Know Your Pain Points: Where Is Your Supply Chain Suffering?
Are you able to see every part of your supply chain clearly? Do you have control over its various facets of operation? Is your supply chain agile and flexible? These might seem like logistical problems, but they actually have more to do with visibility. The better your supply chain visibility, the more power you have to affect accountability, efficiency, and [...]
The EU’s Newest Trucking Rules Could Upend the Industry
The winds of change are blowing across the roads of the European Union (EU), and they’re taking truckers by surprise. Recently passed legislation will raise wages, mandate better recordkeeping, and create better working conditions for truckers. Not everyone is happy, though. What’s good for some countries is brewing hardship for others. Poland and other Eastern European trucking companies in particular [...]
Moving Freight into the Future: Cloud-Based Transportation Management Systems
Across the logistics industry, executives continue to rely on legacy transportation management systems (TMSs). Traditional TMS software exists on a single computer or unified internal network and, while these systems consolidate freight data, investing in cloud-based TMS tools can drastically improve overall company efficiency and revolutionize the way supply chain leaders handle transportation. As opposed to outdated legacy systems, [...]
eCommerce Is Revolutionizing the Logistics Industry
Across the retail industry, eCommerce is continuing to expand and dominate a wider range of markets. In fact, data indicates as much as 51% of Americans prefer shopping online as opposed to visiting brick-and-mortar stores. This is leading to physical retail stores shuttering their doors and moving the bulk of their operations online. This is nothing new: Shopping habits have [...]
Should You Incorporate Blockchain in Your Supply Chain’s Future?
You may have heard about blockchain technology and how critically important it could be to the logistics industry in the coming years. But for all the talk about blockchain’s significance, there’s very little explanation of exactly what blockchain entails and how it could change your business. What is a Blockchain? When you need to store valuable data, a blockchain ledger [...]
Making Use of Big Data: The Benefits of Advanced Supply Chain Analytics
Collecting data on a large scale is incredibly easy nowadays, even with minimal effort. Properly utilized, your supply chain has dozens of potential data collection points that can direct you to areas of innovation and improvement. But that’s only if you’re accurately collecting and assessing your data. According to the 2017 CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly survey, many supply chain managers [...]
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