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Many of today's companies are now investing in supply chain technology to improve worker, operator and driver safety.

The Great Reshuffling Puts Frontline Jobs First

The supply chain is now considered to be the pandemic's must-have college degree. Here’s why.

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Moving the Needle in Continued Supply Chain Education

Since The Great Reshuffling pushed many frontline jobs to the forefront, post-pandemic, supply chain jobs are here to stay.

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Visibility, Driver Shortage Are Key Words for Today’s 3PLs

Driver solutions are an important part of the 3PL industry today, as the driver shortage and demand for the cold chain grow at the same time. Is visibility the key to this industry?

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How to Ensure Operations Follow FDA’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety

Connecting all parties, testing commodities as they pass through the doors and making sure everything is traceable can all move the food safety system in the right direction.

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Supply Chains Yearn to Get Back in Sync Amidst Rising Costs

Efforts to increase multi-shoring are expected to accelerate. Companies are seeking to have operations move closer to the United States to respond quicker to fluctuating market demands.

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Geek+, Reesink Logistic Solutions Partnership Expands AMR Presence in Northern Europe

The partnership will help both companies provide automated mobile robots to Northern Europe, with a focus on the Netherlands, Germany, and Poland.

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How Strong Traceability Programs Reduce Risks of Food Recalls

Without a strong traceability program that includes access to real-time data, companies are putting themselves – and the public – at risk.

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Mini-Bid Tool Helps Combat Market Volatility for 3PLs and Shippers

The Mini-Bid tool helps 3PL providers and shippers manage market volatility.

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Multi-Carrier Parcel Shipping Strategy: The Ultimate Guide

The shipping experience now defines the shopping experience.

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The Importance of Building Trust in Trucking Industry

Robust, cloud-based fleet management, telematics/ELD, driver workflow, routing, dispatching and planning software helps trucking companies meet their KPIs and other metrics.

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Moving the Needle in Continued Supply Chain Education

Since The Great Reshuffling pushed many frontline jobs to the forefront, post-pandemic, supply chain jobs are here to stay.

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This Won’t Be the Last Time You Hear About the Driver Shortage

New research reveals a likely increase of 40% in the driver shortage by the end of the year.

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A Smarter Cold Chain for a Brighter Future

The modern cold chain helps solve global issues around food safety, food waste and environmental impact—one temperature-controlled distribution network at a time.

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Publicly Held Supply Chain Organizations Lead the Way with Representation of People of Color

According to the survey, more than 75% of supply chain organizations consider gender and ethnicity/race in their DEI strategies and objectives.

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Manifest Las Vegas' 2023 Sponsor Lineup Includes Supply Chain Heavy Hitters

The sponsor list includes players spanning across the global logistics and end- to-end supply chain ecosystem.

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How Virtual Twins Solve Cold Logistics Challenges

Technology advancements that go beyond simple digital capabilities now aid companies so they can better anticipate potential supply chain disruptions.

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Freight Demand Prompts Ryder to Expand

Ryder is leaning into growth its seen in the freight brokerage sector by opening three new locations to grow its broader transportation solution.

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Warehouse Retrofitting: The Shift from B2B to B2C

For those looking to add direct-to-consumer capacity, companies are keeping a portion of the operations “status quo” for B2B and/or repurposing a section of the warehouse for B2C.

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Inauro Investment Helps SafetyCulture Improve Workplace Operations

By linking data from sensors, devices and other digital systems used within an organization, Inauro provides teams with a single source of data, streamlining workflows and enabling faster decision making.

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How Standardized Track and Trace Mitigates Risk in Food Transportation

Mitigating the impact of disrupting events requires standardization and digitalization of data and processes to provide universal and continuous access to accurate, real-time data.

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IARW, IRTA Merge Into GCCA

IARW and IRTA will continue to operate as currently structured through 2022, with the restructured GCCA to be launched Jan. 1, 2023.

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Zebra Takes Inspiration From Consumer Tablets for Delivery, Fulfillment Workers

Zebra plans to release a series of workplace tablets that are designed with a user experience similar to consumer tablets while also keeping the hardware rugged.

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Forklifts with Integrated Lithium Batteries: Trend or Niche Product?

Before the benefits of lithium technology can be fully utilized, major OEMs will need to really redesign the trucks around this new power source, whereas drop-in solutions will remain more efficient and economical in the next few years.

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4 Ways to Determine if Breakbulk is Right for Your Cold Chain

Companies are exploring breakbulk. They’re chartering ships. They’re open to opportunities to meet customers’ needs. As the supply chain experiences its ebbs and flows, breakbulk is an efficient solution for moving time-sensitive cargo.

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Why the Cloud is the Missing Ingredient in Today’s Food Supply Chains

With more nimble supply chain operations powered by the cloud, organizations can better keep pace with demand and disruption — delivering fresh, high-quality products to customers, on time and on budget.

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U.S. Ports Remain at Near-Record Volume

Imports from China should start to grow again now that the government has relaxed its COVID-19 Zero policy and begun to release the population of Shanghai from a months-long lockdown.

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Reusable Transport Item Solution for Farm-to-Store Supply Chains

The IoT Pixels built into the RTI solution’s plastic crate are self-powered, postage stamp-sized computers that communicate wirelessly and can sense a range of physical and environment conditions, such as temperature, location change and more.

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Companies Struggle to Increase Supply Chain Resiliency

Those enterprises that suffered disruption experienced knock-on effects, spanning staff shortages (56%), supply chain issues and increased business costs (48%) coupled with technology costs increasing (44%).

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2022 Sees First Price Jump in Containers

After significant lows in prices for containers, research shows the global average of monthly container prices increase for the first time this year.

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Hyperautomation, Autonomous, Digital, Sustainability Remain Top Supply Chain Technology Themes

All Top 8 themes are focused on implementing technological responses to disruptions, supply shortages and security incidents.

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Rail, Port Partnership Gives Shippers Access to West Coast Markets

OceaNS Bridge Express is said to be a first-of-its-kind service. It originate at the Norfolk International Terminal at the Port of Virginia and interchange with Union Pacific in Chicago, with connections to West Coast markets.

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SaaS Solution IQAX Focus Helps Food Shippers, Logistics Providers Thrive

Easy-to-adopt IQAX Focus solution can drive efficiencies and improve visibility into food shipping and logistics.

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SaaS App Provides First-Mile Traceability

The app is equipped with the latest recognition technology to automatically populate data fields from available documents, such as purchase orders or invoices.