A multitude of data factors complicate today’s supply chains. Order Dates are one of the primary—and trickiest—data elements that need to be addressed.
Digging into the Data – TMS Order Dates
TMS
What Does TMS and WMS Have in Common?
Shippers want to focus on freight savings because traditionally transportation is a bigger spend and more opportunity for savings. But you can see tangible savings sooner in the WMS.
How Superusers Can Make Your TMS a Success!
While choosing the right TMS is critical, having a good Superuser team is just as important to make decisions regarding how to configure the system to handle business requirements.
Desired End State – An Insiders Guide to Acquiring TMS Technology
Over time, the system degrades into a large, unwieldy electronic clipboard where daily operations can be managed, but the value that drove the initial investment is largely incremental and not truly transformative, as had been envisioned.
Agile, Waterfall, or Wagile – How Should You Implement Your TMS?
The application of Agile to implement commercial TMS systems is an approach that should be examined and evaluated for use for your TMS implementation. However, pure Agile is not conducive to all aspects of a commercial TMS implementation. In this article we explore how a combination of Waterfall and Agile (Wagile) may be a better approach.
Trimble ‘Shutting Down’ Their Kuebix TMS Platform – Now What?
Trimble announced last week that it would be shutting down Kuebix as of 2025 as they ‘pivot’ to an alternative product. But this article is not about Kuebix, nor is it about Trimble. This article is about the customers that software vendors like Trimble (and Blue Yonder, and SAP, and e2open, etc.) are “pivoting on.”
Fundamentals of a Successful Transportation Management System
Sophisticated shippers capture and prioritize business requirements as a key input into their TMS vendor selection process. Unfortunately, most shippers rely too heavily on 3rd party industry analysis that can’t identify the specific functional requirements that can enable them to more precisely down-select one or more TMS software vendors.
Best Practices Through Expert Partners
“Few shippers, tech vendors, or implementation partners have all the tools and skills to build an addition to your “logistics house.”
5 Key Aspects of OTM Platform Reviewed
Given my primary role at JBF Consulting is to evaluate and recommend TMS solutions for our customers, the main stage presentation given by Oracle Sr. Director of Strategy, Dr. Srini Rajagopal was most relevant to me. In this session, Dr. Rajagopal laid out Oracle’s short to mid-term strategic investment areas. Here are the 5 most interesting roadmap items as well as my perspective on their usefulness for a transportation operation.
What Does It Cost To Implement A Transportation Management System?
This Forbes article on the transportation management system integration market presents a 360-degree review of freight transportation software technologies from the TMS vendor, systems integrator, and customer perspective. Great read!
