2017 ProMat Recap: A Packaging Engineer’s View at the Materials Handling Show
By Nick Harris | Senior Packaging Consultant | Chainalytics The robots are here to take over, and I’ve seen it firsthand! I recently had an opportunity to attend ProMat in Chicago as a first time...
View ArticleEuropean Truckload Market is Stable but Uncertainty is High
By Stan La Haye | Senior Manager, Transportation | Chainalytics State of the TL Market in Europe The European economic recovery is expected to continue this year and next. However, this outlook is...
View ArticleIt’s an Omni-Channel World and Amazon is Setting the Standard
By Jim Haller | Senior Manager, Parcel Spend Optimization | Chainalytics The change in consumer expectations has forced merchants, distributors and manufacturers to re-think how and where they fulfill...
View ArticleCost-to-Serve: The Pursuit of Truth about Profitability
By Pieter Bauwens | Principal, Europe | Chainalytics When explaining my job and expertise to friends and family, I explain it as “helping companies understand what the profitability is of their...
View ArticleDrinking from the Transportation Market Fire Hose – Part 2
By Matt Harding | Vice President, Freight Market Intelligence Consortium | Chainalytics In my last blog, we talked about the abundance of information in transportation markets and that more data is not...
View ArticleChange Management Part One – Make People Aware That Change Is Coming…
In my last blog, I talked about the idea of transformational change, the great value the change management discipline brings and the powerful impact it has when used in conjunction with good project...
View ArticleIs the Recent UPS Peak Season Surcharge Announcement Giving You the Christmas...
By Jim Haller | Senior Manager, Parcel Spend Optimization | and | Kyle Ous | Business Development Manager, Packaging Optimization | and | Rich Lindgren | Senior Packaging Engineer | Chainalytics Over...
View ArticleHow Will Walmart’s New OTIF Policy Affect the Supply Chain’s Transportation...
By Mike Eaton | Principal, Transportation | Chainalytics It’s become common knowledge that Walmart is in the process of implementing new, more stringent standards in regard to On-Time-In-Full (OTIF)...
View ArticleBuilding a Stronger Supply Chain Through Collaboration
By Bryan Wyatt | Senior Manager, Transportation | Chainalytics | Is your operation structured to ensure the next link in the supply chain is more efficient than the last?> It’s common knowledge that...
View ArticleTips for a Successful Supply Chain Planning Technology Implementation Part 2:...
By Steve Thrift | Principal, Integrated Demand and Supply Planning | Chainalytics Supply chain planning technology projects are somewhat in a league of their own. While they share characteristics of...
View ArticleCountering UPS, FedEx Exempts Small Residential Package Delivery from Peak...
By Jim Haller | Senior Manager, Transportation | Chainalytics To prepare for holiday rate hikes on parcel shipments, organizations should have already started analyzing potential budget adjustments and...
View ArticleThe Benefits of Maintaining Transportation Sourcing Analytics through a...
By Venu Gadde | Senior Consultant, Transportation | Chainalytics A typical transportation sourcing process involves the following: a bid tool or platform which collects rates from suppliers, data...
View ArticleFive Strategies to Maximize the Value of Freight Market Intelligence in the...
By Matt Harding | Vice President, Freight Market Intelligence Consortium | Chainalytics It is no secret that trucking markets are exhibiting a much different spot rate profile than this time last year....
View ArticleThe United States Postal Service Increases Holiday Competition with Their Own...
By Jim Haller | Senior Manager, Transportation | Chainalytics Shippers have undoubtedly by now heard of the FedEx/UPS Peak Season Surcharge chess match that has been discussed and analyzed at length...
View ArticleHow Transparent Is Your 3PL Network?
By Rob Achtzehn | Senior Manager, Transportation | Chainalytics When dealing with the nuances of complex transportation networks, an organization often relies upon multiple transportation-focused 3PL...
View ArticlePut the S in S&OP
By Jorie Fox | Manager, Integrated Demand and Supply Planning | Chainalytics You’ve heard it from sales before: “My forecast accuracy is 98%, so why should I use your forecast?” Or better yet: “My...
View ArticlePlanning the Future Supply Chain
By Erik Diks, Managing Director | and | Bas Daver, Principal | Chainalytics Europe Designing valuable supply chains would be easy if we could predict the future effectively. However, history has shown...
View ArticleWhat Metrics Do You Have in Place for Monitoring Your Transportation Operations?
By Bryan Wyatt | Senior Manager, Transportation | Chainalytics With the amount of complexity surrounding today’s transportation operations, managers need to stay in front of issues and anticipate...
View ArticleAs the Supply Chain Evolves, So Must We…
By Patrick Boyle | Principal, Supply Chain Operations | Chainalytics Organizations often lack the resources to successfully establish an end-to-end supply chain, let alone deal with the challenges...
View ArticleFedEx Announces General Rate Increases Across Multiple Services
By Jim Haller | Senior Manager, Parcel Spend Optimization | Chainalytics | If you’ve been paying attention to the Parcel sphere lately, you’ll have no doubt noticed that not a month goes by without one...
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