Transportation Management

Three Advancements in Smart Logistics Worth Watching

June 28, 2019

Many companies are failing to realize the true value of technology for monitoring and improving their logistics operations.

Walmart’s Kickstarting a $1 Trillion Driverless Delivery Market

June 24, 2019

Bloomberg

Even the world’s biggest store doesn’t make money selling its wares online in the U.S., largely due to runaway shipping costs. So Walmart is turning to robots.

Gorilla Safety Partners With Project44 to Build Shipping Visibility Solution

June 19, 2019

SupplyChainBrain

The companies are building a quick, simple and secure way for truckload carriers to share real-time freight location with shippers

Smarter & Faster: Helping Transportation and Logistics Companies Improve Fleet Management

June 19, 2019

HERE

How Food Producers Are Responding to a Delivery-Oriented World

June 18, 2019

Brian Alster, SCB Contributor

Consumer demand for ease and efficiency is disrupting the food industry.

Putting Community in TMS: Enabling the Network Effect in Transportation Management

June 14, 2019

Kuebix

The Complete Buyer’s Guide to Transportation Management Systems

June 14, 2019

Kuebix

Improving Supply Chain Efficiency Through IoT Technology

June 10, 2019

Laetitia Jay, SCB Contributor

The global supply chain has become extremely complex. Proctor and Gamble has more than 75,000 suppliers, while Walmart counts more than 100,000. With so many suppliers in the mix, companies are finding it extremely challenging to keep tabs on their shipping containers.

How HERE Helped One Manufacturer Identify Supply Chain Cost Savings

May 30, 2019

HERE - Heavy Equipment

Challenge: Global automakers have highly optimized supply chains, yet a lack of end-to-end visibility limits their ability to make further gains. For one carmaker, this made it difficult to provide accurate ETAs. In turn, this led to significant buffering and higher opportunity costs.

Case Study

How Billiard Factory Wowed Its Customers With Premium Delivery Service

May 30, 2019

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Billiard Factory’s service requirements — including a two-hour delivery window — are intense, and its legacy scheduling system couldn't keep up.

Transportation Management

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions regarding transportation management systems (TMS) and their impact on supply chain management. Today’s companies are moving goods across more suppliers, vendors and customers than ever before, and transportation management is critical in the overall supply chain. New technologies are optimizing productivity, increasing efficiency and cutting costs. Learn how companies around the world are improving supply chain operations through their strategic use of transportation management systems and software.