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Yards Are Hard

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Some have automated, gateless check-in; some direct the drivers to check in with the shipping office. Case-in-point: my company FourKites will collaborate with 16 other supply chain industry leaders — including BlueYonder, e2open, Oracle, Uber Freight, and JB Hunt, to name a few — as part of the Scheduling Standards Consortium (SSC).

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Freight Rates: Don’t Settle for the Status Quo

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Whether it’s rolling COVID-19 lockdowns in port-heavy provinces or the dozens of ships waiting to offload at the ports in California, there’s not nearly enough capacity to fulfill demand. With tightening freight capacity, shippers need more carrier coverage to make an informed decision about the right price to be paid to transport freight.

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‘New Normal’ Consequences: Soaring Container Shipping Rates

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One of the factors in that evaluation would also be the freight costs you incurred for that container and any additional costs if you are expediting another shipment. If you were to check the freight invoice, you probably paid four times the cost of the container as compared to last year! Peaking Rates. Chart Source: Freightwaves).

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The Rise of Outsourced Logistics: What it Means for LSPs

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As freight carrier rates and fuel prices rise, and competition for customers heats up, their margins are shrinking. market at record rates during what experts are calling a freight recession. They might need to add warehouse robotics, e-commerce transaction capabilities, order management or parcel shipping execution at enormous scale.

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5 Things You May Have Missed in Supply Chain News

BlueYonder

Between China’s re-routing many ships through the east and gulf coasts and the expedited processing of cargo at LA and Long Beach, the logjam has been eased and retail stores across the U.S. Now There Are Too Many Shipping Containers. are filled with inventory. Black Friday Was Still Big, Despite Inflation.

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The Not-So-Surprising Growth of 4PLs

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They’re taking care of the ocean freight, the air freight and the terrestrial freight — really managing product movements from the beginning of the journey to the end.”. Not only are freight costs rising, but shipping resources are becoming scarce,” Ryan points out.

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Top 3 Recent Automotive Logistics Trends, Part 1

BlueYonder

The VP of logistics, transportation or supply chain is concerned about congestion across networks, labor shortages, transportation delays, port bottlenecks, cost pressures, and how much they are spending on premium freight. Enabling supply chain resiliency on the logistics side and reducing transportation freight costs are really key.