Tag: transportation management
A Growing Need for 3PLs
Want A Free Supply Chain Analysis? It’s been a rough ride for over-the-road freight transportation over the past few years. Higher levels of government regulations have created a strain for drivers including the Hours of Service and the Electronic Logging Device mandates. These both came at a time that trucking companies were struggling with […]
Supply Chain TLC
For the most part, we consider the supply chain to be a means to an end. While it’s an important means, it’s simply the process required to transition raw materials to finish product and take that product from the production floor to its end user. While the supply chain is a rather complex system that […]
Accelerating Business Growth And Lowering Cost With Data Analytics
Too many companies are experiencing transportation and freight expenses as one of their top three costs. Smaller companies feel the pinch the most. They typically incur greater logistics costs than medium and large sized companies, as do companies that sell lower product value goods. In a recent survey, 32% of online retailers expected logistics and delivery to be [...]
Walmart’s OTIF Policy Gets Harder
Walmart’s OTIF Policy Gets Harder Show SubmenuResources The Logistics Blog® Newsroom Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - May 2, 2018 Want A Free Supply Chain Analysis? On Time In Full is a policy that Walmart created back in 2016 and implemented in August of 2017. In an attempt to drive their proficiency up [...]
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Trucking
Freight is one of the most essential industries in the United States, and according to the US Freight Transportation Forecast publication conducted by the American Trucking Association (ATA), it’s going to continue growing over the next decade. The ATA forecast estimates that US freight will grow to 20.73 billion tons by 2028, a 36.6 percent increase […]
Retailers Say Don’t Let Your Freight Be Early Or Late
Retailers Say Don't Let Your Freight Be Early Or LateShow SubmenuResources The Logistics Blog® Newsroom Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - December 19, 2017 The transportation industry is perhaps one of the most daunting when it comes to rules and regulations. Hours of Service and Electronic Logging Devices are just a few of [...]
How does Freight and Transportation Fit into your Budget?
The 2018 budget season is heating up! We all know how it goes. The heads of each department work on their annual budgets and turn them in to finance. Finance then returns with remarks like "the budget is too high, make it leaner." How do you go about "trimming the fat" off of the transportation budget? [...]
OTIF – The New MABD for Walmart Suppliers
Walmart and other big box retailers introduced us to the “Must Arrive By Date” or MABD several years ago, which held suppliers to tighter compliance regulations. These regulations raised quite the concern over suppliers getting the right products to the right stores or distribution centers by a certain time or they would pay a fee. Fast [...]