The FourKites Visibility Conference 2023 focused on a connected ecosystem resonates with the current demands of global supply chains. While FourKites is clearly innovating and expanding its offerings, it’s crucial to keep an eye on how they balance adding value to clients without stepping on the toes of traditional TMS providers.
Truckload costs—and the corresponding market prices—are still at or near the lowest threshold that the market can support. Truckload Breakeven Price Per Mile is now above $2.50 for the first time.
A deep dive into Oracle’s client-driven enhancements in its latest release. Key areas of focus include investments in AI & ML, digital broker integration for carrier cost optimization, UX & Workbench enhancements, dock scheduling, and global trade management.
Jumping right into selecting a vendor without performing the necessary internal due diligence is like releasing code without testing — it will almost always lead to disappointing, if not catastrophic, results.
Brian Carlson and Tony Wayda dissected the complexity of WMS, TMS, and YMS integration. And they efficiently packed all this into an 11-minute recording! If you’re in pursuit of efficiency and productivity in your supply chain operation, this discussion is a must-see. Watch the replay and read the detailed recap in this article
We recently attended the FreightWaves Future of Supply Chain conference, a premier industry event offering a front-row view of the road ahead. This conference is where the industry’s thought leaders converge, charting the course for tomorrow’s supply chain advancements. Here’s our key takeaways.
In our business, failures are critical – but they are also important and teachable lessons. We define a failure as “an outcome that does not meet the client’s objective or stated expectation.” These failures can be a tremendous catalyst for innovation and improvement.
Seamless integration of your WMS and TMS is critical to keeping your supply chain running smoothly. The work performed before selecting a logistic software provider is as important, if not more important than the actual selection itself. Selecting the wrong provider can quickly become a multi-million-dollar mistake.
With a shifting market across both the demand and supply sides, there are fundamental questions that many managers and leaders are asking: Are these prices going to stabilize? Are we in for further volatility? What do I need to know about shifting market rates and actual operating costs? And how does all of this affect my business strategy? Find the answers in the latest 2023 update.
April 2023, JBF virtually attended the Blue Yonder (BY) Partner Summit. During the Summit, BY detailed their product strategy roadmap, various organizational adjustments, and changes to their engagement methodology with implementation partners and system integrators. They also shared some interesting analyses of “Red” projects and the common factors that caused the project challenges. Below are the key points that were discussed and JBF’s perspective on the strategy Blue Yonder laid out.
