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When it comes to freight transportation, certain modes tend to dominate the spotlight. Trucking because it carries the most freight; Ocean because it’s the gateway to global trade; and Parcel because it’s the fastest growing mode thanks to e-commerce. But there’s another way to transport freight that often doesn’t get the spotlight it deserves — ... Read more The post [Video] How Shippers Can Successfully Navigate The Intermodal Transportation Market appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

For B2B and B2C companies alike, delivery is becoming a competitive differentiator and a key driver of customer experience. How well do you engage with customers about their deliveries? We explored that question recently with members of our Indago supply chain research community — who are all supply chain and logistics executives from manufacturing, retail, ... Read more The post [Video] How Are Companies Engaging With Customers Around Deliveries In 2023? appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

The boxer Mike Tyson famously said, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” Similarly, everyone has a great supply chain plan until exceptions and disruptions occur — and then you have to adjust that plan or come up with a new one. That’s easier said than done, because, historically, there’s been ... Read more The post [Video] Disconnect Between Planning and Execution: The Journey to Achieving Cohesive Supply Chain Management appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

In June 2023, we asked members of our Indago supply chain research community — who are all supply chain and logistics executives from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies — if they are using control towers in their supply chain operations. 40% of the survey respondents said they have implemented one or more control towers, and ... Read more The post [Video] The State of Supply Chain Control Towers: Insights from Indago Supply Chain Research Community appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

Finding available trucking capacity is often a challenge, especially when demand is high. The sad truth, however, is that a lot of capacity gets wasted too. We see this, for example, in the number of empty backhauls that happen every day. There is another form of wasted capacity, however, that many shippers overlook — that ... Read more The post [Video] Riviana Foods: Using Optimized Load Building to Reduce Transportation Costs and Improve Sustainability appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

If you follow the surface transportation market, you know it’s really a collection of markets, including truckload, less-than-truckload, dry van, and temperature controlled. Each of these segments is impacted by different trends and challenges related to demand, capacity, seasonality, regulations, and other factors. Today we’re putting the spotlight on the temperature-controlled segment of the market. ... Read more The post [Video] Insights On The Temperature-Controlled Shipping Market appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

If you’re a transportation executive, you’ve always been tasked with developing a strategy and execution plan. The difference now is that maybe your CEO and CFO are more interested in what you’re doing. Since the transportation market is cyclical, every year is different, and 2023 is no exception. What dominates the transportation management agenda today? ... Read more The post [Video] What Dominates the Transportation Management Agenda in 2023? appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

For a long time, parcel was the little brother or sister of transportation modes. Then e-commerce came along and now parcel is the fastest growing mode of delivery, and this is creating both challenges and opportunities in the industry. This is particularly true for newspapers. What makes parcel delivery a good business opportunity for them? ... Read more The post [Video] The Parcel Delivery Revolution: How Newspapers Can Leverage Technology and Infrastructure to Diversify Revenue Streams appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

Like its sibling Supply Chain Visibility, Supply Chain Control Towers continue to garner a lot of interest and discussion in the industry. As new technologies and capabilities are introduced, such as AI and machine learning, are we evolving toward a new type of solution, what some are calling Cognitive Command Centers? What is a Cognitive ... Read more The post [Video] Beyond Control Tower: How Cognitive Command Centers Are Revolutionizing Supply Chains appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

Delivery has always been part of the order fulfillment process, but it’s only been in recent years that it has emerged from the shadows, from being a cost center and a back-end process to becoming a competitive differentiator and a key driver of customer experience. Everything can go perfect on the front end of the ... Read more The post [Video] Home Delivery Performance: Ticking Time Bomb Or Market Opportunity? appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

Benjamin Franklin is often credited with the quote, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” It wouldn’t surprise me if he was talking to a transportation professional at the time. A lot has changed over the years, but Franklin’s advice remains as relevant and important as ever for transportation professionals. As we ... Read more The post [Video] How to Enhance Your Transportation Strategy in 2023 appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

A conversation with Maria Villablanca, Co-Founder & CEO of Future Insights Network, on the “Top of Mind Challenges and Opportunities for Supply Chain and Logistics Executives.” Podcast version (click to play): The post [Video] Top of Mind Challenges and Opportunities for Supply Chain and Logistics Executives appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

We all know that there are a lot of dimensions and moving parts to supply chain management, and one area that I don’t think gets enough attention is channel management — that is, the way companies connect, communicate, and collaborate with their distributors, resellers, and other channel partners. Like in other areas of supply chain ... Read more The post [Video] The Connected Channel appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

I’ve argued over the past few years that we have a trust problem in supply chain management. For example, in a survey we conducted with our Indago supply chain research community in September 2021, more than half of the respondents (56%) either agreed or strongly agreed that [quote] “you can’t be too careful when dealing ... Read more The post [Video] How to Turn Low-Trust Business Relationships into High-Performing Partnerships appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

In September 2022, we surveyed members of our Indago supply chain research community — who are all supply chain and logistics executives from manufacturing, retail, and distribution companies — to get their perspective on the important lessons learned over the past two years that will help them successfully navigate the transportation market in 2023 and ... Read more The post [Video] Discussing the Lessons Learned in Transportation Procurement Management appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

Supply chain executives, technology companies, and consultants have been talking about supply chain visibility and execution for many years. What’s changed and different today is the operating environment — which is more dynamic, global, and uncertain than ever — as well as the technology landscape, where applications have evolved into platforms. Where are the biggest ... Read more The post [Video] The Road Ahead in Supply Chain Visibility and Execution appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

If you’re a transportation or logistics professional, you probably already know and follow Mike Regan, Co-Founder and Chief of Relationship Development at TranzAct Technologies, who has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the industry. It’s not every day that we have a CSCMP Distinguished Service Award recipient on the program, which Mike received in ... Read more The post [Video] The New Supply Chain Landscape: Why Moving Up the Supply Chain Spectrum Is Imperative appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

Looking back at the past two years, one of the big lessons learned is that companies can no longer afford to stand on the sidelines of digital transformation. This applies to shippers, carriers, freight brokers, and others in the industry. As we move forward in 2023 and beyond, how will technology help facilitate and improve ... Read more The post [Video] Leveraging Technology to Source Capacity Faster and Build Stronger Carrier Relationships appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

As we near the end of 2022, supply chain and logistics executives are busy preparing their strategies, plans, and budgets for the year ahead. One key objective for many of them is improving supply chain resilience, which includes improving their supply chain visibility capabilities and developing stronger and more transparent relationships with carriers and other ... Read more The post [Video] Improving Supply Chain Resilience: How A Digital Supply Chain Orchestration Platform Can Help appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

When it comes to procuring freight, rates and capacity almost always takes center stage. This is especially true when freight demand exceeds available capacity, which was the case most of 2021 and earlier this year. But market conditions are different today. Is this affecting the way shippers are approaching freight procurement? When it comes to ... Read more[Video] Beyond Rates: Important Factors in Carrier Selection The post [Video] Beyond Rates: Important Factors in Carrier Selection appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.