How to Benchmark Your Freight Rates & Change Your Logistics Business

Negotiating with suppliers is challenging even in the most favorable economic conditions. However, a unique set of compounding challenges like inflation, labor market shortage and global supply constraints are shrinking margins across the supply chain. Consequently, vendors are proposing renewal pricing increases ranging from 10% to as much as 30% in some cases.

Minimizing your organization’s exposure to safety risks is a vital task for transportation and logistics companies. How can you manage the administrative load from processing claims paperwork and reimbursements efficiently in an industry where “risk” is an everyday occurrence?The IES Risk Management module is a fully-integrated, user-friendly powerhouse for monitoring, reporting, and recording safety risks, all within a single interface. You can enjoy better visibility into current risk exposures and stay on top of requests without logging into different systems. See how you can manage all accidents, incidents, cargo claims, and worker’s comp issues right from the Innovative application.

Machine Learning and AI are changing our lives as consumers, and now they are making rapid inroads in business. How can you harness the business value of AI and not fall for the hype? In this webinar Seth Lippincott will apply Nucleus Research’s value methodology and explain how one company overcame challenges of a managing a complex supply chain hampered by poor vertical integration, to coordinate an entire ecosystem of suppliers, distribution and raw materials using an intelligent network.

Initial proposals for fully-autonomous shipping have reached the clear light of day: remotely-controlled merchant vessels will take longer to bring into operation than had been thought. But the past five years has shown there is real excitement within the maritime community for innovation that will change the way shipping works. Business models will change, trading patterns will change, seafaring will change.Where is Autonomous shipping today, and what technology is under construction to push it further? What developments are under way in the aviation, automotive, and trucking sectors that will have a bearing on how shipping will evolve? How will Autonomous shipping fit with designs for the Autonomous supply chain?