The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Richard is the CEO of LeanDNA , a purpose-built analytics platform for factory inventory optimization. About Richard Lebovitz Richard Lebovitz is the CEO of LeanDNA , a purpose-built analytics platform for factory inventory optimization. Richard Lebovitz and Joe Lynch discuss leading inventory attack teams.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2025

Reducing cost was the primary objective, and most operational decisionsfrom sourcing to fulfillmentreflected that mindset. Sudden tariff increases can quickly make a cost-optimized procurement strategy untenable, leaving companies scrambling to adjust. Procurement is another area seeing change.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 11, 2025

A data gateway is essentially a connective tissue across your supply chain, providing unified access to supply chain data from various sources, including enterprise systems, data feeds, data warehouses, data lakes, data marts, and business entities. Achieving these goals requires visibility into the entire supply chain.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Verusen utilizes advanced data science and artificial intelligence to harmonize disparate material data across multiple enterprise systems to provide complex supply chains with material truth for supply and inventory planning and procurement intelligence.

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Freightos

APRIL 23, 2025

Home Introducing Freightos Enterprise: End-to-End Procurement, Benchmarking, and Management Freightos Enterprise unifies market intelligence, tender management, and shipment operations into one solution, enhancing logistics efficiency for large import-export businesses.

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Founded in 2016, and located in Fort Wayne, IN, Princeton TMX provides an intuitive user experience, configured to meet specific business requirements and streamline, automate, and optimize all modes of transportation. Optimized Load Planning: Automate daily load planning, matching loads to carriers and creating cost-effective plans.

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The Lean Thinker

APRIL 28, 2025

I have read the books, I have worked as a Quality Director in a company with a lot of Six Sigma background, and I have done a lot of continuous improvement work with people who had Six Sigma context. That being said, this is a brief overview of what the Improvement Kata is about, not a comprehensive reference.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 1, 2025

A data gateway is essentially a connective tissue across your supply chain, providing unified access to supply chain data from various sources, including enterprise systems, data feeds, data warehouses, data lakes, data marts, and business entities. Achieving these goals requires visibility into the entire supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 6, 2025

Companies leaning heavily on global sourcing? Theyre feeling the heat most, as sudden trade policy curveballs throw procurement plans into chaos. manufacturer I know saw their import costs jump overnight, forcing a rethink of a decade-old sourcing strategy. What Is Agile Procurement? Agile procurement is your lifeline.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 13, 2023

The Amplio solutions ensure that you have the inventory you need, when you need it, at the most optimized price so that you can focus on what matters most to you and your business. Trey and the Amplio team believe that sourcing electronic components should be easy and predictable. Streamline procurement. Amplio on LinkedIn.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 9, 2024

Kelly is the VP, Product Management of Trimble Transportation , a technology company that offers a suite of transportation technology solutions, including fleet management, route optimization, and freight visibility tools, to improve efficiency and safety.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 26, 2025

They integrate AI into demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and logistics operations to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and mitigate risks. This enables companies to adjust sourcing, production, and logistics well in advance of potential disruptions. Amazon is a leader in AI-driven supply chain management.

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ECW

MARCH 19, 2025

Instead of stockpiling inventory, businesses can fulfill orders almost immediately, improving responsiveness and reducing overhead costs. Improved Supply Chain Efficiency Fewer touchpoints mean reduced risk of damage, better coordination between suppliers and distributors, and more predictable deliveries.

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3PL Links

JANUARY 8, 2025

Image source: iStocks | The Ultimate Guide to Fleet Management: Strategies to Control and Optimize Your Processes Investing in a fleet management system results in an improvement in internal processes, which directly reflects the quality of the service provided to the end customer.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Reducing dependency on fossil fuels can mitigate these risks and improve operational predictability. Proactively adopting cleaner energy sources ensures alignment with these evolving regulations. Proactively adopting cleaner energy sources ensures alignment with these evolving regulations.

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MTS Logistics

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Predictive analytics, fueled by vast datasets including historical sales, market trends, and weather patterns, enables businesses to optimize inventory levels with precision, reducing overstock or shortages and ensuring customer satisfaction through accurate demand forecasting. AI’s role in sustainability is particularly noteworthy.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing geopolitical shifts demonstrated the risks of relying on single-source suppliers and minimal inventory buffers. AI-driven analytics, machine learning, and robotics are improving procurement, inventory management, logistics, and supplier negotiations. Resilience is now taking precedence.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 3, 2024

From COVID to geopolitical tension, the past five years have emphasized the need for procurement agility. From COVID to geopolitical tension, the past five years have emphasized the need for procurement agility. These external factors are near-impossible to predict, forcing more frequent tender updates to remain inline with the market.

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

If you can identify with one or more of them, you’ll find a tip or two here to help remedy the situation and improve warehouse layout efficiency. 5 Ways to Achieve Efficient Warehouse Design: Improve Layout Efficiency & Save Costs! 2 Meandering Pickers Time is money and distance is time.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

From Planning, Optimization, and Execution to Gate, Yard, and Dock solutions, ending with Audit & Pay capabilities, we deploy the best mix of services and technology to empower your business to move more with less. AI optimizes shipment consolidation, cost reduction, efficiency, and environmental impact.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2025

While past efforts focused on meeting compliance requirements, organizations are now working to proactively embed environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles into their sourcing, production, and distribution activities. Building supplier capabilities while maintaining sourcing flexibility requires additional investment.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 15, 2025

From balancing cost-efficiency with ethical sourcing to enhancing transparency and integrating corporate social responsibility (CSR), businesses face mounting pressure to align their operations with sustainability, technology, and energy practices. The energy sector provides a compelling example of CSR-driven compliance.

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Freightos

APRIL 29, 2025

Home Meet Freightos Procure: The Next Evolution of SHIPSTA Freightos Procure rebrands SHIPSTA, enhancing procurement with market intelligence and seamless booking within the Freightos Enterprise suite, empowering shippers to manage the entire freight lifecycle efficiently.

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WorkWave

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This award featured two main categories, Small Business <$50 million and Enterprise >$49 million, and then five sub-categories within each main category: Procurement/ERP Software, Robotics, Supply Chain Visibility Solutions, WMS/TMS Software and Warehouse Automation.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 1, 2024

Three technologies have emerged as game-changers for third-party logistics (3PL) and supply chain experts: large language models (LLMs), freight optimization platforms and no-code automation. This enables 3PLs to optimize inventory levels, reducing the risk of overstocking or understocking, even in uncertain economic times.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 28, 2024

These passports document all aspects of the life cycle – from the sourcing of raw materials to final disposal or recycling. Information must be collected at each stage of a product’s life, including material sourcing, energy use, and environmental impact. What Components Comprise a Digital Product Passport?

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The Logistics of Logistics

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Parade helps carrier sales teams procure and manage carriers, boost rep productivity, and increase margins. Shipper sales teams get precise pricing, optimized bidding, and advanced shipper connectivity. Brokerages using Parade experience: Increased carrier capacity: Source reliable carriers faster and build stronger relationships.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 29, 2024

In this article, we will delve into strategic ways for warehouse managers to eliminate waste, with a focus on not only optimizing the use of cartons and packing, but labor resources and warehouse space as well. One effective method to optimize packing is the standardization of carton sizes.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2023

John is the Co-founder and COO of ISO , the only neutral platform that provides shippers, brokers and carriers with the ability to measure the total cost of transportation procurement. ISO provides a neutral, single source of truth for logistics performance, eliminating siloed systems and human analysis.

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Shipsta

JUNE 3, 2024

Learn how to optimize fuel surcharge management in freight procurement with 5 key strategies. Discover how SHIPSTA can help you stay ahead of market changes.

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