The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 27, 2023

Because shipment and truck visibility is so important on critical shipments, Candor utilizes Trucker Tools to track shipments and provide real-time updates. Members meet with their peers in confidential group meetings facilitated by accomplished executive-level coaches to help solve their most complex issues.

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Overdrive Online

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

For Overdrive's 60th-anniversary series, a look back at the emphasis readers have placed on the citizen's band radio as a primary safety tool in dangerous driving conditions, right up to the present moment, and highway culture through history.

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The Lean Thinker

APRIL 20, 2020

The whole goal of an ideal “Just-in-Time” system is that we have only the capacity required to meet the demand. Asking and answering these questions is the purpose of many of the “lean tools” – including takt time. Don’t Confuse the Tool with the Goal.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 24, 2022

Shawn is an angel investor in fintech and developer tools. Axle is a financial enablement platform that specializes in freight broker end-to-end automation and intelligent back-office tools that is rapidly disrupting the $2 trillion logistics sector. About Axle. The Axle team are experts in logistics, finance, and tech.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

They share amazing driver stories, talk about what’s going on in the news, and most importantly, give listeners the resources and tools they need to accelerate their driveaway career to that of a six-figure trucker. Norton Transport also provides customized services to meet the specific needs of its customers.

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Amware Logistics and Fulfillment

DECEMBER 20, 2024

AI is not just a tool; its a game-changer for businesses striving to stay competitive in a rapidly shifting marketplace. Traditionally reliant on historical data and manual forecasting, predictive analytics has now evolved to harness real-time data and machine learning to anticipate trends with remarkable precision.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 21, 2020

Because shipment and truck visibility is so important on critical shipments, Candor utilizes Trucker Tools to track shipments and provide real-time updates. Invite senior management to the kick-off meetings to set the tone and show their support. Ideally, the meeting can be aligned with the senior manager’s objectives.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

JUNE 27, 2022

A meeting between two pioneers during a cocktail party in 1956 turned out to be a defining moment in the world of manufacturing. Technology meets human capability in the middle. Building the right skills to meet the factory of the future appeared first on SYSPRO Blog. We’ve moved slowly in this area.”. The post Industry 4.0:

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 11, 2023

Shawn is an angel investor in fintech and developer tools. About Denim Denim is a financial enablement platform that specializes in freight broker end-to-end automation and intelligent back-office tools that is rapidly disrupting the $2 trillion logistics sector. The Denim team are experts in logistics, finance, and tech.

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The Lean Thinker

JUNE 28, 2018

But we do have the tools to figure it out. ” Think of the key difference in a meeting between everyone sitting at the table talking about the problem vs. what happens if someone stands up and starts to draw it out on a whiteboard. The “Lean Tools” Let’s take something as simple as standard work.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Chuck and the team at Esurance were one of the first insurance companies to sell policies directly to consumers over the internet, instead of using in-person meetings or phone calls. HDVI’s Shift tool uses a fleet’s own real-time telematics data to charge a fleet the cost of their actual risk.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 24, 2024

The company integrates with existing tools to meet customers where they are in their digital journey, driving value from day one of implementation. Upwell uses AI to streamline accounts receivable for transportation and logistics companies, helping them get paid faster by automating invoicing processes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 15, 2025

Key transparency initiatives include: Supply Chain Mapping: Using digital tools to trace the journey of products from raw materials to finished goods. For example, using AI-powered tools to optimize logistics can reduce energy consumption and enhance sustainability.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 1, 2022

Dynamic pricing that enables shippers to get an instant freight quotes created by a dynamic pricing tool that delivers the right price with guaranteed capacity. Rate Guard gives shippers an easy to use tool to control their freight costs and avoid the spot market. No more back and forth emails and phone calls haggling over pricing.

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The Lean Thinker

JUNE 12, 2019

Mike Rother has a great graphic that starts this conversation: The question I am exploring today (and bringing you along as I reflect on it) is “Why do the ‘lean tools’ work so much better during an event than during “business as usual?” ” But there isn’t specific time carved out to work on them.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 28, 2024

As a result, DPPs are emerging as a straightforward, common sense solution for meeting these needs efficiently. AI and machine learning tools identify patterns, predict issues, and suggest ways to optimize operations. Overall, AI ensures that DPPs are not just a fixed record but an active tool for improving performance.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Supply chain practitioners make decisions using faulty forecasts, old assumptions, and outdated tools. Throughput can identify and manage constraints to free cash flow, while meeting revenue targets with output. ThroughPut provides an integrated view of company-wide operations by pulling data from all of your disparate systems.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 19, 2021

Dr. Lassen views Anaplan – their connected planning tool – as a cloud-based, business planning platform capable of doing multidimensional planning with very fast solve times. The goal is to produce an integrated plan that meets the strategic goals of the overall organization. So, what is “connected planning?”

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 29, 2024

Unlocking Growth: Steve Elwell unveils a simple customer-focused assessment tool to help businesses capitalize on this chance. iDev delivers immediate value from the first meeting. iDev prioritizes empowering your people for lasting improvement. Results from day one.

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The Lean Thinker

JULY 2, 2024

With the justification aside, they next had us go through exercises calculating net present value and ROI for a hypothetical capital investment in tooling – as though a shop floor supervisor would do this at any point in the course of their job. of parts and tools delivered to the work position for each shift of work.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 18, 2024

One of the most powerful tools in modern supply chain management is the Control Tower, which offers a comprehensive, real-time view of the entire supply chain and is the single source of truth for the latest developments on the demand and supply side. What is a Control Tower? Another vital feature is the management of alerts and exceptions.

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Supply Chain Brain

JANUARY 30, 2024

To address the needs for sharing more information in a more structured way, organizations typically end up deploying a number of supply chain applications and collaboration tools that collectively meet all of their requirements and use cases.

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Ship Monk

MARCH 21, 2024

Today’s CRM platforms have adapted and expanded their tools to meet the needs of ecommerce businesses. Let’s take a look at CRM systems, the tools they provide, and the benefits they offer to ecommerce businesses. Here are some of the tools CRM systems offer.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 25, 2022

Our survey found nearly 3 in 4 (74%) warehouse workers are at least somewhat likely to take a pay cut to work at another company with more technology tools to help them do their job, including more than half (52%), who are extremely or very likely. Increase ability to meet performance goals. Increase personal safety.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 20, 2022

Dynamic pricing enables shippers to get an instant freight quotes created by a dynamic pricing tool that delivers the right price with guaranteed capacity. With reliable contracts shippers are less likely to be forced in the spot rate market and Loadsmart has an incentive to meet the target price.

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AIMMS

JULY 13, 2020

Additionally, most planning tools fail to incorporate the abstract data that’s required for this stage. This process gives sales and marketing teams visibility as to whether they will meet their budget and target requirements, and how they can use their resources most effectively to maximize revenue whilst delivering the commercial strategy.

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Supply Chain Brain

APRIL 20, 2021

As demand for faster fulfillment surges, the sweet spot where customer experience meets cost efficiency gets smaller. To help you address these challenges, hear how global 3PLs/carriers efficiently balance customer experience and operational costs by leveraging intelligent delivery management tools.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Partnerships with specialized technology providers such as Samsara offer organizations the tools and support to manage these complexities more effectively. Predictive maintenance will remain a critical tool, flagging potential issues early and minimizing downtime.

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The Lean Thinker

JANUARY 24, 2023

A Breakout Session at the TWI Summit Last year (2022) was “Old friends meeting for the first time” as 2021 had been virtual and the online community really came together during 2020 and 2021. Hint – it isn’t about tools.) And that community remains.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2021

In fact, people commonly use it as a metaphor in business situations “I didn’t meet the deadline. WMS suppliers were well positioned to support their customers with the adaptations required to meet the abrupt change in fulfillment requirements driven by the Covid-19 pandemic. They threw me a curveball.” Final Word.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 21, 2025

Understanding AI Agents At its core, an AI Agent is a reasoning engine capable of understanding context, planning workflows, connecting to external tools and data, and executing actions to achieve a defined goal. Integrate with External Tools and Data: AI Agents can augment their inherent language model capabilities with APIs and tools (e.g.,

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The Lean Thinker

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Toyota Kata is not a problem solving tool. You Cannot Meet a Challenge Without Working on Stability. Yes, there are advanced tools that you use when things get tough. There are cases where other statistical tools are needed. This makes no sense to me for a couple of reasons. Scientific Thinking is the Foundation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Advanced TMS systems should provide tools to visualize these relationships, enabling managers to make strategic choices that comprehensively balance costs, efficiency, and sustainability. Similarly, modern TMS solutions need to proactively quantify sustainability metrics to achieve the multi-faceted goals of todays supply chains.

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Ship Monk

APRIL 16, 2024

The good news is that fraud management tactics and tools are making it easier to prevent, catch, and combat ecommerce fraud. Today we’re going to examine some of the more common types of payment fraud, and the tactics and tools that ecommerce brands can use to stay ahead of the problem. In 2023 alone, ecommerce fraud (a.k.a.

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AIMMS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The report outlines the tools with the highest transformational benefits and capabilities that are becoming standard business practices. Prescriptive analytics “describes a set of analytical capabilities that finds a course of action to meet a predefined objective, such as maximizing revenue or minimizing costs.”

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