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Global Supply Chain Management: Best Practices and Trends

HICX

As an increasing number of organizations engage with vendors on a global level to fulfill their supply chains, the need for supply chain robustness has never been so critical. The Global Supply Chain Landscape: What is the current situation?

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Volumes are booming this holiday season as F&B, CPG and Retail work to keep shelves full

FourKites

Amidst this complicated landscape, the companies that come out ahead will be those agile enough to adjust to changing dynamics both quickly and efficiently. Despite these increases, we’ve seen a decline in dwell time of 43% both in the US and around the world. Retail and Essentials Are Rallying. Focus on the Forecast.

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TMS Delivers on NASSTRAC’s Five Common Sense Suggestions for Shippers

Supply Chain Collaborator

TMS scheduling helps minimize dwell times and optimizes driver Hours of Service which makes a shipper a more attractive partner to busy carriers. The top performing organizations are already several years into their adoption of tech like AI, machine learning, predictive analytics/BI and overall supply chain digitization.

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Rising Detention Times and the Cost of Not Protecting “Shipper of Choice” Status

Supply Chain Collaborator

ATRI reports detention times have crept up in 2019 following the historic and painful capacity crunch of 2018 during which, shippers pursued “Shipper of Choice” status with their carriers by focusing on ways to make carriers’ lives easier (like reducing detention/dwell time).

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How to Weather the Hurricanes of 2017 (and more) with a Heavy-Duty TMS Platform

Supply Chain Collaborator

For shippers, this year’s overly-active hurricane season in the US is raising alarm bells for supply chain logistics operations. How do TMS platform and other transportation logistics & supply chain solutions help shippers overcome the challenges posed by natural disasters like the hurricanes of 2017?

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A Great TMS Improves Order-to-Cash Lifecycle

Supply Chain Collaborator

With lean supply chain/inventory strategies and just-in-time fulfillment at the forefront of contemporary business practices, it has never been more critical to shorten the gap between purchase order and settlement.

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Right Price, Right Supplier: How Predictive Procurement Drives Value in the Automotive Industry

Arkestro

Predictive procurement is central to solving a wide range of complex supply chain problems efficiently and effectively. So the speed of sourcing or procurement events can impact premium freight, obsolescence, repair dwell time, and even machine downtime. Frankly, that’s a very difficult and time-consuming task.

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