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Importance of Logistics in Construction Projects

Trinity Logistics

It only takes one delayed shipment for a construction project to cause the schedule to fall behind days, weeks, or even months. According to the Electrical Contractor , in 2017, 61 percent of construction projects were shown to be behind schedule. Obviously, this is a big problem in the industry. EXTRA COSTS.

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Autonomous Planning in Supply Chain: 4 Must-Haves for Next-Generation Platforms

Logistics Viewpoints

Network cost modeling. and Master of Engineering degrees in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University. And pretty much everyone realized that the old technologies used in planning are not going to cut it anymore when there are so many moving parts in the game. Automated forecasting processes.

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Real-World Scenario: Best Practices for Warehousing Contracts: Part Two

GlobalTranz

Today's blog is a continuation of yesterday's where we discussed cost management and KPIs with warehousing contracts using a real-world scenario. Now we dive a bit deeper with incentives, gain sharing, should-cost models, and governance in warehousing contracts. What are the other incentives followed in warehousing industry?

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Freight Costs: 5 tips to get the biggest bang for your buck

FreightWaves SONAR

Freight costs and budget adherence are among the most important and often overlooked aspects of transportation management. As the industry struggles to recover from the unprecedented global events of 2020, recognizing budget limitations is essential for industry growth and success.

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Real-World Scenario: Best Practices for Warehouse Contracts: Part One

GlobalTranz

When it comes to the logistics industry, whether it's transportation management contracts or warehouse contracts, there are a million moving parts, and as many questions. And our client engages with 3PL by open book cost plus contracts and gain share and pain share incentive. Create a “win-win” partnership. Well, not entirely.

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Canadian Shipper: Freightera has a Plan to become the Amazon of the Freight Industry

Freightera

It describes the state of the industry that is vitally important economically, enormously large and highly fragmented. Freightera is one of the only companies that has created a fixed cost model with data directly from carriers. Canadian Shipper just published an article about Freightera’s ambitious mission.

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Cargo Chat: BlueGrace Execs Talk Nearshoring

Blue Grace Logistics

Because most of these companies, their first step will be to build some sort of factory, some sort of distribution center in Mexico that would bring their supply chain closer to the U.S. Air Cargo Next: How does nearshoring affect the shipping portion of the supply chain?

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