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  • Overcoming Inefficiencies in Transportation and Supply Chain Systems: The Path to Optimization and Cost Reduction

    Overcoming Inefficiencies in Transportation and Supply Chain Systems: The Path to Optimization and Cost Reduction

    Transportation and supply chain companies play a crucial role in the economy, moving people, goods, and raw materials from one location to another. However, despite the importance of these companies, transportation and supply chain systems suffer from various inefficiencies. These inefficiencies can result in increased costs, longer transit times, and customer dissatisfaction. Coordination Between Transportation’s…

  • Leveraging ChatGPT for Improved Efficiency in the Transportation and Supply Chain Industry

    Leveraging ChatGPT for Improved Efficiency in the Transportation and Supply Chain Industry

    ChatGPT, a language model developed by OpenAI, has the potential to transform the transportation and supply chain industry. With its advanced natural language processing abilities, ChatGPT can automate many tasks previously performed by human workers, saving companies time and money while improving accuracy and efficiency. Transportation In the transportation industry, ChatGPT can automate tasks such…

  • Scheduling Inefficiencies in Transportation and Supply Chain

    Scheduling Inefficiencies in Transportation and Supply Chain

    Scheduling is one of many complex transportation and supply chain workflows involving many inside and outside stakeholders. Unprecedented environmental and human-driven factors highly impact this activity. Moreover, what are the inefficiencies in this process that managers can find and solve using technology? By João Ricardo Gubolin, Chief Business Development Officer · February 2, 2023. Lack of…

  • Finding Labor Inefficiencies in Transportation and Supply Chain Operations

    Finding Labor Inefficiencies in Transportation and Supply Chain Operations

    The flow and complexity of transportation and supply chain operations implicate many improvement points managers can address. This creates endless opportunities to improve customer service, employee satisfaction, and profits. This article will emphasize actions to help find labor inefficiencies in transportation and supply chain companies. By João Ricardo Gubolin, Chief Business Development Officer · January 27, 2023. Tasks’ Duplicity A significant labor inefficiency in transportation and supply chain is…

  • Return on Investment (ROI) of Transportation and Supply Chain Technology Projects

    Return on Investment (ROI) of Transportation and Supply Chain Technology Projects

    Return on investment (ROI) is an essential corporate key performance indicator (KPI) that transportation and logistics company executives often overlook. ROI is relevant to any new project the organization aims to start. It helps stakeholders focus efforts on the deliverable, which must always be with the company’s objectives and goals. By João Ricardo Gubolin, Chief Business…

  • Find and Solve Transportation and Supply Chain Inefficiencies with Data

    Find and Solve Transportation and Supply Chain Inefficiencies with Data

    Transportation and supply chain operations involve complex workflows and several stakeholders to manage. The outcome is an ecosystem in which companies can leverage data to find and solve inefficiencies. This article will point to technology best practices that can boost the use of data to improve business efficiency. By João Ricardo Gubolin, Chief Business Development Officer…

  • Automation Best Practices for Trucking Logistics Software

    Automation Best Practices for Trucking Logistics Software

    Trucking logistics companies constantly manage complex workflows requiring manual labor with industry-specific knowledge. However, among those activities, software can automate many of them. And to make the most out of a software solution, data must flow among the necessary departments and stakeholders of organizations. Moreover, what technologies are available to facilitate this information exchange and…

  • Best Practices to Prepare for Trucking Logistics Software User Support

    Best Practices to Prepare for Trucking Logistics Software User Support

    Trucking logistics software support is a critical success factor for a project. Whether the software is developed by an internal team or by a vendor, before implementation, there are several points of attention that stakeholders need to be aware of for software adherence and project success. Moreover, what are the preparation steps to ensure trucking…

  • Minimum Viable Product (MVP) in Trucking Logistics Companies: “V”​ means Viable for the Client and the Customer

    Minimum Viable Product (MVP) in Trucking Logistics Companies: “V”​ means Viable for the Client and the Customer

    MVP, short for Minimum Viable Product, is a small software deliverable intended to validate a hypothesis to solve a problem. Although “small” is relative in this conception, the timeline for an MVP’s design, development, delivery, and validation needs to fit within a small portion of the overall project budget. This means “V” in MVP means…

  • Reasons to Stop Using Spreadsheets to Manage Trucking Logistics Costs and Expenses

    Reasons to Stop Using Spreadsheets to Manage Trucking Logistics Costs and Expenses

    Managing costs and expenses is crucial to the survival of any business. This is even more critical for trucking logistics companies now that inflation makes prices jump at unimaginable highs. Therefore stakeholders need to replace spreadsheets with software to effectively and efficiently perform this task. By João Ricardo Gubolin, Chief Business Development Officer · January 18,…