A recent article in Supply Chain Digest (June 23, 2011) discussed results from a Gartner study that are interesting from the perspective of global trade management. According to Dan Gilmore, SC Digest editor, of the 300 respondents “34% say they consider supply chain the leading source of their company’s competitive advantage, 40% identify SCM as [...]
Global Trade Management Leader Honored as Top Innovator Partner in the Apparel Industry Management Dynamics, a leading provider of Global Trade Management (GTM) solutions, announces that Apparel Magazine has named its customer Perry Ellis as a 2011 “Top Innovator,” and Management Dynamics as a “Top Innovator Partner.” “Perry Ellis was chosen as a Top [...]
We have added a brand new video to our Youtube Channel! Heidi Lindemann, an Ocean Procurement Manager at SDV, spoke with the Journal of Commerce at the March 2011 Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference in Long Beach, CA. She discusses how SDV uses Management Dynamics’ International Transportation Management solution for Logistics Providers for quoting and building sales proposals. SDV [...]
American Shipper has released a new report, based on research gathered by a survey of nearly 300 transportation managers on their international and cross-border transportation management systems, best practices, and processes. ITMS Benchmark Study: Technology Meets the Challenge of an Unanticipated Freight Volume Rebound takes a look at how successful firms are managing international transportation, and [...]
Wednesday, September 29, 2pm EST. Register Now! In this webcast, Mary Collins Holcomb, Ph.D., of the University of Tennessee, and Karl B. Manrodt, Ph.D, of Georgia Southern University will reveal the findings of Logistics Management’s annual study of logistics and transportation trends, also known as The Masters of Logistics. For nearly two decades this study has been [...]
The ARC Advisory Group recently released a study that discussed the current state of the Transportation Management System (TMS) market. According to this study, the TMS market has prevailed despite current economic conditions, due largely in part to the increasing popularity of software-as-a-service (SaaS) models. In fact, the sale of TMS solutions in traditional software models [...]
Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions have been something that organizations have been turning to for a while, to manage various IT and operational functions in their organization. In a recent Logistics Management article, Software as a Service (SaaS): The versatile supply chain option, Adrian Gonzalez of ARC Advisory Group discusses some of the benefits of [...]
As we all know, transportation management deals mainly with moving goods from point A to point B in the least expensive and most efficient way possible. However the transportation management function of an organization plays an integral role in other functions, including customer service, cargo security, environmental sustainability, and finance. In Logistics Management’s most recent [...]
According to the 18th Annual Tends and Issues in Transportation and Logistics Study, sponsored by Capgemini Consulting and JDA Software, there’s been a significant increase in the number of shippers who ranked cost-cutting as their top priority: 44% in 2009, compared to 35.5% in 2008 (not too surprising, given the state of the economy). Meanwhile, [...]
Here’s an interesting post from the ARC Advisory Group’s blog: ‘A TMS is Too Expensive’ and Other Excuses, for anyone who is trying to decide whether they need to invest in a transportation management system. Short answer: yes, you probably do. The article goes through a list of common reasons people give for not wanting [...]
