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Time to Transform Transportation Procurement?

Talking Logistics

Earlier this year, in a presentation at the Manhattan Momentum Connect conference, Dr. Chris Caplice from MIT argued that “the dominant design in transportation procurement is now outdated and it’s time to transform the process.” I encourage you to read my brief summary of his presentation for more details, but here’s a key quote from. Read more Time to Transform Transportation Procurement?

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Important Trade Routes in History

MTS Logistics

A trade route is a logistical network identified as a series of pathways used for the commercial transport of cargo. In modern times, commercial activity shifted from the major old trade routes to newer routes. This activity was sometimes carried out without the traditional protection of trade and international free-trade agreements. After people developed their commercial understanding in the societies they lived in, they wanted to trade with different cultures.

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VoIP Advantages and Disadvantages – What to Know Before Purchasing VoIP

Cyzerg

Before purchasing and implementing a VoIP phone system in your business, it is important to understand its advantages and disadvantages. To help you easily acquire that knowledge, we have created this short article that details VoIP’s features, benefits, and drawbacks.

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Parcel Carriers Unwrap Yearly Gift: Peak Season Surcharges

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

Parcel carriers have begun alerting customers that they will be raising costs or adding a peak season surcharge during the holidays. This article will review what we know about the size and timing of these increases, as well as things online sellers can do to lessen the cost impact on you and your customers.

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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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How Nuclear Verdicts are Killing the Trucking Business with Quinn Damon

The Logistics of Logistics

How Nuclear Verdicts are Killing the Trucking Business with Quinn Damon. Joe Lynch and Quinn Damon discuss how nuclear verdicts are killing the trucking business. As a vice president of an insurance company that insures trucking companies, Quinn is very knowledgeable of nuclear verdicts and the underlying causes. About Quinn Damon. Quinn Damon is a Vice President and Risk Management Consultant with Lockton.

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Essential Technologies for Warehousing Productivity

SIPMM Professional Publications

Warehouses are playing an important role in logistic as it can be an assembly line, fulfillment center as well as customer service or collection point. In the present, technology is important for every sector of the economy in the fast-paced. Besides, technologies for warehousing is one of the key drivers to ensure the goods flow […]. The post Essential Technologies for Warehousing Productivity appeared first on SIPMM | Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management.

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19 Advantages of Logistics Outsourcing

Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

The right partners can be powerful allies in a business’s quest to become bigger, better and more profitable. Nowhere is that more true than logistics management, where logistics outsourcing continues to grow, and 62% of shippers who currently outsource say they are actually stepping up their use of third party logistics providers (3PLs).

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Invest in These Capabilities to Drive Supply Chain Excellence

AIMMS

Insights from Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Supply Chain Strategy, 2020. Supply chain professionals know it can be extremely challenging to drive day-to-day operational excellence and pursue innovation at the same time. Our recent survey showed that only 17% of organizations make it a priority to invest in innovation. Firefighting is the norm. It can also be challenging to decide where to invest.

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In the Grocery Ecommerce Boom, Dark Stores Light the Way

Logistics Viewpoints

In the last number of years, ecommerce has grown in popularity across many industries, including grocery. We saw an increase in the overall share of mobile-first ecommerce, and significant additions to hybrid approaches to purchasing, such as buy online, pickup in-store (BOPIS), curbside pickup, and home delivery. In the last six months, that steady growth line has become a spike.

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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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Postponement Strategies for Effective Warehousing

SIPMM Professional Publications

Effective management of a supply chain includes thinking creatively about the way of integrate and perform logistics and manufacturing activities. Postponement and speculation strategies of products during a timely and cost-effective manner by the standard production and logistics structures. Supply chain have reducing risk and forecasting techniques, cooperation and integration between the manufacturing and logistics […].

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Profiles in Route Optimization Excellence – Smith Brothers Farms

Talking Logistics

It’s no secret that route optimization can have a significant impact on both delivery costs and customer service levels, especially in high volume / high density delivery operations. But what factors contribute to route optimization excellence and how are they put into practice? Has COVID-19 had an impact on this? Those are some of the. Read more Profiles in Route Optimization Excellence – Smith Brothers Farms.

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Rising demand for truckload capacity and high average spot rates remain intact, says DAT

Logistics Management

Rates based on rolling averages, through September 27, came in at: $2.37 per mile for van, unchanged on a weekly basis (and is up 14 cents compared to the national contract rate); flatbed rose 1 cent, to $2.40 per mile; and refrigerated was unchanged, at $2.57 per mile.

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WMS Generates Big Data but Struggles to Provide Real-time Analytics

Logistics Viewpoints

Warehouse management systems are Big Data applications. They can struggle to provide the real-time analytics needed to run a responsive and agile distribution operation. There is a solution. The post WMS Generates Big Data but Struggles to Provide Real-time Analytics appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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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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Confused about ‘mandatory’ hair testing regs for driver drug tests? Here’s what to know…

Commercial Carrier Journal

Despite seeming lingering confusion, fleets will not be required to use hair sample testing in driver drug tests, nor will drivers be required to take a hair sample drug test as a blanketed rule. And those regs certainly aren't "almost here.

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How Technology Provides a Crucial Link in Ethical Supply Chains

Supply Chain Brain

With companies relying increasingly on complex global supply chains, their need for verifiable manufacturing ethics and supplier transparency is growing.

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North American supply chains are impacted by labor disruptions in Canada

Logistics Management

Following a strike by dockworkers that lasted for one month and paralyzed operations at the Port of Montreal in August and September of this year, Resilience360 research indicates that major ports both on the west and east coast of Canada continue to experience disruption ranging from port congestion to rail car shortages.

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Women in Supply Chain: Why so few?

Logistics Bureau

Why are we not attracting more women into the Supply Chain profession? Why are there only about 17% of senior supply chain leaders and logistics who are female? Great questions, that we need to understand and address. Sheri Hinish is back to discuss this. Best Regards, Rob O’Byrne. Email: robyrne@logisticsbureau.com. Phone: +61 417 417 307.

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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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Drivers on many days might be able to skip 30-minute break under new HOS regs

Commercial Carrier Journal

Under the new HOS regs, drivers have to take the 30-minute break within their first eight hours of drive time, not on-duty time. Also, the break can be taken in any status that isn't on-duty driving. That means time spent fueling at a truck stop counts as a break.

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Data, not hunches, should clarify safety prospect of younger drivers

Overdrive Online

The pilot program would aim to produce data showing whether adequate safeguards could ensure that 18-20-year-olds can drive interstate as safely as older drivers.

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New HOS tweaks in effect with flexibility lauded on 30-minute driver rest breaks

Logistics Management

The latest tweaks to the 83-year-old truck driver hours of service regulations went into effect Sept. 29 as the Transportation Department’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) attempts to build in flexibility to a monolithic regulation covering some 3.5 million long-haul truckers.

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Why Large Companies Increasingly Opt for 4PL Services

Logistics Bureau

SUMMARY: Because 4PL providers handle a company’s entire chain, including challenges that are thrown up by advances in technology, they are increasingly being favoured over third-party logistics (3PL) providers, especially by big companies with complex supply chains. In its simplest form, fourth-party logistics is a model in which manufacturers hand over the entirety of the organisation and oversight of their supply chain to a 4PL provider.

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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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What Leaders Need to Consider before Implementing ERP

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

This year, the pandemic has emphasized and accentuated the need for companies to critically look at business operations. Technology has been an essential component of the process, aiding the mobilization of the remote workforce, and increased collaboration. It’s no secret that digitalization can create efficiencies in your business, and it could open up new revenue streams, and it […].

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How Savvy Retailers Will Tackle the 2020 Holiday Season

Supply Chain Brain

As retailers begin to land on their feet and steady themselves from COVID-19-related shutdowns and downturns, the holiday season is quickly approaching — and with it, many uncertainties tied to the future of their businesses.

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More cargo at risk of diversion from U.S. West Coast to British Columbia?

Logistics Management

A new Mercator study notes that U.S. West Coast ports have been experiencing a loss of market share of discretionary cargo to Vancouver and Prince Rupert for well over a decade.

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Point of emphasis from readers: Hours of service regs all about how much you can drive

Overdrive Online

"Fundamentally, HOS rules are about when you can drive, and cannot." There's no quicker way to start a conversation than to start building hypothetical scenarios in attempt to illustrate elements of the hours of service rules.

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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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NZE Natural Gas Trucks Showcased in Port of Long Beach Clean Truck Parade

NGT News

Southern California trucking companies have showcased their near-zero-emission (NZE) natural gas trucks in a clean truck parade to commemorate the opening of the new Port of Long Beach bridge. The seven fleet operators – NFI, Total Transportation Solutions Inc. (TTSI), MDB Transportation, Tradelink Transport, Pacific 9 Transportation, Overseas Freight and Green Trucking – collectively operate […].

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Second Cyberattack in a Week Hits Global Shipping Industry

Supply Chain Brain

The cyberattack is raising concern about disruptions to supply chains already straining to move goods heading into the usual peak season for consumer demand.

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White House issues one-year continuing resolution for the FAST Act

Logistics Management

As the clock was ticking on the end of the fiscal year, with the immediate financial fate of the nation’s surface transportation authorization—the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act—set to expire on September 30, the White House stepped in and signed a continuing resolution today, which will run through September 30, 2021, to ensure that funding remains in place.