Transportation Management

For companies across all industries, 2013 brought a number of challenges that significantly impacted supply chains and presented even greater uncertainty around the state of the transportation industry. Shippers were forced to adapt to a slowly recovering economy and increased regulatory mandates, compounded by the continued pressure to cut costs and maintain service levels – all while effectively planning for the future.

I would be shocked if a companies like UPS and FedEx aren't considering this," says Ryan Calo, a law professor specializing in drones and robotics. "If you want to compete in logistics and delivery, drones and unmanned robots have to be part of the conversation about where things are headed."

Google is looking at shoring up the same kinds of deficiencies that UPS and FedEx may be exploring, like the transport method for shuttling goods from central depots to local sort and delivery facilities.

Sourcing your goods usually means dealing with multiple suppliers located everywhere - time zones, cultures, distance, and languages - it's logistics.

This year’s report focuses not just on how shippers pay and audit their freight bills, but also whether they use that payment data to feed back into the procurement and optimization processes.

As a shipper or carrier, you're constantly asking yourself the same question: How can we better manage the whole freight audit and payment process?

If your company is not already planning for this transition, it may be time to begin researching the solutions that are available, as well as the costs and benefits of adopting an electronic solution for both procurement and payables functions.

As a shipper or carrier, you're constantly asking yourself the same question: How can we better manage the whole freight audit and payment process?

PITT OHIO takes a look at various Supply Chain Transportation Solutions

A company explores options to more efficiently manage, track and report on safety, compliance and risk management of its drivers.

What is reverse logistics? Why it's important in modern business and how to create improvement in this area? This article will explain to you the current state of its theories, practices and offer some recommendations.

Focusing on tactics that will increase a supply chain’s productivity is essential to achieving positive customer satisfaction. There are some very effective ways to do this outside of systems, logistical infrastructure and analytics.

Organizational responsibility for executing UPS human resource policies and management approach as outlined with Allen E. Hill, Senior Vice President, Human Resources. Mr. Hill is a member of the Management Committee, which is responsible for setting and executing all UPS policy.

UPS believes that there is no room for unsafe work practices in any aspect of its operations. The comprehensive safety framework it has developed affirms that belief. At the base of this framework is personal value—a commitment by every employee to the safety system.

Customer returns cost retailers and manufacturers over $100 billion dollars every year. A recent study found that returns cost manufacturers 9% to 14% of total sales.

The results of our survey indicate that companies are viewing reverse logistics more strategically than ever before. This is due in part to the fact that the global economy is putting pressures on companies to find new sources of profitable revenue.

Ongoing economic “volatility” and the growing global focus on sustainability are placing more pressure on logistics managers to establish a strategic, alternative distribution network. Here’s some food for thought before establishing yours.

Since the enactment of NAFTA in 1994, trade between the United States, Canada and Mexico has increased almost 200 percent to an estimated $930 billion. The cross-border flow of goods between the U.S. and Canada has grown to $400 billion.

Our research into the TMS market shows that this is one of the fastest growing of enterprise software markets; clearly many companies are going through the complex and time consuming TMS supplier selection process. Complexities are increased because there are fundamentally different paths, with different pros and cons, that companies can go down.

Presentation by Dr. Heiko A. von der Gracht, Centre for Futures Studies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Supply Management Institute (SMI), European Business School (EBS), Final BESTUFS Conference “Cities of Tomorrow” Athens, 12 June 2008.