digital supply chains

The urgency of leveraging technology to compete

As traditional offline and paper processes fail to keep up with demands for speed and visibility, some freight and logistics companies have incorporated new high-tech solutions to streamline operations. But many have also been hesitant. 

With changes accelerating and investment pouring in, freight forwarders need to start digitizing now to remain competitive and thrive in the imminent digitized logistics environment. 

Emerging technology leaves an “uneven” playing field

For decades, many freight...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-urgency-of-leveraging-technology-to-compete

Logility to acquire supply chain network design provider Starboard

supply chain technology truck on highway

Logility, an Atlanta-based supply chain management software-as-a-service platform, on Tuesday announced it has agreed to acquire Starboard Solutions Corp., a provider of a computer program that creates a digital twin of the customer’s physical supply chain.

According to its website, Traverse City, Michigan-based Starboard provides its digital twinning software platform to companies such as Deloitte, Porsche and JLL. Now, the tech will be adopted by Logility clients such as Kraft Heinz, Big Lots...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/logility-to-acquire-supply-chain-network-design-provider-starboard

New solutions that help transportation providers compete

A royalty free image from the trucking industry of two truck drivers having a meeting using a tablet computer.

The way that transportation has been traditionally bought and sold has left shippers and transportation providers siloed and connected only to those partners within their existing networks. Until now, the tools and practices available have left these industry participants unable to get out of the daily operational weeds in order to connect outside of their silos and engage in forward thinking and long-term planning.

Leaf Logistics was founded to rethink the way that transportation is bought,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/new-solutions-that-help-transportation-providers-compete

Ascent puts itself in carriers’ shoes

The foundation of any relationship should be built on trust and communication and the same can apply to business in any industry. 

In order for freight operations to run smoothly, the relationship between carriers and shippers should embody total trust and constant communication. When operating with these partnership principles, the outcome will be continual improvement, creating efficiency and elevated customer service — thus promoting growth for all parties involved. At Ascent, our partnership...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ascent-puts-itself-in-carriers-shoes

Closer to the consumer: How Levi Strauss thought about life post-pandemic

At 168 years old, Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE: LEVI) has some knowledge about its customers. But that knowledge was put to the test in 2020 as the pandemic took hold and consumers shifted buying strategies. Liz O’Neill, executive vice president and COO of the company, said Levi had to make some tough choices to manage though the COVID-19 pandemic before it could contemplate what the future would look like.

“[It was a] healthy triage mode which was walking this balance beam where we had to balance...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/closer-to-the-consumer-how-levi-strauss-thought-about-life-post-pandemic

Viewpoint: How COVID disruption produced new industry standard

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

By Robin Gregg, CEO of RoadSync

A little over a year ago, the world seemingly shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the trucking industry — and specifically truck drivers — continued operating during a time of great uncertainty and challenge in order to keep the supply chain moving. 

As essential front-line workers, these individuals stepped up in a big...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/viewpoint-how-covid-disruption-produced-new-industry-standard

Loadsmart’s dynamic pricing integration adoption skyrockets in wake of volatility

Open laptop inside warehouse

Shippers need intermediaries to locate capacity ⁠— a fact underscored in the last year ⁠— but traditional brokers often lack accurate visibility into a very fragmented market. Over the last five years, digital broker upstarts have worked to increase the visibility and accessibility of available capacity. 

Even as digital freight brokerages account for a larger share of the broader domestic logistics market, not all digital freight brokerages share the same growth strategies. 

Some major digital...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/loadsmarts-dynamic-pricing-integration-adoption-skyrockets-in-wake-of-volatility

Lineage, Turvo collaborating to eliminate supply chain barriers

Lineage Logistics LLC, an industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider in the temperature-controlled segment, said Tuesday it has partnered with logistics software provider Turvo to launch Lineage Link, a platform that will connect the Lineage global network and all participants.

Novi, Michigan-based Lineage said it will deploy Turvo’s technology in more than 200 facilities during 2021. Eventually, it will connect most of Lineage’s global network of 330 facilities in 15 countries.

The...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/lineage-turvo-collaborating-to-eliminate-supply-chain-barriers

The untapped potential of eBOL solutions

No one expected the 2020 that greeted us. For those of us in supply chain, the year’s events have shattered the long-standing ideal of a lean and just-in-time supply chain. 2020 taught us the hard lesson that from time to time, supply chains will be disrupted en masse, and in these moments, agility trumps all other value drivers. These disruptive moments mint new winners and losers as firms that are prepared capture market share at the expense of the less prepared.

The great lesson that comes...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/the-untapped-potential-of-ebol-solutions

Blume Global to ‘democratize technology’ with CarrierGo Premium

Blume Global’s latest solution on the digital supply chain platform aims to give small to midsize motor carriers an intuitive, cloud-based transportation management system (TMS) to handle end-to-end business operations.

The Silicon Valley-based leader in global digital logistics announced the launch of Blume CarrierGo Premium during the FreightWaves virtual Carrier Summit Wednesday. Blume Global was the headline sponsor.

Blume CarrierGo Premium allows carriers to facilitate transactions from...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/blume-global-to-democratize-technology-with-carriergo-premium

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