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The Top 7 Manufacturing Blog Posts from 2017

GlobalTranz

Today, we kick off our annual year-end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 5 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , Transportation Management , Freight. We will feature over the next 5 business days each category's most viewed posts over the course of 2017. Share This: Read More.

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Capacity Crunch Strategies: How Does a 3PL Aid a Shipper in a Shipping Capacity Crunch?

GlobalTranz

However, a third-party logistics provider (3PL) can help shippers persevere through the tough times with these capacity crunch strategies. . 3PLs Bring Better Freight Shipping Rates During Shipping Capacity Crunch Hikes. 3PLs can consolidate parcels and less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments into full truckload (FT) and back again.

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Greater Supply Chain Savings Thanks to Transportation Management

GlobalTranz

Therefore, more companies have partnered with third-party logistics providers ( 3PLs ) to achieve greater supply chain savings and presence in such markets through enhanced transportation management systems ( TMSs ). Greater Supply Chain Savings Thanks to Transportation Management. Why Work With a 3PL?

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This Week in Logistics News (March 20-24, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Paragon Software Systems Ensures Drivers Follow Optimized Transport Plans with Paragon Waypoint Mapping. LOG-NET announces release of Next Generation Global Transportation Management with its version 8.0. Cass Truckload Linehaul Index (February 2017). January 2017 North American Freight Numbers. in February.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

In 2017, Flytrex successfully launched the world’s first fully autonomous urban drone delivery system in Reykjavik, Iceland, and we covered that initiative in these pages on June 15, 2018. The cost to transport containerized goods peaked at unprecedented levels in late 2021. That cost has been falling ever since.

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The Trends Shaping Supply Chain and Logistics: Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2017

Talking Logistics

Which is why a drone took flight from the stage during Ryan’s keynote address at the Descartes Evolution 2017 Conference a couple of weeks ago and broadcast real-time video of the audience as it flew across the front of the hall. Descartes (@DescartesSG) March 28, 2017. million in FY 2017 (net income has grown from $12.0

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2018

Talking Logistics

And if you require the support of your technology and 3PL partners to accomplish your initiatives, then you should attend their user conferences and schedule meetings with their senior executives to let them know what’s working well and what improvements they can make to better serve you. Takeaways from LLamasoft’s SummerCon 2017 Conference).