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To Centralize or Decentralize? The Answer Depends on How Your Business Works
Looking at your supply chain to increase resilience? Are your past supply chain challenges due to poor supply chain planning? Are you wondering what the right balance of centralized control...
Identify the Drivers of Distribution Center Performance Before Scaling Your DC
As warehousing undergoes a fundamental shift with the onslaught of e-commerce, it’s imperative that organizations identify the specific drivers that impact performance, establish e-commerce-relevant metrics, and continually monitor performance to...
8 Keys to E-Commerce Modeling Success
With the ongoing shift in consumer behavior, we’re experiencing a considerable increase in demand for distribution network modeling of e-commerce supply chains. There are notable differences when modeling networks that...
Prepare for Unforeseeable Uncertainties With Supply Chain Planning
COVID-19 has had an enormous impact on companies’ planning processes. “You can’t ignore it,” says Chainalytics’ Juha Martikainen. “The pandemic has taught us that you have to be prepared to...
Elevating the Demand Planning Process for Business Success
Demand planning is an under-leveraged business process. Neglecting it results in missed objectives, poor customer service, and lost revenue. Traditionally thought of as an analyst activity, demand planning enables cross-functional...
Implementing TMS: Choosing and Maintaining Your Transportation Management System
Roy Ananny, a Director in the Transportation practice at Chainalytics, joins DAT Freight & Analytics’ Chief Scientist Chris Caplice on the Freightvine podcast to discuss current trends in TMS and...
For the Sake of Your Flatbed Fleet – Model As Often As Possible
Chainalytics’ VP of Transportation, Kevin Zweier and MercuryGate’s Phil Melton conclude their conversation with a wide-ranging chat on the absolute necessity of frequent flatbed fleet modeling. Specialized equipment needs complicate...
Measuring the Costs of Poor Quality Packaging
Skimping on packaging materials and design leads to one primary consequence – waste. Sacrificing delivered quality in the name of cost savings alone can negatively impact your bottom line and...
Carrier Management in the Flatbed Market: Bring a Load of Contacts and an Eye for Detail
Chainalytics’ VP of Transportation, Kevin Zweier and MercuryGate’s Phil Melton continue their three-part discussion examining the specific challenges and complexities of flatbed carrier management. Flatbed is a microcosm of the...
Packaging for Meaningful Sustainability – Asking the Right Questions
Looking to make your packaging system compatible with a better world? There are foundational approaches that will guide your journey and help make your products and their protection less taxing...
The MercuryGate and Chainalytics 2021 Flatbed Market Outlook
Chainalytics’ VP of Transportation, Kevin Zweier, recently joined MercuryGate’s Phil Melton for a three-part discussion on the Flatbed Trucking Market and what’s behind the sector’s current pricing trends. We bring...
A Data Journey: Making Improvements in Transportation Management
Leveraging the power of data is critical to enabling more effective management of any workflow. While this is true across an entire organization, substantive improvements in transportation management presents some...