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. 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?

Dwell Time 60

Dwell Time Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency 60

Supply Chain Collaborator

JANUARY 26, 2018

Enacted last year to combat food borne contamination and illness in the food supply chain, the FSMA was created to address the 48 million cases of illness which occur in the US every year. The FSMA mandates a multi-pronged approach to improving food safety across the entire supply chain.

Dwell Time 60

Dwell Time Supply Chain Efficiency Logistics Supply chain 60

Supply Chain Collaborator

APRIL 13, 2018

Case in point: innovative new Advanced Scheduling technologies offered by supply chain management solution providers. UltraShipTMS provides a real-time scheduling interface accessible to transportation planners, carriers and even customers to view all available pickup and delivery times and select the best time to arrive.

Dwell Time 60

Dwell Time Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency Logistics 60

Supply Chain Collaborator

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

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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Supply Chain Collaborator

JULY 25, 2016

Now they’re looking to go beyond capturing the benefits derived from process automation, and exploring how these powerful tools can unlock efficiencies only dreamed of a mere decade ago. Examination of KPIs such as on-time performance (and the reasons for lateness, long dwell times, slow loading/unloading, OS&D claims, etc.)

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Data Dwell Time Supply Chain Efficiency Logistics 60

Supply Chain Collaborator

APRIL 8, 2015

While supply chain management has long been viewed as a trusted method for controlling/reducing costs, the transportation piece has come under renewed scrutiny thanks to the savings potential inherent in supply chain logistics automation.

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supply chain budgeting Budget supply chain software solutions Supply Chain Optimization 71

Supply Chain Collaborator

MAY 27, 2016

As a transportation logistics solution platform, UltraShipTMS already provided robust functionality for ensuring supply chain visibility to its high volume shipping clients using EDI data transmission, online portals, email and other methods. Better scheduling also supports improved customer service.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MAY 26, 2015

The longer lead times and better scheduling enabled by TMS solutions help to minimize unpaid dwell times while fostering quicker load and unload times. The upside of this is more efficient utilization of hours of service and less time spent away from home due to HOS impacts.

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Strategy Dwell Time Supply Chain Optimization Supply Chain Efficiency 68

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. The technology is already in place to make these changes happen.

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Collaboration Logistics Dwell Time Supply Chain Optimization 60

Supply Chain Collaborator

MAY 8, 2018

Allowing the yard to be a blind spot between TMS shipment tracking and WMS for optimized warehouse efficiency can lead to lost time and money. Imprecise Shipment Scheduling | Dwell times, detention, long lines waiting for the warehouse to free up an available dock door. This one does !

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Real-time Visibility Dwell Time Logistics Inventory 73

Arkestro

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

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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Price Suppliers Procurement Agile and Lean Supply Chain 52

Supply Chain Collaborator

JULY 26, 2018

Better scheduling of pickup/deliver appointments and dock door availability improves on-time performance and reduces dwell time for carriers who have their pick of shippers to pull for. Respecting their time with robust scheduling makes carriers more inclined to accept your tenders. year over year.

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Dwell Time Logistics Management Data 102

FourKites

DECEMBER 30, 2020

In my time at FourKites, I’ve assisted in many yard management system (YMS) implementations and asked customers why they decided to adopt a yard management system. Across the board, the responses are some variation on the theme of cutting costs and operating their yards more efficiently. Decreased spotter labor expense.

Real-time Visibility 52

Real-time Visibility Management Inventory Dwell Time 52

Supply Chain Collaborator

AUGUST 3, 2018

As if you needed another reason to embrace the cost-saving, capacity-finding, efficiency-boosting, customer-pleasing benefits yielded by the use of a well-designed and deployed TMS platform – the Trump Trade War and associated tariffs add another unexpected cost to already-squeezed transportation budgets.

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Dwell Time Real-time Visibility Competitive bidding Bidding 87