The Final Mile: Challenge or Opportunity?
Final mile logistics is attracting a lot of interest for many reasons, but the most obvious is the growth in e-commerce markets. While companies have opportunities to gain new customers by offering...
View ArticleMore than a TMS: Optimizing with Visibility-Driven Workflows
When we think about visibility and tracking in our daily lives, our consumer mindset probably turns on and we think of online ordering. We’re concerned with questions like, “Where’s my stuff?” or “What...
View ArticleThe On-Demand Supply Chain Market
The on-demand supply chain market is experiencing significant interest and growth right now. Within the on-demand supply chain, I am specifically talking about the transportation and warehousing...
View ArticleAsset Light 3PLs Need a Federated TMS Platform
It’s no secret that global eCommerce demand is impacting carrier capacity and driving transportation costs higher and higher. This is adding complexity to supply chain processes. More than ever,...
View ArticleHere’s Why You Can Stop Dreading TMS Integrations
Managing logistics can’t happen in a vacuum; you need visibility and awareness of internal and external partners, systems and resources. The problem is that integration and visibility are a big hurdle...
View ArticleShippers Look to Unify Transportation Systems to Manage Soaring Parcel Volume
The approaching holiday season is shining a bright light on transportation operations of retail companies both large and small. The rise of ecommerce has created loftier expectations of modern...
View ArticleA Senior Leader’s Take on TMS Implementations
One of the major trends driving TMS implementations is the technology’s proven ROI. Primarily, a TMS can save companies money by lowering their freight spend. An ARC survey on the ROI of TMS found that...
View ArticleAdapt to the New Normal with Shipment Visibility
With the advent of electronic logging devices and supporting technology, shippers can take advantage of unprecedented shipment visibility into their supply chain. Connected to most commercial trucks,...
View ArticleTransportation Management and the Promise of Machine Learning
Transportation Management solutions have a proven ROI. But the additon of Machine Learning opens up some exiciting possibilities. ARC is excited about the promise of machine learning to allow a TMS to...
View ArticleThe State of Parcel TMS Technology
There was a time when even the largest shippers employed clerks to look up rates on wall charts and handwrite ship-to addresses into logs. Then came manifest systems that printed reports and labels,...
View ArticleLook Upstream to Mitigate Transportation Spend
Transportation budget performance hangovers from 2018 have motivated logistics leaders to expand transportation cost-saving opportunities further upstream in the supply chain. Trailer utilization, lead...
View ArticleTMS Visibility? INCONCEIVABLE!
Transportation management systems (TMS) have been around for a good 25-30 years, but they’ve struggled with visibility for most of that lifetime. Sure, the TMS industry has long talked about the...
View ArticleOpen Up a Whole New World of Competitive Differentiation with Transportation...
Transportation optimization tools enable efficient load and route plans in today's high pressure omnichannel and ecommerce distribution environment. The best optimization tools allow companies to look...
View ArticleA Digital Logistics Platform
The term "digital" has become all the rage. Parcel software, particularly the Public Cloud solutions, has been digital for decades. Parcel software provides label compliance, enables intelligent...
View ArticleModern Business Intelligence for E-commerce Shipping
Organizations must properly execute their e-commerce shipping strategy to survive in today's market. Business Intelligence is critical to proper execution, providing opportunities to significantly...
View ArticleMercuryGate Velocity: Innovate Today, Own Tomorrow
I spent the last three days in Las Vegas attending the MercuryGate Velocity user conference. This was my third time attending a MercuryGate conference and with over 450 attendees, this was the largest...
View ArticleRobotic Process Automation Can Be Used to Automate Supply Chain Solutions
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is software that is used to automate high volume, repeatable tasks. RPA can be used to improve legacy supply chain software. Ryder is using it to reduce the work...
View ArticleOcean Spray Improves On-Time Delivery with Managed Transportation Services
A few weeks ago, I spoke with Keli Sanford, Logistics Manager at Ocean Spray. In that role, Keli is responsible for inbound raw materials going into the plant and finished goods leaving the plant, as...
View ArticleEditor’s Choice: How Shippers Can Fight Back Against Budget-Breaking Carrier...
Shippers need to consider add-on or accessorial carrier fees, not just base rates, to control shipping costs without sacrificing service. Still, downplaying the importance of keeping regular tabs on...
View ArticleHow to Mitigate the Impact of Product Recalls in Your Supply Chain
Product recalls are a regular occurrence, making the headlines on a monthly, even weekly basis. They affect not only the consumers of potentially harmful products, but also manufacturers, retailers,...
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