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Supply Chains Champion AI and Other Technologies for Sustainability, Efficiency Gains
Key findings from the 2023 MHI Annual Report, “The Responsible Supply Chain,” highlight artificial intelligence as the most impactful technology for supply chains.
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Freight APIs Put the Power of LTL Data at the Industry’s Fingertips
LTL freight APIs (application programming interfaces) aren’t just for industry giants. Small to mid-sized companies can benefit from the power of LTL API connectivity.
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How to Make a Site Selection Slam Dunk
Your best shot for finding the right site for your distribution center, warehouse, or manufacturing facility? Court these moves and zone in on these resources for winning plays.
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3PLs Keep IT Together
Serving as the glue that holds everything together in the supply chain, third-party logistics providers inject technology tools, advanced capabilities, and exacting attention to detail into the services they provide shippers. Here’s how they seal the deal.
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Logistics Technology—Selecting the Right Data Solution
Shippers can generate measurable value from the right data and analytics investments. When applied to logistics and supply chain processes, productivity levels can increase while freight spend declines.
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Cloud-Based Freight Procurement Solution Helps 3PL Optimize RFP Events
A large third-party logistics provider turned to SMC³’s freight procurement tool, Bid$ense®, to simplify and streamline the procurement event process. The solution saved the 3PL time and money.
Read MoreHow Freight Management Technology Can Enhance Processes and Relationships
Technology should enhance your transportation experiences, not replace trusted relationships with experienced agents who can strategically deploy technology to ensure that shipments progress smoothly and provide help when necessary.
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Syfan Logistics Provides Safe Harbor for Manufacturer with Drayage Delays
Through front-end service and being available when others aren’t, Syfan Logistics helped a heavy machinery manufacturer avoid millions in losses.
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Accelerate! Conference & Expo: A Unique Event with a Critical Mission
The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) is a non-profit organization with the mission to encourage the employment of women in the trucking industry, promote their accomplishments, and minimize obstacles they face. In support of this mission, WIT will host its ninth annual Accelerate! event.
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Beyond the Freight Bill Audit
As freight bill audit and payment expands to transportation spend management, these leading companies deploy advanced technology tools and offer services that transcend traditional freight audit and payment.
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MagicLogic Cube-IQ Plans Loads Faster, Reduces Damages for Arauco
Renowned forest products company Arauco is able to plan loads more quickly with MagicLogic’s Cube-IQ software. Additionally, the company sees claims for damaged loads decrease significantly.
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Port Development Accelerates
Across the United States and much of the world, ports are preparing for a changing future. These leading U.S. ports are upgrading their infrastructure and expanding their cargo handling capabilities.
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Balancing Exception Management and Customer Satisfaction
For ecommerce fulfillment, exceptional customer service is not just about getting orders right but how you handle exceptions when things go awry. It’s critical to have systems to navigate shipment exception challenges and create customer experiences that foster loyalty.
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Florida: Channeling Global Success
Long a premier logistics location, Florida has set its sights on growing its already enviable place in the global economy. The state’s logistics assets, including deep-water seaports like Port Everglades, lead the way.
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Full Steam Ahead, Don’t Let Ocean Costs Detain You
With rising ocean and detention costs, controls and analysis are more important than ever to protect profitability.
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Canada & the United States: Mapping Out Cross-Border Connections
The strength of the trade relationship between the neighboring countries is illustrated daily in border crossings, where freight handled by experienced logistics providers moves seamlessly both ways.
Read MoreAutomating Warehouse Operations: Where to Start and How to Maximize Gains
Deploying automation and robotics in the logistics industry has gained in urgency in recent years. No longer just the prerogative of global corporations, automation is also key for small to mid-size companies grappling with ecommerce acceleration and seeking efficiencies in their supply chain operations.
Read MoreHow Shippers Are Taking Control of Supply Chain Management
Analytics solutions offer visibility into past, present, and future spot and contract market rates, enabling strategic sourcing, planning, and cost management.
Read MoreNavigating Supply Chain Uncertainty and Volatility with Proven Solutions
In 2023, The Logistix company sees its customers’ much more conscientious to their freight spend and notices contracted rates taking precedence along with more insight into forecasts.
Read MoreNavigating the Insourcing vs. Outsourcing Debate in Post-Covid Logistics
Logistics companies must go beyond traditional value propositions. Shippers expect benefits to be delivered at an accelerated pace without sacrificing control and flexibility.
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