Are Logistics Businesses Prepared for the Future?
Logistics and freight businesses have never been more dependent than now on technology to help them deliver quality services to customers. Technology has a vital role to play when it comes to innovation and meeting customer expectations. As supply chains become increasingly global, the demands on logistics and freight businesses are greater than ever before. Logistics and freight businesses must be ready to address such demands. We find though that many are simply not prepared technologically, leaving them wide open to risks and setbacks. The …
Gain End-to-End Control Over Your Logistics Business
Process optimization and transparency are high on any company priority agenda, putting renewed pressure on logistics companies to make important technology decisions. Such agenda is a significant driver for growth, and in order to achieve it there is an urgent need for end-to-end control over the business which, in turn, will translate to beefed up service capabilities in a demanding market. While technology as a means to achieve process optimization and transparency has yet to be fully realized by many logistics and freight companies, some ar…
Are You Keeping Account of Your Finance?
Logistics and freight companies are jumping head-on into the digital race to keep fit in today’s ruthless market which punishes any business showing even a hint of slack. There is clamor among companies to digitally equip themselves in this technology-driven era. The market is flush with software solutions for freight, warehouse and transport management—the three main services of the logistics business. Available are individual applications serving the needs of freight, warehouse and transport management to integrated solutions and single soft…
Heighten Efficiency and Visibility Using Technology
It is important to acknowledge that innovations in technology is setting new standards in the logistics industry. However much opportunity is lost if logistics companies do not make technology work for them. When used well technology can heighten your business efficiency and visibility immensely. Efficiency and visibility are key to driving your business and, in order for that to happen, you need to have control over the data. The quality of data and the ability to leverage it for business intelligence is important. Logistics companies need to…
Why Modern Single Software Can Be Advantageous for Logistics
Logistics technology solutions have evolved and grown enormously over the years. Software with new platforms and features have found their way to the market. But only some create a paradigm shift that makes significant impact on the industry. A modern single software that is designed to be a complete logistics solutions is a prime example of this. Modern single software’s ability to deliver advantages in a scale never seen before is remarkable to say the least. Today, you would be hard pressed to find a business that does not rely on software …
A Reality Check for Your Technology Competency
As competition becomes fiercer in the logistics industry, companies need to take a reality check of their technology competency. Technology competency here means the capacity of a company to manage and take advantage of technology. A modern, well-equipped software enables a company to carry out activities that were earlier not doable or else extremely hard and can enable it to reach its growth potential. It allows the company to make use of latest innovations and benefit from the advantages thereof. Such software allows the logistics company t…
Technology Helps Create Strong Business Processes
The need to set up a strong business process and performance metrics cannot be stressed enough for a logistics and freight company. Especially with rapid penetration of technology in every aspect of the industry, a strong business process helps streamline activities and ensure optimal growth is achieved. Technology being an intrinsic part of business operations, a strong process backed by technology can pave the way for companies to realize its goals. Strong processes often spell the difference between a company’s success or failure. Sadly, mo…
How Can Logistics Companies Get Over Business Slack?
We hear complaints quite often of slack in business of logistics and freight companies. The logistics business has always weathered the rough waters quite successfully and these times are no different. There is no doubt that the industry is going through a huge transformation. With changing customer needs there is enormous pressure on the logistics industry to take another look at its business models and take vigorous steps towards digitalization. The enormous pressure to retain customers, grow new ones and enhance service capabilities drives …
Stepping Up Your Service Delivery Capabilities
Imagine a logistics company where every aspect of the business can be accurately and cost-effectively managed every step of the way with impeccable delivery timelines. Sounds too good to be true? That is the way of the future. A future where technology rules the roost. Technology makes it possible to straddle the brave new digital world with confidence and competence. Wait! Does that mean that any software can help you ride the digital wave? Well not any software. The emergence of the highly preferred modern single software for your business w…
Cost-Effective Fleet Management
For many freight and logistics companies, managing their fleet operations efficiently while minimizing costs is a constant challenge. Technology, of course, is the key to overcome such challenges and an increasing number of companies have begun to look at this solution seriously. Freight and logistics companies offering warehouse and transport services need to have a single platform to be efficient and cost-effective. The single platform provides advantages not found using separate software for every operation. A fleet management system includ…
Five Key Benefits of Digital Logistics
The digital makeover for 3PL and freight companies is no longer a distant goal, but a vital ingredient in the industry’s success today. But going digital doesn’t simply mean a 3PL and freight companies just jump onto the digital bandwagon without forethought. With the increase in need for speed and mobility the role of digital technology has become all the more vital for the logistics business. A modern single software to manage your business is highly recommended towards this end. With that in mind, here are five benefits 3PL and freight comp…
Right Technology Key to Achieving Efficiency Gains
As competition heats up many 3PL and freight companies are making a well-considered move towards automation to speed up processes and increase efficiency gains. While many companies recognize the importance of automation in their business, not many succeed in realizing their goals successfully. Choosing the right technology partner and solution is key to the success of technology automation. With 3PL and freight companies on the lookout for the technologies solutions that will help deliver a competitive advantage, it is vital that they pay muc…
Fostering a Data-Driven Business Model
Leveraging the full potential of data is vital to the process empowering your 3PL and freight business. Companies with access to data can exploit it for the greater advantage of their business. It is a vital step towards the establishment of a data-driven business, in which real time information is used to plan and execute every business decision. Gone are the days when businesses were solely run only on instinct or gut feelings. In today’s digital world, data is the chief driver of business growth and data-driven decision making has displaced…
Technology the Means to Deliver Value
For third-party logistics providers (3PL) and freight forwarders, technology has the potential to deliver value beyond their wildest expectations through data-driven insights and intelligence. But many businesses have little or no process in place to use technology to deliver the maximum value. Without a process in place, businesses are likely missing opportunities to leverage data-driven intelligence and insights from technology to optimize their working. Understanding the value that technology can provide will help 3PL providers and freight…
Simplify Operations and Grow Profitably
The need for speed and accuracy has been driving enormous change in the logistics sector. To meet high customer expectations, logistics companies are looking to digital technologies that allow for automation and streamlining of business operations. The logistics market is becoming more complex and competitive at the same time and companies are finding it harder to manage the everyday business efficiently. In the race to satisfy customers and keep competition at bay the most pertinent question logistics companies have is how these digital techn…
A Clear Perspective on Transport Management
In the last several years, infrastructure and technology have played an important part in the advancement of road transportation. Technology has had a critical role in gaining greater visibility and control for the fast-growing logistics industry. Most fleets are now using vehicle tracking, routing, scheduling, workforce management and electronic proof of delivery to optimize their operations. As a logistics service provider, your transportation management system (TMS) should be designed to make daily communication and collaboration with your …
Technology to Keep Your Transportation Moving
Logistics companies can expect to see huge changes as automation filters into every aspect of the business in the face of a huge jump in road and connectivity infrastructure. While new modes of transportation like drones have emerged on the scene, autonomous vehicles are poised to change the way business is conducted. But the first order of business for logistics companies is taking care of current affairs in order to meet the future with great confidence. While there are best-in-class transport management systems (TMS) available to automate …
Driving Improved Customer Service Standards
Agility, capability and flexibility are increasingly becoming a crucial differentiator for supply chain when selecting a logistics service provider. Shippers are becoming more and more particular about the safe and speedy movement of their goods as expectations in terms of delivery times increase. Logistics service providers are now under more pressure to ensure their customer demands are met. They must ensure that they have an effective information technology strategy in place to keep up with these increasingly challenging peaks in customer d…
Stepping Into a New Era of Automation
As freight and logistics businesses embrace new technologies utilizing big data, analytics and mobile devices, they are stepping into a bold new era of automation. Technology plays a pivotal role in the freight and logistics business especially with new opportunities that the future holds in the wake of a mushrooming supply chain market. Technology has made it possible to seamlessly integrate all planning, operational and financial and business intelligence processes through one single streamlined system. The use of one single system is enabli…
Single Software and Integrated ERP
When we think of automation the general perception that companies have is the digitalization of their business process. However the approach to automation differs from company to company. It may or may not involve multiple softwares depending on the understanding of each company. The one common mistake that can be seen across freight and logistics companies pursuing automation is opting for multiple solutions for various operations be it freight, warehouse, transport or any other service, and finance. The use of single software for all logisti…
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