key Supply Chain Trends for 2022 and Beyond | PLS Logistics Services

PLS Logistics

As the supply chain industry is constantly evolving, it can be challenging for business leaders and supply chain managers to stay on top. So, this year, instead of reacting, companies will be proactive and stay in front of the global supply chain disruption with these top supply chain trends to look for in 2022.

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Tesla Achieves the Top Ranking in the ARC Industrial Digital Transformation Top 25 Special Report

Logistics Viewpoints

ARC’s Industrial Digital Transformation Top 25. ARC Advisory Group, where I work, recently announced the publication of their analysis of the 25 manufacturers with the most mature digital transformations. The report identified the leaders and highlighted best practices. This is the inaugural edition of the report. The ARC Industrial Digital Transformation Top 25 report highlights the leading manufacturers that excel at integrating digital technology into all areas of their business, fundam

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Sellers' market: Owner-operators adapt to skyrocketing used-truck prices with tight volume

Overdrive Online

Despite used trucks being the preferred route for many owner-operators, finding a used truck today at a comfortable price is more challenging than ever due to the COVID-19 pandemic and delays in new truck production caused by component shortages.

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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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The 'Real' Cost of High Warehouse Turnover Rates

Kane is Able

It costs $8,500 dollars to replace a warehouse worker. Sound like a lot? Well, that’s actually the low end. Calculating just the direct, trackable dollars, the cost to replace one warehouse worker can reach 25% of that worker’s salary. Using an average warehouse associate salary of around $34,000 (Glassdoor), $8,500 is about where you end up. But the real costs, when you factor in lost productivity and other indirect impacts, are much, much higher.

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ModelOps: A Winning Approach to Increase the Impact of Your Optimization Projects

AIMMS

The post ModelOps: A Winning Approach to Increase the Impact of Your Optimization Projects appeared first on AIMMS.

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When Globalization Meets Just-in-Time in the Medical Supply Chain

Supply Chain Brain

Michael Einhorn, chief executive of Dealmed, has been troubled for a good long while about the strategies commonly deployed when it comes to the supply chain for medical supplies.

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What goes into calculating your trucking insurance premium rate? Most of it is firmly under your control

Overdrive Online

Insurance agent/longtime owner-operator W. Joel Baker breaks down why his own first annual trucking insurance premium was so high when he got authority -- most of the factors that go into an insurance rate are under your control.

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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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Managing Operating Costs in the Chemical industry

Trinity Logistics

The chemical industry serves as support for many other industries, like agriculture, automotive, construction , and pharmaceuticals. According to an American Chemistry Council report, 96 percent of all manufactured goods trace back to chemical manufacturers. Chemical manufacturers often process raw materials into refined products used in other industries or within the chemical industry.

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Time to be proud of trucking’s triumphs

Fleet Owner

Trucking continues to push innovation, search for breakthroughs, and develop new technologies. Now is the time to recognize those achievements and celebrate the industry.

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The Evolution of Schwan’s Home Delivery Propane Autogas Trucks

NGT News

To hear David Mann put it, Schwan’s Home Delivery was green before it was fashionable to be green – all due to its commitment to propane autogas. Mann, Schwan’s Home Delivery’s senior director of fleet operations, says the frozen grocery delivery company has been using propane autogas delivery trucks since the 1970s. Back then, during […].

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Emissions systems, while improved, still causing issues for some owners

Overdrive Online

A combined 46% of used-truck buyers reported having to rebuild or conduct other engine work or having issues with emissions system components. By model year, owner-ops report 2016 and newer engines fare better on emissions issues.

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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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Traceability for manufacturers today

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

When it comes to food and beverages , wealthier segments of the consumer market today are more health-conscious than ever about what they choose to consume, and what effects their choices have on the planet. Their purchases are often strongly determined by nutritional value, packaging, and shelf-life. They want to know what is in the food they buy, plus its “heritage”, which creates an increased demand for transparency in product labelling and food safety.

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How Technology is Transforming Transportation Procurement

Talking Logistics

Transportation issues are in the spotlight today, with congested ports, capacity constraints, and trucker protests among the current headlines. As shippers, carriers, and logistics service providers look for ways to innovate and eliminate waste and inefficiencies from transportation management, one area that is starting to get more attention is transportation procurement.

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Allison Transmission Delivers Electric Hybrid Buses to Southern Nevada Transit Coalition

NGT News

Allison Transmission has delivered electric hybrid-equipped buses to Southern Nevada Transit Coalition, a public transportation system in Laughlin, Nev. New Flyer integrated Allison’s H 40 EPTM electric hybrid propulsion system into these new buses. The system improves fuel consumption by up to 25% versus a conventional diesel bus, and reduces CO2 emissions.