Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 2, 2021

With the visibility solution, the company is able to develop a plan for warehouse labor that insures when a load comes in, that workers are ready to unload the truck, or when an outbound truck is scheduled at a dock, the pallets are staged and ready to be loaded. This used to be a paper-based process.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Steve: Klaus, when we talked, you mentioned Autoliv was already doing digital supplier management, had digital sourcing solutions, and was looking at real-time transportation visibility solutions to provide better predicted times of arrival for inbound and outbound shipments. Klaus: I can´t give too many details for compliance reasons.

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Conger

JULY 28, 2022

Plenty of examples of warehousing. Perhaps the most prominent fulfillment center example is Amazon’s fulfillment centers. A cross-docking warehouse is where goods from inbound trucks are sorted and routed to outbound trucks for final delivery to the end-user. For example, take Co-op Partners Warehouse in St.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 23, 2021

The LevaData solution, for example, speeds up sourcing significantly. For example, transportation management solutions from Blume Global, Descartes, E2open, One Network, and others, allow tenders and tender-accepts to be automated in a holistic application that manages the end-to-end transportation process.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 3, 2020

To provide maximum trading flexibility they are usually geared and modern examples are fitted for the carriage of containers and grains. The individual shipment is loaded onto an outbound vehicle which contains shipments from other customers bound for the same geographic area.

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Log-hub

AUGUST 14, 2024

Here are some real-life examples of successful supply chain optimization across various industries. Optimize Logistics: Walmart uses a network of strategically located distribution centers and employs cross-docking, where products are directly transferred from inbound to outbound trucks, reducing time and costs. Explore NEED SUPPORT?

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2022

For example, current congestion at China ports is based on COVID restrictions on cross-province trucking stoppages and port labor COVID lock downs in China that have prevented workers from off-loading and on-boarding shipping containers. But better visibility to containers is badly needed.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Leading metrics for tracking overall and market-specific activity include: Inbound and outbound load daily change rates, like the Outbound Tender Volume Index (OTVI) in FreightWaves SONAR. Freight market share over the last week, such as SONAR’s Outbound Tender Market Share (OTMS).

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 28, 2024

SONAR’s Outbound Tender Rejection Index — coupled with the Tender Lead Times and Outbound Tender Volume Indexes — can demonstrate these changes in near-real-time and is updated daily. For example, Baltimore is seeing rejections and more outbound tenders than much of the western U.S.:

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Without appointment management capabilities in place, for example, facilities can easily become overwhelmed by a flood of phone calls and emails from carriers trying to schedule inbound or outbound pickups, as well as managing labour planning within the facility.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

A user can view the volume of TEUs being booked on both an inbound (IOTI) and outbound basis (OOTI). . Example : A subscriber wants to see the outbound ocean shipments TEU volume being booked with ocean container lines in China that are moving outbound to the United States. ports to China).

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 24, 2023

One telling example is that an item would sometimes pass through three DCs before final delivery to the customer. For example, inventory was not slotted to minimize touches or facility travel distances. Furthermore, quality customer service was not always delivered in the most efficient manner.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 26, 2022

Transportation management systems are used by shippers and carriers to more efficiently manage inbound and outbound shipments. At TuSimple, for example, while they anticipate most of their customers will buy their autonomous trucks, one business model they are developing is TuSimple Capacity.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 7, 2019

These are inbound shipments from vendors, stock transfers between locations, and outbound shipments to customers. He also recommends looking at your inbound and outbound dock scheduling to better balance times to reduce dwell. He says since stock transfers are within the organization, they’re a good place to start. “If

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 22, 2021

The WRI combines outbound tender market share (OTMS) and the weekly change in tender rejection rates (OTRIW). For example Atlanta’s OTMS value is 4% and outbound rejections increased from 3% to 5% over the past seven days. OTMS x OTRIW = WRI.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 8, 2017

This example generates a huge amount of data that can leverage in the supply chain. While this example may still be a few years off, it is important that you understand how the top emerging trends in automation will shape supply chains and transportation processes in the coming years. Robotics Improve Inbound and Outbound Logistics.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 5, 2021

Lane Signal considers the following indices: Outbound Tender Volume Index Outbound Tender Rejection Index Headhaul Index for both origin and destination Inbound Tender Volume Index Inbound Tender Rejection Index. Here are three examples for how to use this product in real-time. Use the destination market as leverage.

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Trinity Logistics

JUNE 14, 2024

A LOOK AT THE PAST AND FUTURE OF THE FREIGHT MARKET The Outbound Tender Volume Index (OTVI) measures the volume of contracted freight in the U.S. For example, most LTL carriers were operating at 105-107 percent of capacity when they normally are in the low to mid-90s range. The below chart (Figure 2.1)

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 29, 2024

Cross-docking streamlines the flow of goods by transferring them directly from the receiving dock to outbound shipping, effectively bypassing the need for storage. The algorithms consider aisle directions (one-way aisles, for example), base item designations, and other factors to determine the most efficient pick path.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2021

Over time, retailers will be able to determine which gig carriers offer the best service in a particular geographic region, for example, as well as which carriers most often meet expectations vs. fall short. These vitals, in aggregate, can also help retailers more effectively negotiate rates across their carrier networks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The moves span inbound, intracompany, and outbound shipping. Any shipment moving from Siloam Springs to Bentonville, Arkansas, for example, would be one lane. On the outbound side, they were using a transportation management system from e2open. A lane involves a specific origin and destination.

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Parade

JUNE 17, 2019

Every freight brokerage uses one— or a combination of— four main booking structures: 1) Outbound region, 2) Inbound region, 3) ‘Carrier manager' model, and 4) ‘Free for All.' While you might have a combination of two such as ‘Free for All' and ‘carrier managers,' you won't have a mix of outbound, carrier manager, and the ‘Free for All.’

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Consider this example. Consider this example. . Of course, no disruption comes close to those that have been experienced to date in 2020. But that principle does allude to another issue. A lack of visibility amounts to an inability to mitigate risks and survive disruption. . Thus, rates are going to continue climbing.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 28, 2021

Managed transportation is about streamlining and centralizing the whole process of both inbound and outbound logistics, ranging from warehousing through delivery. Using an offshore vendor to manufacture a component for a larger automotive assembly is a typical example.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2023

FourKites, for example, can tell one of their shipper clients how long carriers are sitting on average at their warehouses and how this compares to the industry average; Or they can tell a shipper client the appointment reliability at one of that shippers customer’s distribution centers. The network has grown in size.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 19, 2021

Areas can include: In- and outbound workflows. Examples of use. For example, you can compare fixed automation with the use of autonomous mobile robots. Further customization in the simulation software, for example, allows adjustment of the height or width of a rack and the number of storage locations. Material handling.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Right now, the mega trend is that the focus is on inbound supply chains rather than outbound. From a technology standpoint, outbound supply chains, including last mile delivery, were well equipped to manage it. DoorDash, for example, connects restaurants with drivers for home delivery. Market Trends. The Network Effect.

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Parade

JULY 15, 2019

For example, managing unforeseen risks and providing customers with visibility. Market intelligence + analysis: carrier pricing, for example, can change at any moment. For example, meet Andrew Prater, Carrier Sales Manager (CSM) for a $1B brokerage.

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Logistics Bureau

JULY 11, 2022

Hopefully these examples will prove helpful if you are building a new supplier scoring process, overhauling your existing metrics portfolio, or just looking for some practical supplier performance measurement ideas. Example: Purchase order quantity in current month = 200,000 units, Quantity received = 199,880 units. Delivery On-time.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 15, 2021

In the screenshot above, you can see that the outbound and inbound stability show scores of 29 out of 100 and 21 out of 100, respectively. harder to procure capacity at the benchmark rate per mile ) in both the outbound and inbound directions. Carriers will be able to see inbound and outbound stability on specific lanes.

Optimal Sourcing 98

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Parade

JULY 17, 2019

Every freight brokerage uses one— or a combination of— four main booking structures: 1) Outbound region, 2) Inbound region, 3) ‘Carrier manager' model, and 4) ‘Free for All.' While you might have a combination of two such as ‘Free for All' and ‘carrier managers,' you won't have a mix of outbound, carrier manager, and the ‘Free for All.’.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Nulogy, for example, is a platform for collaboration between consumer goods brands and their copacker and comanufacturing partners. Forecast collaboration and visibility to potential exceptions, for example, allows copackers/comanufacturers to run their operations more efficiently. Then there is FourKites.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2024

In order to meet some requirements, for example, of customers or corporations, the resources managed in logistics can include tangible items such as food, materials, equipment, liquids and stuff as well as abstract items such as information, particles and energy. What is Logistics?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 11, 2021

For example, the manufacturing of pharmaceuticals vs. processing liquid waste in the mining industry. In the pharmaceutical example, it is a batch process manufacturing where the products are made as specified groups. From inbound, to processing, to storing and outbound. Types of process manufacturing. Use ingredients not parts.

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Ship Monk

OCTOBER 13, 2021

For example, let’s say you’re an apparel store with a diverse catalog. Let’s go back to the apparel store example. You see, there are two sides of the shipping coin: outbound and inbound. A few months into selling, you realize that your swimwear performs far better in Florida than it does in Nebraska.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 7, 2021

E-commerce order volume keeps climbing, straining carrier capacity with shippers sending more parcels outbound and receiving more returns inbound. A growing number of shippers now embrace the gig economy to get orders to customers, for example. Walmart, for example, offers logistics services to competitors.

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Parade

JULY 15, 2019

For example, managing unforeseen risks and providing customers with visibility. Market intelligence + analysis: carrier pricing, for example, can change at any moment. For example, meet Andrew Prater, Carrier Sales Manager (CSM) for a $1B brokerage.

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