Topic: TMS

Convoy said that this pairing equips shippers with “comprehensive freight management capabilities while ensuring the privacy of sensitive data with a sandboxed routing guide,” adding that “[s]hippers using the new platform have been able to cut their tendering time in half and reduce freight spend by automating and standardizing their bid processes.”

Atlanta-based supply chain software provider Manhattan Associates said late last month that it has released a new transportation management (TMS) offering, entitled Manhattan Active Transportation Management. The company said that this cloud-native offering reduces the time and effort required to optimize very complex transportation networks and added that this is an industry-first self-configuring and self-tuning system with optimization speed with up to 80% faster solve times.

Research recently published by Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Blue Yonder (formerly JDA), a provider of AI-driven and end-to-end supply chain management services, takes a long look at the mindsets of top-level logistics executives, regarding how they address e-commerce- and labor shortage-related disruptions, and fulfillment options, among others, as the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic begins in earnest.

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The MIZ represents the ultimate opportunity to test, scale, and commercialize leading innovations in supply chain logistics and movement of goods.

There is almost no limit to how a Transportation Management System can benefit your unique supply chain, the key to success is finding the right TMS for your goals, so before selecting a TMS, use the 12 questions in this buyer’s guide to find the best solution for your company.

As the transportation management systems market continues to evolve in the wake of the pandemic, more shippers are finding new ways to use the technology to meet their customers’ continually evolving expectations—and save time and money in the process.

Oracle has rolled out new updates focused on helping shippers augment global supply chain efficiencies in its Oracle Fusion Cloud Global Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM) suit offering, which connects shippers’ supply networks with an integrated suite of cloud business applications. Oracle officials said that the updates are for subsets in Oracle Fusion Cloud Global SCM—Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) and Oracle Global Trade Management (GTM)—and are geared towards helping shippers reduce costs, make better planning decisions, and improve customer...

In this webinar Ken Fleming, President of Logistyx Technologies, will look at predictions for parcel shipping trends over the course of this year and beyond.

While shippers work to overcome the challenges introduced by COVID-19 and settle into this new world, a focused approach bridged by digital capabilities will help bring some semblance of order out of the uncertainty. Here are three areas to consider on your way to stabilization.

Make the business case for transportation management.

Company officials said that this offering which leverages data from the world’s largest shipper and carrier community “to disrupt the decades-old tradition and one-size-fits-all annual bidding approach to freight transportation,” was developed at Robinson Labs, C.H. Robinson’s innovation incubator.

In this new webinar, Logistyx President Ken Fleming will explore how shippers can leverage multi-carrier shipping systems - and the shipping data within them - to get the most out of their carriers and create the optimal delivery network this peak season.

Supply chain experts and analysts say how far we’ve come and how far we still have to go down the path to complete digitalization of the supply chain.

Logistyx President Ken Fleming takes a deep dive into the three phases of supply chain disruption: Reaction, Recovery, and Preparation and shares how companies can emerge from COVID-19 smarter, stronger, and ready to successfully navigate unforeseen challenges ahead.

Shelton, Conn.-based 3Gtms, said today it has acquired Pacejet, a Columbus, Ohio-based provider of enterprise, cloud-based multi-carrier shipping software. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

XPO said that its board of directors has authorized a review of strategic alternatives, which includes the possible sale or spin-off of one or more of its business units. And it added that there is “no assurance of any specific outcome” and there is no specific timetable for the completion of the review process or which, if any, of its business units would be sold or spun off.

Once reserved for large companies with deep pockets, transportation management systems (TMS) are now accessible to a wide range of shippers across all industries