Feature Stories
High Tech: The Rise of SaaS and the Cloud
Cloud-based multi-tenant supply chain technology solutions help companies achieve better execution, visibility, cost savings, and collaboration with trading partners across the supply chain.
Finance & The Supply Chain: Show Me the Money
Innovative supply chain management delivers financial benefits to your bottom line.
Case Studies
Reader Profile
Cheryl Harrity: Cooking Up World-Class Service
Cheryl Harrity, corporate director of supply chain for food product producer MGP Ingredients Inc., whets her appetite for improving sales and operations planning.
Commentary
How-To
Ten Tips
Reducing Ocean Freight Costs
Mark Malambri, CEVA Logistics, offers tips to help shippers reduce costs and increase efficiencies when purchasing ocean freight services.
Trends
Global
Sponsored
Thought Leaders
Data in a Flash: Utilizing EDI
EDI can reduce labor costs, cut data-entry error, and ties you to your customers and vendors, cementing your place in the supply chain.
Thought Leaders
Third-Party Services Can Simplify Global Trade Complexity
The complexities of global trade management, sustainability and business intelligence technology call for the help of a third-party logistics provider.
Thought Leaders
The New Breed of Cloud-Based TMS
Today’s new cloud-based transportation management systems empower companies to connect in real-time with their global supply chain partners, helping supply chain managers streamline their processes and save significant time, costs, and resources.
Thought Leaders
TMS Helps Shippers Rise Above the Status Quo
Move out of your comfort zone and into a multi-functional, cost-saving, online transportation management system.
Thought Leaders
Achieving Air and Ocean Freight Flexibility
To be operationally flexible, freight forwarders need one “go-to" resource for information about what is in the shipment pipeline as well as quick access to customer and shipment data.
Thought Leaders
Enhanced Visibility: The Future of TMS
Software-as-a-Service (Saas) transportation management systems encourage collaboration so that all supply chain partners view the same permission-based data to identify mutually beneficial solutions and improvements.
Thought Leaders
Ensuring Successful System Integration
As volumes increase and deadlines get shorter, it’s imperative that logistics software systems have out-of-the-box communication with other companies using the same system, and easy setup of communications with companies using other systems.
Thought Leaders
Global Trade Management Software: International Trading Made Easier
With the advent of cloud computing, companies can collaborate with trading partners around the globe with minimal startup costs and headaches, using a pay-as-you-go model.
Thought Leaders
Voice Technology Frees the Warehouse Workforce
Integrating voice-enabled logistics with hosted ERP solutions and warehouse management systems can improve productivity and accuracy.
Thought Leaders
The Secrets to a Successful Global Trade Management Program
The complexities of global trade management call for the help of a third-party logistics provider.
Thought Leaders
Benchmarking Data Supports Pricing Decisions
Measuring against industry benchmark data allows you to identify areas for improving transportation spend.
Past Issues
Digital Editions
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Checking InKeith Biondo
The Future Ain’t What It Used to Be
Globally interconnected supply chains face challenges such as natural disasters and currency fluctuations, but benefit from the latest logistics technology.
IT Matters: Logistics & Supply Chain TechnologyRick Pontin
Going Mobile: Optimizing Inventory Management
Rick Pontin, CEO of Airclic, explains how to improve inventory management through better visibility.
Risks and Rewards: Risk Management StrategiesBarry Tarnef
Avoid Big Losses When Shipping Big Machinery
Barry Tarnef, senior loss control specialist for Chubb Marine Underwriters, outlines strategies for reducing risk when shipping large machinery.
Viewpoint: Logistics & Supply Chain AnalysisHarold Friedman
10 Ways to Gain Control Over Parcel Transportation Costs
The amount of effort top-tier shippers put into carrier management directly affects the results they achieve in controlling parcel transportation costs, writes Harold Friedman of Data2Logistics.