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The Bloomberg of Freight with Mary O’Connell

The Logistics of Logistics

Expertise in operations, LTL pricing and procurement, flatbed operations, dry van, tracking and tracing, reality tv shows and how to turn a stranger into your new best friend. FreightWaves TV and podcasts are informed by FreightWaves’ freight data analytics and presented in interesting and engaging shows. Mary on LinkedIn.

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What Companies Really Need in Track and Trace

Logistics Problem Solving

It’s hard to imagine logistics without track and trace technology. Before shipment tracking, freight shipments were recorded by hand with a pen, and much of what happened on a parcel’s journey from vendor to customer was unknown. Track and trace has become an expected part of a customer’s shipping experience.

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ERP for Automotive Distributors

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Supply chain management The international sourcing of automotive components is now a common practice but it can still present challenges. To avoid this, distributors need an ERP that gives them visibility across the supply chain by tracking materials from source through to final destination.

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What Companies Really Need in Track and Trace

Logistics Problem Solving

It’s hard to imagine logistics without track and trace technology. Before shipment tracking, freight shipments were recorded by hand with a pen, and much of what happened on a parcel’s journey from vendor to customer was unknown. Track and trace has become an expected part of a customer’s shipping experience.

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Track and Trace Technology Automation & Customer Alerts: Using Chatbots to Improve Service & Shipment Visibility

RPA Labs

In the supply chain industry today, track and trace technology refers to the ability to quickly access and distribute information about any package’s logistics and shipping history — including those with delivery still in progress and those already delivered. Traditional Pitfalls in Shipment Tracking and Communication.

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Do More Shipping with Less Work

Shipchain

The bad news is that it presents new interoperability problems. This means that differences in blockchain tracking platforms could have unintended consequences. Over here at ShipChain , we are working to unify track and trace to give shippers improved visibility into document status, data, and overall shipping activity.

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The Rise of Technology in Logistics

MTS Logistics

We’ve seen technological enhancements in the means of visibility, tracking and tracing, and managing everything under one platform. This is one of the biggest reasons for the current startup crowd which offers solutions anything from track and trace, real-time visibility, and AI applications to RPA solutions.