Transportation Management

THE SCB PODCAST

Podcast | Can We Fix the Broken Vaccine Supply Chain?

February 5, 2021

Blame the glitches in rolling out COVID-19 vaccines on any number of factors, but is there a quick solution to the obstacles encountered on the distribution end?

ANALYSIS

Connected TMS Technology Is Reaching Mom-and-Pop Carriers

February 1, 2021

Ryan Camacho, SCB Contributor

Transportation management technology remains a new frontier for many small trucking companies — those with 50 or fewer trucks — who make up 99% of U.S. for-hire carriers.

Oracle Announces New Logistics Capabilities in Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing Solution

January 28, 2021

SupplyChainBrain

Oracle, a cloud solutions provider, recently announced new logistics capabilities within Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing.

Why One Southern California Trucker Stays Independent

January 25, 2021

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Hector Padilla comes from a long line of Southern California truckers, but it wasn’t until going to school and dabbling in aviation that he decided to follow in the family tradition.

Transfix Announced Launch of TrueView TMS

January 19, 2021

SupplyChainBrain

Transfix, a transportation solutions provider, recently announced the launch of TrueView TMS, a flexible transportation management system for small and mid-sized shippers.

New Global Visibility App Sees Delays Before They Happen

January 14, 2021

SupplyChainBrain

Organizations can’t manage what they can’t see, but a new application from supply chain software provider E2open is offering clarity.

LSP Saves Customer $1.5 Million a Year With Kinaxis Global Inbound Management

January 8, 2021

Kinaxis Inc.

Challenge: A multinational oil and gas company relied on thousands of suppliers worldwide — including remote partners in Azerbaijan, Alaska and Angola — for time-critical materials. However, the company lacked adequate visibility and transportation management over it’s 60,000 purchase orders per year, resulting in incomplete deliveries, poor shipment-status insights and high administrative and process costs.

Stop Delaying — Your Logistics Systems Belong in the Cloud

December 22, 2020

Brandon Edenfield, SCB Contributor

Some of the biggest players in the logistics industry still rely on outdated mainframe systems that hinder supply-chain agility.

Elemica Acquires ProcessWeaver, Integrates Parcel TMS

December 17, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

Elemica, a global digital supply chain network, recently announced that it has finalized the acquisition of ProcessWeaver, a first-to-final mile multi-carrier parcel TMS solution provider.

Three Route-Planning Basics for Large-Scale Retailers

December 11, 2020

Vardan Markosyan, SCB Contributor

As retail operations grow increasingly complex, delivery planning becomes a crucial part of the entire logistics supply chain.

Transportation Management

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions regarding transportation management systems (TMS) and their impact on supply chain management. Today’s companies are moving goods across more suppliers, vendors and customers than ever before, and transportation management is critical in the overall supply chain. New technologies are optimizing productivity, increasing efficiency and cutting costs. Learn how companies around the world are improving supply chain operations through their strategic use of transportation management systems and software.