MTS Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2021

International transportation is the key to opening your business to all markets for growth opportunities. On the other hand, you also need to know and understand the rules and regulations of exporting and importing, and crucially, you need the proper shipping documents. In today’s logistics environment, EDIs (electronic data interfaces) and the Internet are the most used tools to transfer documents among buyers, sellers, vendors, banks, customers and government entities.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Basics of Clearing Customs with Christopher Wall. Christopher Wall and Joe Lynch discuss the basics of clearing customs. As the founder of a digital customs brokerage, Christopher has a deep understanding of the customs clearing process and some of the associated problems. About Christopher Wall. Christopher Wall is the Founder and CEO of Zeus Logics , a next-gen digital customs brokerage platform.

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Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

JANUARY 12, 2021

Print materials represent a sizeable portion of your marketing budget. Obviously, you want to get the best possible return for those expenditures. But, inefficient sales collateral fulfillment could be sabotaging your efforts. Here are a few tips to help you better manage the production, storage and distribution of your marketing and promotional materials.

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SIPMM Professional Publications

JANUARY 10, 2021

Tropical fruits originate from regions with tropical climate environment. But tropical fruit does not mean that the fruit is limited to the region, as some farmers from warm temperate regions may grow them, just like subtropical fruits are occasionally grown in tropical regions. Tropical fruits are very sensitive to the temperature of cold and frost. […].

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 14, 2021

All around, 2020 lessons learned are fueling improvements in this new year. Record-setting speed of medical innovation delivered multiple COVID-19 vaccines in less than a year. Schools that sat dormant for nine-months are better equipped to safely welcome students back for in-person learning. Fulfillment professionals also made great strides in 2020, driven by necessity, and many lessons can be applied in the year ahead to keep customers happy and operations on track.

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Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

JANUARY 14, 2021

There once as a young fulfillment professional - let’s call her Leah - who decided her current warehousing job wasn’t making her happy. So she found another one instead. No big deal, right? Actually it is, and if you don’t think so, your company could be missing out on an easy way to trim one of your largest areas of fulfillment center costs – labor.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2021

Prasad Gollapalli, Founder and CEO of Trucker Tools, on how small freight brokers can leverage the playing field by leveraging technology. Podcast version (click to play): The post [Video] How Small Freight Brokers Can Level the Playing Field appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. Prasad Gollapalli, Founder and CEO of Trucker Tools, on how small freight brokers can leverage the playing field by leveraging technology.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2021

I recently completed my latest study on the transportation execution and visibility solutions market. Transportation execution allow shippers to connect to multiple carriers and then tender, track, and pay in the system. Visibility solutions allow real-time asset tracking across the entire distribution network. This enables improved estimated arrival times of goods.

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Commercial Carrier Journal

JANUARY 12, 2021

Increasingly, motor carriers are using time-based measurements to align driver pay with pricing and billing activities. The post Fleets taking steps to advance time-based driver pay first appeared on Commercial Carrier Journal.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 10, 2021

Supply chains have for many years tolerated a lack of accountability at nearly every node — from buyer-supplier relationships to outdated tools and data transparency issues — which has prevented businesses from operating cost- and time-efficiently and delivering on their promises.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 13, 2021

In December 2019, I made some predictions for 2020. However, instead of making predictions like “Walmart Will Buy FedEx to Compete with Amazon” or “The Consolidation of Digital Freight Brokers Begins,” I made some totally predictable predictions. That is, instead of predicting what might change in 2020, I predicted what would likely stay the same. Read more The More Things Change in Supply Chain, The More They Stay the Same.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2021

Jeff Tramel, the Vice President of Global Procurement, at NTT DATA Services. SAP recently announced that NTT DATA Services, a global digital business and IT services company, had achieved $125 million in value based on a digital transformation of their procurement function. The savings have occurred over the past three years following the implementation of spend management solutions from SAP that included SAP Ariba solutions for procurement, SAP Fieldglass solutions for contingent workforce mana

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Morai Logistics

JANUARY 14, 2021

The speed at which technology within the supply chain progresses is, at times, hard to keep up with—here are 5 key signs that a supply chain needs to modernize. . Technological advancements are taking place in the supply chain all the time. In light of the transformative nature of the past year, staying abreast of those advancements is more important than its ever been.

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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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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 14, 2021

Visual AI tools such as visual search have unlocked a host of sales-related advantages for e-commerce — and offer a wealth of data that can boost operational efficiencies.

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Logistics Management

JANUARY 14, 2021

Minneapolis, Minn.-based global logistics services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson and Cary, N.C.-based data analytics company SAS introduced a partnership geared towards providing an end-to-end supply chain solution focused on integrating inventory and demand signal data with real-time transportation data.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2021

I recently completed my latest study on the transportation execution and visibility solutions market. Transportation execution allow shippers to connect to multiple carriers and then tender, track, and pay in the system. Visibility solutions allow real-time asset tracking across the entire distribution network. This enables improved estimated arrival times of goods.

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SIPMM Professional Publications

JANUARY 12, 2021

Contract negotiation does not necessarily equate to getting the cheapest price.It can also be in terms of quality or service etc. Contracting is defined as a process based on project management plans and developing budget specifications to closeout a contract with a set of document detailing an agreement of legally binding terms. When both parties […].

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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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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 12, 2021

Jamie Teets, partner with GRJ Health, explains the reasons for the critical shortage of nitrile gloves that has plagued hospitals and healthcare workers since the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many companies are getting ready for (or perhaps have already completed) their annual transportation procurement engagement. But has the time come to transform the transportation procurement process? We asked our Indago supply chain research community that question back in October 2020 and the vast majority of the respondents (91%) either Agree (61%) or Strongly Agree.

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Freight Center

JANUARY 12, 2021

Small to medium-sized business owners that ship perishable food or other temperature-sensitive products have a unique challenge on their hands—making sure their cargo stays safe and at the right temperature during transit. From food to beverages to medications and more, if your business ships perishable items, then you need these simple tips for how to ship perishable food and other items!

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SIPMM Professional Publications

JANUARY 9, 2021

The purpose of identifying and selecting an appropriate procurement consideration is to find the best way to obtain the solution and result to satisfy the needs of the end user for obtaining the most advantageous pricing and contractual conditions through a competitive process. Finding the best heavy machinery and parts can often be a challenge […].

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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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NGT News

JANUARY 13, 2021

Ameresco Inc., an independent provider of renewable energy solutions, has achieved mechanical completion at its McCarty Road landfill gas to renewable natural gas (RNG) plant located in Houston, Texas. “Demand for RNG from the transportation sector has steadily risen for the past several years and we anticipate this to continue into the future because of […].

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 11, 2021

Jeff Tramel, the Vice President of Global Procurement, at NTT DATA Services. SAP recently announced that NTT DATA Services, a global digital business and IT services company, had achieved $125 million in value based on a digital transformation of their procurement function. The savings have occurred over the past three years following the implementation of spend management solutions from SAP that included SAP Ariba solutions for procurement, SAP Fieldglass solutions for contingent workforce mana

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Freight Center

JANUARY 14, 2021

Often people believe (incorrectly) that liability coverage and freight insurance are so similar that they could be twins. In reality, they’re more like family members, related but very different.

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Trans Global Auto Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2021

A 2,700-mile row across the Pacific Ocean is something most of us could never dream of, yet that is exactly what a four-man crew will set out to accomplish in June of 2021. The Endurance Limits Pacific Row Challenge team will set sail in Monterey, California —where the crew will row all the way to Honolulu, Hawaii. While setting a World Record is the ultimate accomplishment, this mission is for much more than just a name in the record books.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 11, 2021

In this edition of “SONAR Indices & Insights,” the SONAR team showcases several truck driver indices full of transportation data to aid carriers in staying ahead of any potential truck driver shortage within SONAR, the freight forecasting platform from FreightWaves. This week, learn how asset-based and asset-lite carriers are monitoring truck driver and owner-operator indices to keep a pulse on any freight KPI shortcomings within their driver workforce.

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WorkWave

JANUARY 13, 2021

Time To Read: 4 minutes. Today’s pest control customers value convenience. They want to request estimates, ask questions, and book services as easily and as quickly as possible, on their own schedule. In fact, according to Inc. , more than half of customers believe that a business should be available 24 hours a day. Enter web chat. Web chat lets customers start a conversation with your company directly from your website.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 13, 2021

Global food prices reached a six-year high in December and are likely to keep rising into 2021, adding to pressure on household budgets while hunger surges around the world.

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