Splice Insights

Welcome to Splice Insights, where we share our thoughts on two of our passions, software and shipping. Gain perspectives on supply chain integrations, logistics process design, shipping challenges and ways to improve our global community.

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Breaking Down Data Silos in Supply Chain: How Splice Connects Systems for Efficient Logistics and Interoperability

Interoperability is a central tenent of Splice. When data moves easily between systems, the result is faster processes and lower costs.

Splice Exports Expands to Rail: Transforming Export Logistics with Rail Receiving Dates

Kevin Speers

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Splice Exports Expands to Rail: Transforming Export Logistics with Rail Receiving Dates

Splice is excited to announce the addition of rail receiving to Splice Exports, further enhancing its ability to provide visibility into exp

Event-Driven Data Automation: An Elixir for Many Ailments in Shipping and Logistics

Chris Ruddick

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Event-Driven Data Automation: An Elixir for Many Ailments in Shipping and Logistics

Event-driven automation creates a lot of value because it can affect so many aspects of shipping and logistics.

Why Are Receiving Dates So Hard to Nail Down?

Kevin Speers

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Why Are Receiving Dates So Hard to Nail Down?

Our 2024 AgTC presentation on receiving dates and the various reasons they are hard to set and track. Spoiler alert: Using Splice will help!

What are Earliest Receiving Dates (ERD) and Cut-Off Dates in Export Container Shipping?

Kevin Speers

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What are Earliest Receiving Dates (ERD) and Cut-Off Dates in Export Container Shipping?

Let’s get into what earliest receiving dates (ERD)and cut-off dates entail and why they matter.

How Export Visibility Data Powers Container Shipping Success and Smooth Sailings

Kevin Speers

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How Export Visibility Data Powers Container Shipping Success and Smooth Sailings

Export visibility data are key to success. Earliest receiving dates, cut-offs, and vessel schedules underpin good management and planning.

Navigating Export Demurrage at Marine Terminals: Understanding Costs and Solutions

Kevin Speers

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Navigating Export Demurrage at Marine Terminals: Understanding Costs and Solutions

This article delves into the intricacies of export demurrage at marine terminals, exploring its causes, costs, and potential solutions.

Drayage Operations for Export Logistics: The Importance of Knowing the Earliest Receiving Date (ERD)

Kevin Speers

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Drayage Operations for Export Logistics: The Importance of Knowing the Earliest Receiving Date (ERD)

Drayage is critical to export container logistics. A key factor to success are timely updates to the earliest receiving dates.

Greenabl and Splice Announce Partnership to Accelerate Global Supply Chain Decarbonization

Kevin Speers

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Greenabl and Splice Announce Partnership to Accelerate Global Supply Chain Decarbonization

February 26, 2024 — Greenabl, the logistics industry's leading partner in achieving global supply chain decarbonization, has joined...

The Exporter's News Digest - February 16, 2024

Kevin Speers

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The Exporter's News Digest - February 16, 2024

This edition hits several big topics for exporters: exchange rates, economic growth (or lack thereof), optimism in US logistics, the Red...

Demystifying Logistics iPaaS: Your Guide to Streamlined Business Integration

Chris Ruddick

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Demystifying Logistics iPaaS: Your Guide to Streamlined Business Integration

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses in supply chain, shipping and logistics are continually seeking ways to...

Unlocking Data Automation Challenges in Supply Chain and Logistics

Kevin Speers

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Unlocking Data Automation Challenges in Supply Chain and Logistics

Splice recently announced a partnership with Turvo, and it speaks to the challenges of aligning data in supply chain and logistics.

U.S. Exports Outlook for the Remainder of 2023

Kevin Speers

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U.S. Exports Outlook for the Remainder of 2023

The outlook for U.S. exports is anything but clear, but here are the macroeconomic and geopolitical factors that could affect performance.

The Biggest Event in LogTech 2022: Lessons for 2023 Operators

Chris Ruddick

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The Biggest Event in LogTech 2022: Lessons for 2023 Operators

Last year brought about many notable events in logistics tech, but perhaps the biggest was the dissolution of TradeLens.

How Automation is Improving the Employee Experience

Kevin Speers

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How Automation is Improving the Employee Experience

Automation drives effectiveness and efficiency, which are both staples in creating meaningful work for employees.

Kevin Speers

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Why Splice?

Instead of hearing issues within the supply chain and logistics industry, we heard a call to action and created Splice.

Earliest Return Dates: What They Are and How to Control Them

Kevin Speers

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Earliest Return Dates: What They Are and How to Control Them

Managing export receiving windows has become unnecessarily complicated and costly, creating painful results for export shippers.

A Market-wide Reason for Workflow Integration

Kevin Speers

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A Market-wide Reason for Workflow Integration

In a recent Insights post on takeaways from TPMTech and TPM, we highlighted a notable description of our industry: “sclerotic, slow to...

Kevin Speers

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Takeaways from TPM and TPMTech

It was fantastic to be at TPMTech and TPM this year. The energy was easily felt as people from across the industry gathered for the first...

Avoiding Detention, Demurrage and Per Diem - It's in the Data

Kevin Speers

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Avoiding Detention, Demurrage and Per Diem - It's in the Data

Scrutiny of D&D has never been greater. The process for managing equipment is complicated because of volume, variability and variation.