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Think Tank 2020: Answering the Tough Questions with Transparency and the Right Data at the Right Time
-In 2017, a group of talented Transplace data scientists started on a mission to re-invent reporting for customers. The group’s initial mission was to deliver reporting capabilities leveraging the latest in data reporting technology to configure a virtually unlimited array of customized reports most relevant to our customer needs. The idea was to share easy to read and understand reports throughout the customer’s organization to deliver actionable information where it was needed to most effectively guide logistics operations for performance and efficiency. What began as a small team and new reporting capability has now become the functional backbone of our intelligence gathering function at Transplace called the Think Tank.
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Preparing Your Supply Chain for Capacity Challenges
-It’s a fascinating time in the logistics industry. Increased demand and customer expectations are putting intense pressure on shippers to deliver on-time-and-in-full without blowing their bottom line. And while capacity has loosened in the first half of 2019, the spot market is still well above the levels seen in 2015, 2016 and even early 2017. In this current environment, a capacity crunch can truly rewrite the rules of the game—making it critical to be prepared in advance.
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Transportation TIP List: Week of April 21st, 2019
-With this week’s observance of Earth Day, it’s only natural that our TIP List showcases a number of stories impacting the current transportation environment. Highlights include the positive effect of predictive analytics on supply chains and how software as a service is helping to bring TMS technology to shippers. Read below for the full scoop on the industry climate:
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The Transplace Think Tank Puts Data to Work: Carrier Conversations & Shipper Solutions
-The Transplace Think Tank has been striving to identify new ways to use corporate intelligence and put actionable data to work to support the decisions made for our customers each and every day. For example, when a number of storms hit in the fall of 2017, the Think Tank members created a dashboard that allowed customers full visibility of all affected shipments. This allowed teams to work together to make strategic decisions to overcome any shipper obstacles and put a plan into action to work around any routes that were disrupted by the storms.
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Thanksgiving Supply Chain: How Black Friday & Cyber Monday May Impact Your Operations
-The weeks leading up to Thanksgiving and the subsequent holiday season is often the start of increased capacity constraints and a precursor to the supply chain challenges that typically remain for the rest of the year. In the current market, there is already a lot of activity that is drawing from normal OTR capacity, and things have gotten tight throughout many direct-to-consumer (DTC) channels.