Transportation and Logistics

Transportation solutions have evolved to the point where we have a rich market of solutions providers.

Now we can solve complex and global problems. We cover technology and advanced practices such as same-day home delivery, optimizing logistics and risk mitigation.

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• Transportation Solutions Highlights Pt 1 -- Supply chain executives have been craving for multi-platform, cross-functional views to bring transportation into the mainstream business processes. Now it's here.
• Transportation Solutions Highlights Pt 2 - Defining the Center of Gravity -- Deciding what is the next stage in the journey for transportation solution providers takes some calculus...
• Always On -- Peak Performance for Nonstop Businesses.

• Making Dollars and Sense Out of Ocean Container Data -- New SYSPRO U.S. Solution Rides Ocean Wave into Global Container Tracking.
• The Year of the Last Mile -- Demand-driven supply chains, new customer service models, and Omni-channel/free delivery are all driving up the cost of transportation. So what does last mile really cost?
• Congestion? Headache? The Flu? No. It's the Port of LA. -- Although retailers cry foul about labor, the real issue is business process change. What can and is being done about port congestion?
• Signing Bonuses.... for Truck Drivers!!! -- The transportation market growth will continue to outpace the economy at large. Where will that growth occur? What can we do about it?
• It's 58 Shopping Days till Christmas -- Impact of Omni-Channel, Home Delivery, and the Biggest Christmas Ever on Logistics.
• GT Nexus User Conference -- Bridges 2014 -- Having attended my first Bridges in 2004 in San Francisco and seeing it again ten years later, it is impressive to see the growth. Ten years -- ten times the growth.
• Speed Bumps in Global Transportation TMS 2014 -- A tug of war exists between the market requirements for speed and what the logistics network can deliver.
• 2014? Where Could the Transportation Market Go? -- Is the Transportation and Logistics software market capable of producing a company that has $500m in revenue? In the long run, it may be possible. Growth potential in this market exists, but achieving that benchmark may also require some mergers.
• Supply Chain Market - Continued -- We take a look at the role of purpose-driven supply chain platforms in attaining Omni-channel.
• The Value of Supply Chain Solutions -- The supply chain market continues to grow...
• Home Delivery Heats Up -- Amazon's entry into the home delivery arena will, no doubt, have many businesses examining their own delivery options. A closer look reveals that home delivery is not a new phenomenon, yet doing it profitably is not a given. We spoke with some of the home delivery pros...
• Highlights from Descartes Evolution 2013 -- This year at Descartes' annual conference, they launched their new Descartes Community, highlighted myriad new solution capabilities, and showcased a number of interesting customers and use cases.
• The Single-Platform Option in Transportation Systems -- TMS solutions can be created through assembling modules or a single platform. What is a TMS single platform?
• Continuous Real-Time Situational Awareness for Time-Critical Operational Decision Making -- Time-critical decisions in transportation, risk management, security, disaster response, manufacturing, and other operational domains require continuous real-time situational awareness and intelligence. Most enterprise systems do not provide this today.
• Transportation Systems Redefined -- The transportation technology market has an array of offerings, but they are not the same.
• Cloud Strategies Coming from the Supply Chain Market -- Now that the end-user market seems to be accepting the cloud option, the major players are stepping up their game.
• From Washout to Whiteout -- The Next Generation of Transportation Applications.
• Journey to Achieving the Supply Chain Vision: Introduction -- Supply Chain Platform Series: Part 1 -- The web has become the dominant force in supply chain operation and technology. In this series we will discuss how it's evolving.
• Transportation Management Technology 2012 -- Transportation Management Platforms: the high growth segment of the Supply Chain Market.
• Unifying the Private Fleet with Purchased Transportation -- Achieving Lower Costs and Higher Service via Dynamic, Omni-Mode Integration of Private Fleet with For Hire Operations.
• Winning at Home Delivery -- Home delivery is the new battlefront in retail. In this report we uncover the myths and the best practices across the globe.