Logistics and Supply Chain News

2021-09-03 22:18:05 SCMR Webinars : Driving Last Mile Fulfillment with Innovative Technology - Use the below link to watch the webinar: https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/console/EventConsoleApollo.jsp?simulive=y&eventid=3302504&sessionid=1&username=&partnerref=&format=fhaudio&mobile=&flashsupportedmobiledevice=&helpcenter=&key=B96EEBB80AE0D9DECBB45B66053B4646&newConsole=true&nxChe=true&newTabCon=true&consoleEarEventConsole=false&text_language_id=en&playerwidth=748&playerheight=526&eventuserid=467369141&contenttype=A&mediametricsessionid=405530059&mediametricid=4628554&usercd=467369141&mode=launch Open / Comment

2021-09-03 19:10:27 E2open Completes Acquisition of BluJay Solutions. Today, E2open announced that it has successfully completed its acquisition of BluJay Solutions, a leading cloud-based logistics execution platform. BluJay is now part of E2open, and we will operate as one company.

What value does the BluJay logistics execution platform bring to the table?
BluJay operates a logistics execution software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform with comprehensive solutions for shippers, logistics service providers (LSPs) and freight forwarders. BluJay’s robust suite of logistics execution applications and broad trade network of over 50,000 participants — which includes service providers across all modes of transportation and customs authorities in multiple countries around the world — serves over 5,700 global customers, including 20 of the top 25 global LSPs. Open / Comment

2021-09-01 14:21:03 https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ch-robinson-announces-drayage-congestion-surcharges/amp Open / Comment

2021-09-01 05:03:42 https://www.autoevolution.com/news/world-s-largest-container-ship-successfully-passes-through-the-suez-canal-168414.html Open / Comment

2021-09-01 04:42:58 The National Motor Freight Classification

The Standard for Freight Identification and Classification

The National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC ) is a standard that provides a comparison of commodities moving in interstate, intrastate and foreign commerce. It is similar in concept to the groupings or grading systems that serve many other industries. Commodities are grouped into one of 18 classes—from a low of class 50 to a high of class 500—based on an evaluation of four transportation characteristics: density, handling, stowability and liability. Together, these characteristics establish a commodity’s “transportability.”
By analyzing commodities on the basis of the four transportation characteristics and ONLY on the basis of those characteristics, the NMFC provides both carriers and shippers with a standard by which to begin negotiations and greatly simplifies the comparative evaluation of the many thousands of products moving in today’s competitive marketplace.

The Standard for Packaging, Rules and Bills of Lading

The NMFC specifies minimum packaging requirements to ensure that goods are adequately protected and can be handled and stowed in a manner that is reasonably safe and practicable so as to withstand the normal rigors of the less-than-truckload environment. It contains various rules that govern and otherwise relate to the classification and/or packaging of commodities as well as procedures for the filing and disposition of claims, and procedures governing interline settlements. It also contains the Uniform Straight Bill of Lading, including its Terms and Conditions.
The National Motor Freight Classification is a comprehensive, invaluable resource for transportation and packaging professionals. To order the National Motor Freight Classification. Open / Comment

2021-08-30 04:43:32

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2021-08-29 17:24:50 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-28/one-stuck-box-of-fertilizer-shows-the-global-supply-chain-crisis Open / Comment

2021-08-29 17:18:37 Open / Comment

2021-08-29 17:18:11 One Stuck box of Fertilizer tells the story of Global Supply Chain Crisis Open / Comment

2021-08-28 05:20:48 What is a Load Board?

There's a marketplace for loads where truck operators and owners, freight brokers and shippers meet. It's called a load board, also popularly known as a freight board.

How Do Load Boards Work?

The load board is usually an online marketplace with paying subscribers who log into the load board to advertise either their loads. It is also used to post the availability of empty trucks so the truckers can either get their vehicle loaded or to help cover their freight expenses.

The load board acts as a platform among the shipper and carriers or operators. The broker must also be considered, who will act as the middle party between the shipper and operator or owner and carriers.


To illustrate how it works,

let us imagine two characters:
Joe, a truck owner, and
Daniel, the transportation broker.

Joe lives in Illinois but wants to drive to New Mexico. He's looking for freight to haul from Illinois to New Mexico, so he posts about his truck in the load board.

Daniel is a transportation broker who has customers like Amazon or Walmart. He is also a subscriber to the load board where Joe posted. Today, Daniel has freight that he needs to haul for his customers, so he logs in to the load board and sees Joe's post.

They negotiate for Joe to haul Daniel freight until they reach an agreement and make it official via digital signatures etc. Open / Comment