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FourKites Ocean Visibility: A Next Generation Solution

Logistics Viewpoints

When it comes to real-time visibility, the market is becoming more important and more robust than ever before. Billions of venture capital dollars of investment are being poured into companies that can integrate real-time visibility data with transportation to provide a more informed ETA for shippers and carriers.

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Management of Ocean Transit Time Reliability and Visibility

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Management of Ocean Transit Time Reliability and Visibility by LSCMS Shippers’ Council How would Logistics managers explain to their COO and Production group that inbound material will arrive on 23Dec but with 50% probability? What is supply chain visibility and why it is important? 2022 ocean schedule reliability dropped to 30%.

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The Counter to Constant Supply Chain Volatility Is Pervasive Visibility and Industry Collaboration

Logistics Viewpoints

Real-time transportation visibility platforms tell shippers and their broker/carrier partners where their freight is at any point on its journey. And in the rail car. Until we have this kind of pervasive visibility, inventory management will continue to be largely an exercise in futility. But we have to go further.

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Supply Chain Sustainability Gathers Steam

Logistics Viewpoints

Working with a strong supply chain technology provider with a holistic digital operating platform is key. For rail users, domestic reload solutions enable steamship lines to reduce or eliminate the cost of returning containers via rail from inland ports by allowing shippers to use the container for a domestic move.

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IoT Speeds Over-the-Road Shipment Tracking

Talking Logistics

A job that was once as simple as moving goods around now involves managing relationships with suppliers and service providers all around the globe, while also keeping track of the goods as your shipments move closer to their destination. This effect bears down on every step of the shipment process to ensure reliability and accuracy.

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Microsoft Is Using The Coupa Supply Chain Design Tool to Reduce Carbon Emissions

Logistics Viewpoints

To achieve those results, “we had to massage the platform to accept emissions data from our carriers,” Mr. De Golia explained. GLEC developed a universal method for calculating logistics emissions across road, rail, air, sea, inland waterways, and transshipment centers. Microsoft’s transportation is outsourced to carrier partners.

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PINC Acquires RailcarRx

PINC

Investment Marks Second Acquisition for PINC in Less Than 30 Days of Complementary Supply Chain Management Software Capabilities. This transaction marks the second add-on acquisition for PINC in less than thirty days – PINC acquired a transportation management software (TMS) carveout from Wabtec Corporation on September 15, 2020.