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Overcoming Supply Chain Disruptions with Shanna Greathouse and Tony Nichols

The Logistics of Logistics

Socio-political events like trade wars and political upheavals around the world. indirect expenses including cost of quality, rework, tariffs, expedited air, and safety stock can uncover overlooked sourcing opportunities that enable resilience and flexibility while reducing overall risk. Rapid changes in consumer buying habits.

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5 Analytic Shipping Data Insights for Shippers From SONAR

FreightWaves SONAR

Download the White Paper. CRITICAL EVENT CONDITIONS LIKELY TO CAUSE ROAD CLOSURES Analytic data insights also allow understanding of how critical events affect road conditions. After all, import activity is one of the leading indicators of added pressure on truckload logistics and sourcing capacity.

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Insider Series Provides Insights on Trends, Technologies and Strategies

Logistics Business Magazine

MHS, a single-source provider of material handling automation and software solutions, announces a new multi-part online experience scheduled to run October through November. Following each event, attendees receive exclusive access to supplementary resources like white papers, case studies and infographics to continue their experience.

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Why Blockchain Within The Supply Chain Makes Perfect Sense

GlobalTranz

WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Download white paper. In other words, stakeholders in a supply chain can react quickly to event information and automate their responses. Source ] Blockchain can help mitigate these losses and their associated disputes.

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Experts Choice Of Top Online Logistics Resources

Freightos

So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. is one of the industry’s most respected logistics sources. Sourcing Innovation. Check out his white papers and the Somali pirate song.

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Blockchain & Supply Chain Visibility: Will Blockchain Finally Eliminate Supply Chain Black Swans?

GlobalTranz

However, blockchain and supply chain visibility may be able to reduce the appearance of black swans by bringing new insights and planning to risk management, helping companies mitigate losses during such events. Unfortunately, supply chain black swans are rare, so leaders may not put as much work into preparing for such events as necessary.

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What is a routing guide and what are best practices to create one

FreightWaves SONAR

Download the White Paper. The routing guide is a digital resource because no one wants to use paper routing guides anymore. It provides a source of arbitration to avoid confusion and resolve disputes within the supply chain. What is a routing guide : a digital resource that seeks to reduce high transportation costs.