Vine Line logistics got its start in 2008 moving produce from the west coast to the Midwest. As customers asked for more, they continued saying, “Yes, we can.” That started them on a digital transformation journey that brought them into a meaningful relationship with Turvo…
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How Shippers Can Optimize Their Allocation Management Featuring Gordon Downes with NYSHEX
Managing your allocation is a dynamic process that requires proactive planning. But the tools and processes shippers use today are static and reactive resulting in shortfalls, contract penalties, and missing out on containers you contracted for. This is further complicated by the fact that a shipping carrier’s product is ‘perishable’ in the sense that the…
Leverage Your Data to Navigate Changes and Become More Sustainable featuring Caleb Nelson with Sifted
2022 will be a year of change for shippers. Labor shortages are causing the carriers to struggle to meet capacity demands. Meanwhile, consumer demand for sustainable practices is on the rise. Carriers have always taken a sophisticated approach to determining pricing and routing freight, but the disruptions of the last two years are forcing them to completely…
Analysis of the U.S. Bank 2021 Q3 Freight Payment Index featuring Patricia Gabriel & Bobby Holland
U.S. Bank processed $29.7 billion in freight payment transactions in 2020. Those payments and the data that accompanies them are analyzed quarterly by Bobby Holland VP/Director of Freight Data Solutions at U.S. Bank and his team. The FPI report includes quarter over quarter, year over year, and full year data and analysis…
Supply Chain Now – Episode-479
Although many supply chain professionals are familiar with the concept of a transportation management system, or TMS, they may not fully understand the scope and complexity of what these systems have to be able to achieve. Far from ‘just moving freight,’ they are actually acting as the gatekeeper of the boundary systems between shippers, carriers, and trading partners