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Freight Transportation & the Coronavirus: Forecasting the Near-Term Effects...

The post Freight Transportation & the Coronavirus: Forecasting the Near-Term Effects with MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi [Podcast] appeared first on Chainalytics.

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Manage the Fear and Conquer the Risks: Lessons of the Coronavirus

While conventional supply chain design efforts can minimize operational costs, their focus on leveraging economies of scale can result in over-concentrated resources. These solutions remain optimal so...

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Solving the Driver Shortage: Analyzing Causes, Investigating Solutions with...

The latest episode of the Freightvine podcast tackles one of the most problematic yet persistent issues in freight transportation – the ongoing driver shortage. Join our host Chainalytics’ Chief...

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Supply Chains in 2030: Connected, Intelligent, and Autonomous

Editor’s Note: When this blog post first came to be, no one could have foreseen what the world is enduring with the novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Yet as we look towards the decade ahead, we...

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Immediate Supply Chain Decisions for “Non-Essential” Manufacturers

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has created profound uncertainty, and catapulted the vulnerabilities of interconnected supply chains front and center. Supply chain managers who are experiencing supply...

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The Role of Transportation in Supply Chain Design: A conversation with...

Episode 17 of the Freightvine podcast explores the benefits of supply chain network modeling when unforeseen scenarios like COVID-19 happen. And why it’s important to get transportation costs right in...

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Managing Your European Supply Chain Network: Tactical Responses to the...

COVID-19 is testing the resiliency of supply chains worldwide and particularly in Europe. The coronavirus pandemic is unprecedented, and its long-term impact on supply and demand are still wholly...

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Product Development and Packaging: Succeed Together From the Start

Congratulations! You’ve designed a spectacular product your customers are sure to love. Everything has been finalized and sent for manufacturing. Now it’s time to give it the finishing touch: Design...

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E-commerce in India: Optimizing Your Omnichannel Strategy

In today’s retail world, every business–to one extent or another–is an e-commerce business. But, in the quest to deliver orders to a growing and demanding online customer base, it’s surprisingly easy...

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Improve Your Demand Planning Process with Better Data and Resources

Many firms often approach us because they have found some of their internal forecasts inaccurate, leading to sometimes confusing and contradicting data. There can be many reasons for the periodic...

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Sustainable Freight Transportation – Finding a Balance with MIT’s Alexis...

This week’s Freightvine podcast episode examines the challenges facing freight transportation in the effort to reduce its environmental impact. Joining host Chris Caplice to discuss their work on the...

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Green Logistics and Transportation Optimization – A Win-Win Opportunity

Increasing efficiency and lowering costs is the mission of logistics. Fewer loads, better driver utilization, mode shifting, and minimizing miles through better routing not only reduce your freight...

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5 Tips for Supply Chain Planning in a Turbulent Environment

Almost every company is currently experiencing demand disruption. Food and consumer goods manufacturers along with their retail counterparts are dealing with unprecedented highs across consumer...

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Eyes Wide Open: 3 Steps to Ensure Your New 3PL Relationship Works

There are many reasons why a manufacturer or retailer will choose to outsource its warehousing and fulfillment operations to a third party—from increased speed and flexibility to specialized skills and...

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The State of the Freight Market, and What the Path to Recovery May Look Like...

  Freightvine host Chris Caplice and Coyote Logistics’ Chief Strategy Officer Chris Pickett discuss how the pandemic in progress continues to alter the freight market and the possible insights derived...

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A Better Approach for Changing Your Supply Chain Network and Balancing...

Determining the impact of manufacturing and distribution network changes on inventory levels, and the storage space that inventory will require, is a key function of supply chain network design. It’s...

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The Lasting Impact of COVID-19 on Relationships Between Shippers and Carriers...

On this week’s Freightvine, host Chris Caplice speaks with Ron Lazo, Vice President at transportation management software developer Manhattan Associates, on aspects of the COVID-19 era that are likely...

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Trimming Your Product Portfolio Tail: A “Covid Beard” or Here to Stay?

One trend that is as prevalent these days as the beards men are sporting in tandem with their sweatpants: to deal with spiking demand, constrained production capacity, or both, many companies are...

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How Bridgestone is Leveraging Private and Dedicated Fleets to Manage COVID-19...

In the latest episode of the Freightvine, Bridgestone’s Brad Blizzard joins host Chris Caplice to discuss how the company is dealing with slumping demand by offsetting the cost of their private and...

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Repurpose Your Network Model to Make Rapid Decisions

The ongoing pandemic highlights the need for companies to make quick and accurate “what-if” decisions concerning their supply chains. However, it can take several months to create a network model from...

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