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Entitled “DIGITIZATION: The Convergence of Modern Freight Brokerage, Digital Freight Matching, and Automation in Domestic Transportation Management (DTM),” the report examines the digital transformation steps for becoming a digital freight broker, focusing on systems to augment a Transportation Management System (TMS) to digitize DTM, while also addressing what the firm called the “rapid technological changes” within the DTM third-party logistics (3PL) segment over the last five years. This follows a 2016 report produced by the firm, in which it coined the...

Using established API management platforms lets CIOs and CDOs save time and reduce complexity, freeing resources to run an API program that supports business goals.

It is fair to say that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a jarring impact on retail supply chains in myriad ways, in terms of how retailers had to respond and react to a new way of handling their supply chain operations. That was made clear in the findings of a recent study published by Blue Yonder (formerly JDA), a provider of AI-driven and end-to-end supply chain management services, and WMG, an academic department at the University of Warwick, England that...

Descartes said that the Kontainers’ digital freight platform enables its customers to quickly come up with branded state-of-the-art digital experiences for end customers, and it also noted that Kontainers’ technology helps to “API-enable” logistics services providers while also maintaining their existing rate management and back-office systems investments.

Invisible “co-pilot” can help protect forklift operators, nearby employees, product and infrastructure.

More global manufacturers adopt IoT to access data and transform traditional manufacturing operations and supply chains into dynamic, sustainable, more resilient interconnected systems.

Just like WES, robot operating systems are undergoing a transformation that may change the way we manage distribution centers.

Here’s how companies are using their labor management systems (LMS) to improve workforce performance, increase logistics resilience, and prepare to engage employees far into the future.

Zebra Gives You a Performance Edge in Challenging Cold Conditions.

For many industry thought leaders, analysts and educators, the impact made by the COVID-19 pandemic has yet to realign the current third-party logistics marketplace. But when it does, shippers may expect far greater reliance on innovative technologies requiring substantial capital investment.

Chicago-based FourKites, a provider of real-time tracking and visibility solutions across transportation modes and digital platforms, announced today it has introduced a new offering, entitled Dynamic ETA for LTL, that is geared towards shippers, carriers, and 3PLs, in order to track LTL (less-than-truckload) shipments from pre-pickup to proof of delivery that includes highly accurate dynamic and automated estimated arrival times.

Freight transportation and logistics services provider Schneider and Blue Yonder (formerly JDA), a provider of AI-driven and end-to-end supply chain management services, recently announced they are teaming up on a new carrier marketplace offering that will run within Blue Yonder’s TMS (transportation management system) platform, entitled Luminate.

Find out how Nebraska Furniture Mart-Texas is using system-directed yard and dock management to easily handle 65 inbound trailers and trucks per day through 24 receiving dock doors while requiring only 2-1/2 full-time equivalent yard truck drivers.

The companies said that the new version of Community Load Match represents “the first milestone” in their shared goal of a connected transportation supply chain, with Community Load Match now enabling shippers to use advanced matching capabilities to more easily find available carriers for truckload shipments and also leverage improved map visualization through the Trimble MAPS offering.

Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently spoke with Doug Waggoner, CEO of Chicago-based 3PL Echo Global Logistics, about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the freight transportation and logistics sectors, and other topics, including trucking supply and demand, and Peak Season prospects, among others.