Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 22, 2018

TRILLION on Shipping Costs in 2017” blares the headline from the Wall Street Journal Logistics Report article. Supply chain experts point to broader carrier relationship development as critical to surviving and remaining competitive. Supporting Stronger Carrier Management & Contract Negotiation. Up a whopping 6.2%

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 11, 2015

It seems carriers, shippers and the entire transportation industry are finally getting wise to something logistics IT providers have long known – cross-functional collaboration in supply chain logistics efforts is a win-win scenario for all players involved. Fewer attempt to tackle the complexities of inbound logistics.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

AUGUST 14, 2019

It is no longer sufficient to manage transportation using best guesses. In a competitive business climate organizations need to make the right decisions the first time. TMS carrier management functions and carrier performance analytics enable a shipper to address issues early and provide insightful feedback to their carrier-partners.

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supply chain software solutions Real-time Visibility Agile and Lean Supply Chain Dwell Time 95

FourKites

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Despite these increases, we’ve seen a decline in dwell time of 43% both in the US and around the world. This decline indicates better planning and optimization, just as we saw around the spike in shipments on Amazon Prime Day. Anyone who’s worked in the logistics industry knows that we are change managers, above all.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

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. • Order shipment to customer. Invoice created – sent to customer. Customer payment sent/collected.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MAY 8, 2018

Although not as dramatic a spectacle, many shippers are wasting similar sums of cash across the nation’s freeways each year by operating with weak and inefficient controls over transportation logistics. Inefficient Optimization of Routes | Empty miles, inefficient multi-stop route planning, poor visibility into last-minute changes to orders.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

For shippers, this year’s overly-active hurricane season in the US is raising alarm bells for supply chain logistics operations. It continues to be those organizations with flexible, responsive transportation logistics planning and execution functions that are better equipped to adapt than those without.

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