Managing some operational activities such as handling transportation quotation requests received via e-mail can be a challenging and time-consuming task, especially if you are trying to make strategic resource decisions in a rapidly changing business environment.
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December 01, 2022
01 December 2022
Secret ingredients for automation: AI and Machine Learning
Innovative supply chain companies are increasingly focusing on supply chain and logistics automation, aiming to automate the most common and repetitive manual tasks.
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November 23, 2022
23 November 2022
How to increase back office efficiency in transportation companies
The growing volumes of shipments and the increase in international trade make document management incredibly complex for logistics and transportation companies.
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November 15, 2022
15 November 2022
Chips war: tensions in semiconductors supply chains
As the world moves away from a full and no-strings-attached globalization, focused on growth and efficiency, and heads toward more fragmented geopolitical alignments, competing technology standards, higher costs, and greater constraints, technology companies and their leaders must navigate a difficult path.
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November 07, 2022
07 November 2022
Total supply chain visibility
Many supply chain managers and operators know very little about their chain. Even the most mature organizations have true real-time visibility into only 20% of their chain, according to a 2019 Frost and Sullivan/IBM white paper¹.
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October 24, 2022
24 October 2022
Real time transportation visibility (RTTV): what solutions to integrate?
Supply chain disruptions affect all players in the chain, from suppliers to end customers. When they happen, we usually tend to focus only on a single phase of the supply chain, and we do not consider what is happening in its different segments to accumulate these delays.
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September 29, 2022
29 September 2022
Why is it important to receive real-time information from carriers?
With more and more logistics companies adapting to increased demand for deliveries, it becomes crucial to know exactly what state the goods are in.
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September 23, 2022
23 September 2022
Crazy prices: what's happening to transportation companies
It has been 7 months now that the Russian war in Ukraine has been going on, and – along with other causes1 – it is emerging as a major factor in the very high cost of gasoline and fuel in general, both globally and domestically.
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September 16, 2022
16 September 2022
Break down data silos and business risks with a digital platform
Data silos in the supply chain
All companies working at every stage of the supply chain need to identify the risks the business may face. Today we live in a data-driven world. Over the past decade, data has become synonymous with value and the world's most valuable resource, and it is nearly impossible for organizations to make accurate decisions without using data.
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September 09, 2022
09 September 2022
Which tools to use to access data quickly?
Although some bottlenecks are easing, the global supply chain system is under severe stress: inflationary pressures, continuing lockdowns in China, geopolitical tensions and the resulting spillover effects on energy markets lead to the conclusion that companies need to make decisions quickly to steer all their chain processes in a direction of higher productivity and cost containment.
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