The supply chain industry faces challenges due to the ongoing pandemic, weather emergencies and other disruptions. Now more than ever, supply chain leaders need to be nimble, manage risks and have access to capacity—all while increasing efficiencies and controlling costs. Transplace’s Chief Technology Officer, Jim French, and Senior Vice President of Platform, Steve Barber, joined…
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In 2017, a group of talented Transplace data scientists started on a mission to re-invent reporting for customers. The group’s initial mission was to deliver reporting capabilities leveraging the latest in data reporting technology to configure a virtually unlimited array of customized reports most relevant to our customer needs. The idea was to share easy…
By Darren Miesner, Vice President of Operations, Transplace It’s a fascinating time in the logistics industry. Increased demand and customer expectations are putting intense pressure on shippers to deliver on-time-and-in-full without blowing their bottom line. And while capacity has loosened in the first half of 2019, the spot market is still well above the levels…
The Transplace Think Tank has been striving to identify new ways to use corporate intelligence and put actionable data to work to support the decisions made for our customers each and every day. For example, when a number of storms hit in the fall of 2017, the Think Tank members created a dashboard that allowed…
By: Darren Miesner, Vice President, Operations, Transplace; Steve Moore, Vice President, Operations, Transplace and Keith Richard, Vice President, Operations, Transplace The weeks leading up to Thanksgiving and the subsequent holiday season is often the start of increased capacity constraints and a precursor to the supply chain challenges that typically remain for the rest of the year….