Transportation Management

As in 2006, GL&SCS this year partnered with Aberdeen Group, Boston, to conduct a comprehensive technology survey of a cross-section of our readership. The purpose was to assess corporate spending plans and priorities for supply chain technology and to see how these plans differ among innovators, best-in class, and average performers. The results, summarized below and in a soon-to-be-published Aberdeen report, should help companies benchmark their own technology road maps.

Logistics Outsourcing Matures, As Technology Follows Services Out the Door

April 1, 2007

A growing number of logistics service providers are offering to host the software needed to manage logistics. And their clients are warming to the idea.

Global Supply Chain Excellence: New Best Practices to Master

February 1, 2007

Beth Enslow- Aberdeen Group

Aberdeen's survey of more than 150 manufacturers and retailers finds that visibility is their top concern, but global supply chains present many other challenges as well.

Green Technology Comes to Carriers Plying the Deep Blue Sea: APL Touts Environmental Initiatives

February 1, 2007

Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies

CN Uses Bell Canada-Symbol RFID System to Track Chassis

February 1, 2007

Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies

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.