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Four Ways a TMS Solution Leverages Predictive Analytics

Supply Chain Collaborator

TMS users in transportation logistics organizations are sitting atop a gold mine of actionable data captured by their TMS solutions. The shrewd operators are leveraging these data to support predictive analyses with the goal of achieving more accurate planning and execution of logistics as product moves through their supply chain.

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TMS SuperUser Secrets – Benchmarking Using TMS Data

Supply Chain Collaborator

Here are some closely guarded secrets from super users of TMS solutions regarding how they’re leveraging the captured transportation data and harnessing it to supercharge their TMS results. Benchmarking TMS data improves and enhances service levels by providing comparisons of customer service-related activities. . _.

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3 Ways a TMS Platform Offsets Inflated Shipping Costs

Supply Chain Collaborator

Using TMS and route optimizers to plan more efficient shipments , a shipper can significantly reduce lead times and shrink dwell times. They also avoid the chronic change orders that are a result of insufficiently robust planning and time consuming manual processes. Finding Capacity.

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How to Bend the Transportation Cost-Curve Downward

Supply Chain Collaborator

The data is not news to anyone involved in transportation logistics. Better scheduling of pickup/deliver appointments and dock door availability improves on-time performance and reduces dwell time for carriers who have their pick of shippers to pull for. Efficient Private/Dedicated Fleet Management.

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TMS Delivers on NASSTRAC’s Five Common Sense Suggestions for Shippers

Supply Chain Collaborator

Step 1 – Establish coherent, data-driven plans. In a competitive business climate organizations need to make the right decisions the first time. Using the historic shipping data captured in a TMS, shippers can make data-driven, predictive plans. It is no longer sufficient to manage transportation using best guesses.

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How AEI Tags Are Changing the Way Freight Moves!

Supply Chain Game Changer

In the shipping industry, automatic equipment identification (AEI) tags are the lifeblood of data collecting. Then, a logistician at a rail yard or trucking company can use the data in real-time. The data tags include information about the vehicle, including who owns it, what type of vehicle it is, and the road number.

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Volumes are booming this holiday season as F&B, CPG and Retail work to keep shelves full

FourKites

Here at FourKites, we’ve been keeping a close eye on what our data tells us about both the availability of goods, and the demand patterns consumers are displaying. Despite these increases, we’ve seen a decline in dwell time of 43% both in the US and around the world. Within Food and Beverage, shipping volumes have grown by 6%.