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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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Kevin Speers
3 min read
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.
Kevin Speers
3 min read
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
Chris Ruddick
4 min read
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.
Kevin Speers
7 min read
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!
Kevin Speers
2 min read
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.
Kevin Speers
4 min read
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.
Kevin Speers
4 min read
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.
Kevin Speers
3 min read
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.
Kevin Speers
2 min read
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...
Kevin Speers
2 min read
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...
Chris Ruddick
3 min read
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...
Kevin Speers
3 min read
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.
Kevin Speers
4 min read
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.
Chris Ruddick
4 min read
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.
Kevin Speers
4 min read
How Automation is Improving the Employee Experience
Automation drives effectiveness and efficiency, which are both staples in creating meaningful work for employees.
Kevin Speers
4 min read
Why Splice?
Instead of hearing issues within the supply chain and logistics industry, we heard a call to action and created Splice.
Kevin Speers
5 min read
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.
Kevin Speers
2 min read
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
2 min read
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...
Kevin Speers
2 min read
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.
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