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Breakbulk Americas with Jeff Tucker

The Logistics of Logistics

Jeff is the CEO of Tucker Company Worldwide , the oldest privately-held freight brokerage in North America, specializing in notoriously complicated freight, like temperature-controlled, oversized, and high-value, high-security shipments. Breakbulk Americas , is the region’s largest trade event for the project cargo and breakbulk industry.

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REPOST: The Tive Story with Krenar Komoni

The Logistics of Logistics

Krenar Komoni is the Founder and CEO of Tive , a company that is re-imagining supply chain visibility with sensor-driven awareness and analysis tools of in-transit goods, from start to finish. Managers can configure customizable alerts to trigger notifications based on geofences or other significant events. Port Delays.

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Simmons Foods’ Approach to Transportation Spend

Logistics Viewpoints

The company moves 46,000 shipments per year using dry van, temperature controlled, hoppers, live haul, and other trucks as well. Mr. Masters quickly determined that a procurement event was necessary just to set a baseline. He ran a network RFP (request for proposal) event. We did not have a great spot tool.”

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The Tive Story with Krenar Komoni

The Logistics of Logistics

Krenar Komoni is the Founder and CEO of Tive , a company that is re-imagining supply chain visibility with sensor-driven awareness and analysis tools of in-transit goods, from start to finish. Managers can configure customizable alerts to trigger notifications based on geofences or other significant events. Handling Damage Monitoring.

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Fresh Demand Planning: How AI Empowers Retailers

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Next week, temperatures go back to seasonal norms; what does that mean about my expected demand? Understanding that when the weather is 5 degrees warmer than the average temperature, ice cream sales increase by 50% allows for more accurate and real-time forecasts in your demand planning process.

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The Importance of Transportation Visibility

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As I mentioned in an earlier post on the growth drivers for the Transportation Management Systems market , transportation visibility tools are one of a number of technologies that are improving performance and helping to reduce freight spend. Real-time visibility tools are often thought of as an over-the-road technology.

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How Cold Chain Logistic Providers Build Trust with Traceability

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Due their short “shelf life,” perishable products require temperature control at every stage in the supply chain. Plus, any irregular change in temperature during transport, or even in the warehouse where the product is stored, doesn’t just cause the food to go to waste, but can cause a food safety issue.