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Next-Gen Control Tower: Machine Learning & Optimizing the Supply Chain
Blume Global CEO, Pervinder Johar joined Sarah Barnes-Humphrey on a Let’s Talk Supply Chain “Thoughts and Coffee” episode that explored the...
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The Top 3 issues shippers have with Supply Chain Visibility
It’s no secret that solutions by supply chain technology providers are abound. Visibility is becoming an industry standard, and chances are that shippers that have embraced digitization have a...
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VIEWPOINT: Machine Learning’s Role in Optimizing the Supply Chain and the Next-Gen Control Tower
Entering 2023, supply chain players are finding themselves in unique situations. After the events of the last 12 months, larger retailers have too much inventory while smaller retailers are...
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2022 Year in Review
All players in the global supply chain can agree on one thing: 2022 has been quite the ride! The looming impact of the pandemic, fluctuating economy and wavering political...
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VIEWPOINT: The State of Logistics Technology: A Lookahead into 2023
As the closing of 2022 nears, the effects of key global events throughout the year—such as the war in Ukraine, energy crisis and looming rail strike in the U.S.–are...
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Improving Supply Chain Resilience: How A Digital Supply Chain Orchestration Platform Can Help
Supply chain logistics executives are busy navigating the best strategy in preparing plans and budgets for the year ahead. One key objective for many of them is improving supply...
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VIEWPOINT: As Reality of Recession Nears, Shippers Look Beyond Visibility to Build Resiliency in their Supply Chains
Rippling inflation is causing uncertainty throughout many industries, especially shipping and logistics, who are feeling the effects of the market turbulence. Though record-low unemployment may point to a healthy...
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VIEWPOINT: Rail Strike Averted: Getting Ahead with the Power of Partnership
Strikes throughout history have shaped the American labor force, and with the last United States rail strike taking place three decades ago, it is safe to say we averted...
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VIEWPOINT: Internet of Things and The Future of Supply Chain
In today’s world, it is widely accepted that digitization is the key to transforming all areas of the logistics industry. However, we are just at the beginning of a...
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VIEWPOINT: Supply Chain Technology’s Role in Navigating Detention & Demurrage fees under OSRA 22
Players in the supply chain are no stranger to detention and demurrage (D&D) fees, especially during the pandemic where excessive port congestion led to historic record levels of charges...
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Does your TMS need an update?
Supply chain spend worldwide comes in at a staggering $18 trillion per year. Freight transportation expense is a no-less dizzying $11 trillion. While these two gigantic expenditures are necessary...
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West Coast ports could soon see more logistics congestion
There might be more turbulent times for West Coast ports, and the wider supply chain, around the corner. With COVID infections again on the rise and shutdowns again occurring...
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How do you push beyond the TMS status quo?
The supply chain space has been dramatically – and likely permanently – altered due to the COVID pandemic. Many of the vulnerabilities in existing supply chain technology systems and...
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Is 2022 the year supply chain sustainability takes center stage?
To say the last two years have been difficult for the supply chain industry is a significant understatement. From driver shortages to the e-commerce boom and pandemic-related lockdowns fueling...
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Is your logistics technology provider a data aggregator?
Supply chains run on data, and the quality of that information is critical to business success. Take shipment transparency, for example: The ability to track and trace goods in...
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The Importance of Real-Time Supply Chain Visibility
In a volatile market, real-time information is essential, as it equips shippers with the necessary visibility to maneuver through supply chain disruptions. The pandemic has shown that logistical hurdles...
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Here’s What You Need to Know About the Driver Shortage
As the global supply chain continues to endure the ripples of the COVID-19 pandemic, an elemental issue inhibits shippers, carriers, and consumers from bouncing back: a driver shortage. The...
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How a Global Crisis Exposed Supply Chain Vulnerabilities
Every manufacturer seeks to avoid supply chain disruptions. Most have continuity plans in place, designed to support the company through a localized or supplier-specific situation. But few manufacturers were...
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Supply chain visibility provider updates its digital twin of the logistics world
Blume Global is revolutionizing the game for shippers with Blume Maps, a dynamic, digital map of the supply chain world. Planning, tracking, and adjusting supply chain shipments isn’t easy....
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Why RFQ Systems Struggle to Support Complex Manufacturing
Product launches can be stressful. They require close coordination across internal departments as well as suppliers who may be dispersed across the globe. Most organizations struggle to overcome miscommunication...
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Supply chain congestion won’t end this year, says logistics technology CEO
The global supply chain continues to experience shortages, congestion, and more. Here’s what manufacturers and other shippers can expect for 2022 and how stakeholder collaboration and supply chain technology...
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IMCs simplify rail booking with interline schedule solution
For shippers and intermodal marketing companies, booking intermodal shipments can be a time-consuming process involving piecing together scheduling information from different rail providers, creating a patched-together, cross-country route for...
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Acquisition bolsters end-to-end logistics execution, visibility capabilities
During the pandemic, shortages of components for high-tech devices and automotive industry products have proliferated. But it’s not easy for most shippers to have visibility into the process before...
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Supply chain digitization fosters logistics collaboration
Now, more than ever, all stakeholders in the supply chain need to collaborate through digitization to ease port congestion and prevent future supply chain disruptions. Port congestion, truck driver shortages and empty shelves...
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Supply Chain 101: Find the best logistics technology partner
The right supply chain technology makes all the difference, but with all the providers in the market, choosing the best provider can be difficult. The logistics industry is more competitive, volatile, uncertain, and interconnected than ever....
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Supply Chain 101: Optimize freight transportation RFPs
An optimized freight transportation RFP can mean the difference between a successful, harmonious shipper-carrier relationship and re-bidding your lanes. As a shipper, you’re probably aware of request for proposal...
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Supply Chain 101: How to become a shipper of choice
In tight markets, shippers of choice will have drivers willing to haul for them, allowing them to stay competitive. In the current tumult that is the global supply chain,...
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Why should supply chain and logistics companies care about corporate culture?
The supply chain industry is currently facing a labor shortage as people retire or quit, training budgets are reduced, and laid-off workers never return. More than 70 percent of 400 high-level executives have had trouble...
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Think supply chain disruptions are disappearing post COVID? Guess again
COVID-19 disrupted the global supply chain, and these delays are likely here for the foreseeable future. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic came global supply chain disruptions. The...
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What is the next evolution of supply chain technology?
The current state of the supply chain is dire. We all are seeing inefficiencies in every leg of a container’s move, but of course, today’s problems were not created...
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5 supply chain expectations for this peak shipping season
Peak shipping season will look a little different this year. Luckily, there are a few things businesses can do to overcome supply chain challenges during this time. Domestic consumer...
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How can logistics companies holistically address supply chain sustainability?
Supply chain stakeholders are leveraging the benefits of logistics technologies to meet sustainability goals, but should not forget about the human element. The changes required to shift from carbon-based fuel sources to...
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Supply chain technology will evolve from applications to platforms
In the last two decades, innumerable evolutions have taken ahold in the supply chain technology arena. These small shifts in technology have created better efficiencies for supply chain parties along...
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Has the pandemic impacted in-person supply chain conferences?
With in-person supply chain conferences beginning for the first time in nearly 18 months, logistics networking event organizers must prioritize safety and accessibility. Conference season is starting up again,...
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Is it crucial to embrace new logistics execution technology?
The increased complexity and distribution of the modern supply chain requires innovative logistics execution solutions. In the past year, 49% of supply chain leaders have accelerated spending in digital technologies to...
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Ocean shipping congestion dominated logistics even before Ida
Ocean carriers, freight forwarders and shippers are all trying to figure out when the current ocean shipping congestion will ease. Will it be easier to find containers for shipments...
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Ocean port congestion in China, West Coast will echo into 2022
As the coronavirus crisis continues to impact the global supply chain, some carriers are saying tight ocean capacity and ocean port congestion will continue for at least some of 2022. A recent COVID...
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How has Blume Global’s CIO excelled in the male-dominated logistics industry?
Yamini Vellore is a key member of the leadership team at Blume Global, a supply chain execution technology provider delivering a digital operation platform that goes beyond the TMS...
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Can technology speed up supply chain sustainability?
Sustainability and carbon-emissions reduction is now a perennial concern for retailers, but many have recently been confronting more immediate supply chain and warehousing challenges related to the coronavirus pandemic. It...
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How can order orchestration enable supply chain agility?
Recent events – the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the Suez Canal blockage, the seemingly never-ending congestion in the ports on the West Coast of the United States and in Asia – have underlined...
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Air freight forwarders must help industry increase air cargo visibility
Adversity forces innovation, especially for those resistant to change. With increasing competition from integrators, air cargo forwarders and other stakeholders have started to acknowledge they need to streamline and...
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Knichel Logistics turns to logistics technology amid COVID
To navigate through the worst periods of the pandemic, Knichel Logistics had to rely on supply chain technology. This not only included getting all employees connected remotely and up...
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Why should shippers focus on supply chain sustainability?
In an industry where the transportation of freight by ocean, air and land is so reliant on fossil fuels, it seems impossible to meet any significant sustainability goals. How are...
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How accurate is your supply chain visibility data?
These days, your supply chain visibility is only as good as the shipment data you receive. If that data isn’t being processed in real-time or is routed through a...
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How can logistics technology enable supply chain sustainability?
The beginning of the supply chain sustainability era, kicked off by Walmart’s then-CEO Lee Scott, is more than 15 years old. While it would be disingenuous to say that nothing has...
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Suez Canal blockage impacted entire global supply chain
In the logistics industry, one significant chokepoint can disrupt the entire supply chain world. The most significant hitch in a while occurred when the Ever Given ran aground last week, causing a Suez Canal blockage that has impacted every corner of the...
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Take this one step now to future-proof your supply chain
Shippers that lack a reliable supply chain technology platform are navigating a turbulent world blind. Collaborating with the right supply chain technology provider gives you logistics agility and execution while providing end-to-end visibility, no...
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How do shippers and 3PLs benefit from supply chain shipment visibility?
Five years ago, the industry started humming about the real-time shipment visibility solutions made possible through real-time API connections. Supply chain technology providers raced to promise complete, immediate transparency...
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Have you updated your supply chain execution and visibility solution lately?
While supply chain digitization is a trend that has sped up exponentially in the last year, many retailers and shippers may have long ago embraced logistics technology solutions, updating...
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NRF panel explores retail logistics evolution, last mile
Logistics and supply chain trends in the retail space accelerated throughout 2020, and while the huge increase in e-commerce might be the most talked-about development, the pandemic has also brought...
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Where have all the ocean freight containers gone?
Beginning last year, ocean freight carriers started witnessing an alarming shortage of containers just as the holiday shopping season began, compounded by an ongoing chassis shortage. That scarcity continues to this day. Due to a lack of...
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CES panel discusses adapting to a post-COVID freight transportation world
Nearly a year ago, the retail supply chain world irrevocably changed. A steady increase in the growth of e-commerce shipments, which had been trending up for years, suddenly surged....
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How the pandemic accelerated Ralph Lauren’s quest to digitize the fashion supply chain
When Patrice Louvet joined Ralph Lauren as president and CEO in the summer of 2017, he started a digital transformation. His quest began with a chief digital officer –...
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Freedom from ERD penalties starts with accurate supply chain data
This year, much discussion has centered around ocean carrier Earliest Return Date fees, and a lack of communication among ocean carriers, marine terminals, and U.S. exporters. It was a hot topic...
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Norfolk Southern, OL USA Turn to Technology to Navigate Pandemic Disruptions
The Blume Digital Operating Platform rapidly digitizes manual supply chain processes, democratizing technology for even the smallest supply chain stakeholders and allowing them to forge a path through disruption. This year, Blume’s...
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Exporters Increase Productivity, Visibility with Blume Global’s International TMS
The decline of supply chain productivity at West Coast ports is a familiar story; congestion at the ports of LA and Long Beach has been the norm for months....
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Supply chain digitization increases during COVID pandemic
One of Blume Global’s foundational philosophies is to use data to optimize connections among logistics partners and streamline their supply chains. Across 10,000 companies in 133 countries, Blume Global...
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Walmart Updates OTIF Requirements – Fines Enforced for Suppliers & Carriers
As reported by FreightWaves’ Mark Solomon, Walmart will require its suppliers and their carriers to deliver all orders on-time and in-full (OTIF) 98% of the time or risk being...
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Blume CarrierGo Premium™ is Democratizing Technology for Small Trucking Companies
The supply chain is a complex ecosystem, dependent on both small and large players to ensure that goods are delivered, and consumers’ demands are met. Within this ecosystem, small...
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How Domestic Reload Services Diminish Repositioning Fees and Increase Efficiency
Every year, repositioning empty containers costs supply chain organizations an estimated $15-20 billion. The impact of COVID-19 has significantly decreased the return of empty containers, with returns to Asia...
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OL USA’s Journey to Blume Global – and the Value of an In-house Implementation Team
Blake Darby, Implementation Specialist & Project Manager A successful implementation can be challenging when it is outsourced. During my career, I have seen how an organization often works with...
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Adjusting Supply Chain Strategies in the Age of COVID-19
Yamini Vellore, CIO, Head of Customer Success, Blume Global It feels too obvious to state that all of us have been impacted by the spread of COVID-19 — both...
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Thank You from Blume Global
During this uncertain time as we are all impacted by COVID-19, we wanted to pause to acknowledge all the people who are working hard to care for those in...
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Blumer Spotlight — Anusha Madadi, Lead UI Developer
As part of Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting some of the Blume women who are key to our growth and success. In this spotlight, we spoke with Lead User...
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The Future of Logistics in Europe and the U.S.
By Ronald Kleijwegt, VP Global Sales & Managing Director EMEA Though there are stark differences that emerge when comparing logistics in the U.S. and Europe, their priorities in this...
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Insights from DrayTECH2020
by Chandini Ramesh, Product Analyst Last week, I was fortunate to attend DrayTECH 2020, an annual conference hosted by the Harbor Trucking Association for trucking companies and their partners....
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Unpacking Supply Chain’s Biggest Headlines in February
Welcome to our supply chain news roundup for February! Each month we do our best to find the top stories covered and share insights into how they impact the...
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What to Look Out for at TPM20
UPDATE: TPM20 and El Dorado has been cancelled. We regret that we cannot meet with our customers and partners at TPM20 and El Dorado, but know the health of...
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“Innovate or Die” — The Current Market Outlook for Ocean Carriers
by Lincoln Pei, Account Manager Coming from a relatively long tenure in the ocean carrier business, I recall names such as Sealand, US Lines, P&O, Nedlloyd, APL, and OOCL....
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Welcome to the Blume Global Hong Kong Office!
by Dr. Mark Yong, Managing Director of APAC Friday, February 21 marks the official grand opening of our regional Hong Kong office. We are excited to begin the expansion...
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Roses are Red, Violets are Blue… Hey LSPs, We’ve Got a Valentine Treat for You
Happy Valentine’s Day from the Blume Global Team! As one of the biggest spending holidays of the year, Valentine’s Day proves to be a busy one for everyone in...
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Achieving 20/20 Vision into Your Supply Chain
by Sharad Mathur, Senior VP of Research and Development, Blume Global According to IBM, Chief Supply Chain Officers (CSCO) cite a lack of visibility into supply chain operations as...
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How Can You Achieve Complete Supply Chain Digitization?
by Gilles Leyrat, Executive Advisory Board Member, Blume Global As I recount the past 25 years, there has been tremendous change and evolution in the supply chain industry. I’ve...
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All About Supply Chain — Unpacking Supply Chain’s Biggest Headlines in January
We are now a month into 2020, and the supply chain industry is facing a tremendous amount of uncertainty in the face of Brexit being finalized and the spread...
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Looking at the U.S. from a European Logistics Background
by Ronald Kleijwegt, VP Global Sales & MD EMEA I often tell people I was born in logistics. With my father and uncles running a trading company in The...
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Taking on Supply Chain’s Biggest Challenges — Part 3: Large Inventory Management
“We want what we want, and we want it NOW!” Customers have now come to expect and even demand their purchases to be delivered within one to two days,...
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All About Supply Chain — Unpacking Supply Chain’s Biggest Headlines
2020 has finally arrived and with it, the start of two new laws which have the potential to disrupt and greatly change the supply chain industry as we know...
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Insights from the JOC Port Performance North America Conference
by Tom Koontz, Sales Director Recently, I attended JOC’s Port Performance North America Conference. As the title suggests, this annual conference is focused on container terminal productivity, with representatives...
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Blume Global Gives Back This Holiday Season
As we head into the holiday season, it’s time to spread the joy and give back to our local communities. This year our Wellesley office decided to partner with...
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Tackling Supply Chain’s Biggest Challenges — Part 2: Transportation Capacity Constraints
In the supply chain, the saying “time is money” is particularly accurate. More than 100 million hours of time are wasted per year in procurement, supplier management and freight-administration...
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A Conversation with Yamini Vellore, Blume Global CIO and Head of Customer Success
The global nature of today’s supply chain makes it more complex than ever — but also particularly susceptible to inefficiencies. These inefficiencies not only lead to the ineffective use...
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How the Port Industry Can Overcome Barriers to Digitization
Every headline within the supply chain industry seems to be signaling a move towards digitization—with words like artificial intelligence and automation popping up left and right. It has become...
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Read All About It! – The Latest in Supply Chain News
The supply chain industry is thriving—and the proof is in the news. Supporting evidence can be found every day in headlines that explore how companies are shaking things up...
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Tackling Supply Chain’s Biggest Challenges — Complex Shipment Journeys
We’re now only a few days away from Black Friday, one of the biggest retail holidays of the year—and with it comes one of the busiest seasons for the...
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Key Insights from FreightWaves LIVE 2020
by Marisa Martin, Sales Director Last week I had the opportunity to attend FreightWaves LIVE where the best in class companies came together to discuss the future of the...
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Gobble, Gobble—How Motor Carriers Can Utilize Technology to Prepare for Thanksgiving
Tis the season, for our yearly excuse to stuff ourselves with turkey and pumpkin pie. With Thanksgiving now only a week away, the supply chain industry is busy at...
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The New Age of Smart Ports
By Andy Murden, Sales Director Looking back 15 years ago at my time working near the Port of Jebel Ali in Dubai, my perception of ports was that they...
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Guide to a Data-Driven Supply Chain – Part 4: How Data is Powering Smart Supply Chains
Data-driven technology is transforming the supply chain industry as we know it. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are no longer nice-to-haves, but necessary partners for driving success...
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What a Year! Blume Global Receives 2019 Golden Bridge Award for Corporate Branding
A few weeks ago, our team received the 2019 Golden Bridge Award for Corporate Branding, recognizing our successful transformation to a leading, innovative supply chain brand in just 9...
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Key Points from JOC Inland Distribution Conference 2019
By Nick Neises, Sales Director This past week I headed to Chicago to attend this year’s JOC Inland Distribution Conference. The event brought together various leaders within supply chain to help envision what this...
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Guide to a Data-Driven Supply Chain – Part 3: Unexpected Sources of Data
Every minute of the day, data is being created all around us. Everything from the photo you just posted to the weather alert you received on your phone, data is being captured in places we would have never expected....
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Insights from Our Latest Webinar “Manual to Digital…”
Last week in our Pleasanton headquarters, we hosted our webinar called, “Manual to Digital: Why Freight Digitization Will Save You Time and Lower Costs.” It was led by three of our very own Blumers: Product Marketing Manager, Vidya Narayanan; AVP...
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3 Ways Digital Supply Chains Benefit Motor Carriers
Motor carriers around the world are continuing to rely on manual, paper-based processes to find loads, accept or reject tenders, submit proof of deliveries and invoices. This ultimately prevents them from maximizing business...
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Guide to a Data-Driven Supply Chain – Part 2: 4 V’s of Data for Logistics
Within the supply chain, big data lies at the center of every process, asset movement and decision made. Big data is often thought about in four parts, otherwise known as the 4 V’s: volume,...
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What’s Next in Supply Chain—Two Blumers Share Their Thoughts
This past week our Blumers Felicia Utami and Kyle Vamvouris attended CSCMP’s, “What’s Next? Supply Chain Predictions” panel, featuring our AVP of Solutions, Dipti Gupta. Here are their top...
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Guide to a Data Driven Supply Chain – Part 1: Address the Challenges
With buzzwords like machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) barraging the supply chain industry, leaders face the challenge of making informed and timely decisions around incorporating new technologies. A core tenet in seeing results from these technologies is the use of...
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2 Weeks, 2 Suitcases, 2 Conferences – 3 Main Takeaways
\By Kyle Vamvouris, Sales Development Manager Over the last two weeks I had the pleasure of traveling across the country to listen to leaders in supply chain and logistics speak about the future of our industry. This industry is...
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Takeaways from JOC LogTech
By Glenn Jones, Global Vice President of Product Strategy This past week Dipti Gupta, our AVP of Solutions, and I headed to JOC’s 2019 Logistic Technology Conference. This is an annual conference that brings together shippers, the service providers who...
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Blume Year in Review
This past year at Blume Global has been one of incredible growth and progress. From bringing on our world-class executive team, moving into our newly renovated Pleasanton headquarters and...
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The Impending Force of Rising Tariffs – Navigating Their Effects
For more than two years we’ve lived under the threat of new tariffs — with duties that have been levied, threatened and retaliated. Constant political changes, such as Mexican...
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