GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The long and unpredictable peak shipping season continues to challenge supply chains. A 2021 Peak Shipping Season survey conducted by Edelman Intelligence found hiring to be a strong concern among supply chain decision makers with 90% having a strong need to increase hiring to account for peak season and beyond. Higher freight volumes.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Transportation is the largest sector of the economy, making up 8.9 percent gross domestic product (GDP), reports the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Shipping rates will continue to soar, and demand for more capacity will push the stretched industry to its breaking point, says Michael Angell of Freight Waves.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 11, 2021

The supply chain is evolving, and the standards used for managed logistics transportation services today are more data- and technology-driven than those of the past. Shippers should consider the following as indicators for when to add an outsourced managed logistics transportation services provider. This can be a confounding issue.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2021

No carrier or mode has been excluded from the increased demand of e-commerce and a customer base that’s anxious for a return to normalcy, including the LTL transportation sector. Capacity constraints within truckload and parcel have led to spillover within the LTL market resulting in capacity shortages. State of the LTL Market.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Managing OTR transportation through disruption is a complex process. We’re sharing seven best practices to improve OTR transportation management, enabling shippers to stay competitive in the face of disruption. Analytics provides visibility into your transportation network and operations. Across OTR Transportation Modes.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 9, 2018

E-Commerce requires intense coordination between supply chains and an understanding of how to achieve maximum efficiency in all modes of transportation, explains BigCommerce.com. E-Commerce Creates Additional Challenges in OTR Transportation Trucking faces a major crisis. Capacity is down. LEARN MORE. Get E-Commerce solutions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2021

I recently completed my latest study on the transportation execution and visibility solutions market. Transportation execution allow shippers to connect to multiple carriers and then tender, track, and pay in the system. For pharmaceuticals, this is a critical component of transporting goods throughout the supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Understanding what consumers want With billions of dollars of orders poised to test the capacity of retailers’ shipping operations this peak season, minimizing fulfillment uncertainty and transforming customer confidence through optimized last mile delivery becomes priority one.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

How Shipping Can Help Save The Planet. But to be honest, the shipping industry is as much of a culprit. Meanwhile, reports estimate that shipping contributes 3%, or a staggering 1 billion tonnes of CO2. Meanwhile, reports estimate that shipping contributes 3%, or a staggering 1 billion tonnes of CO2. Size Matters.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 29, 2025

The company also sells supply chain planning and transportation management solutions. The same disconnect can happen in the warehouse and in transportation. For example, if a promotion plan has not been correctly modeled for the warehouse, there may not be enough storage capacity, dock doors, or workers to execute the days work.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 20, 2021

In our conversation, Ken spoke about some of the findings from a recent survey Logistyx conducted on cross-border holiday spending, as well as some larger trends around the state of parcel shipping. Second, how does the ongoing capacity crunch impact the holiday season? The State of Parcel Shipping. About Logistyx Technologies.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 2, 2021

From trade imbalance and increased customer demands to cost pressures and tight cross-border capacity — there are no signs of improvement in the near future. Read more Short-Sea Shipping: A Viable Alternative for Navigating U.S. & & Mexico Capacity Challenges.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Last mile logistics is among the most misunderstood parts of transportation networks. Yet, more bulky items are moving from traditional retail to consumer direct shipping models, and consumers want speed and visibility in every stage. . Capacity reflects another problem in last mile delivery.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 2, 2024

We have all our factories, both in-house and outsourced, all of our distribution centers, and our transportation network on the Blue Yonder foundational system. We can run a plan simulation to maximize revenue, maximize shipments, maximize the customer experience, or minimize transportation costs. So why do it yourself?

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Capacity Constraints Continue to Arise. Capacity constraints continue to come under microscope as shippers look for a better understanding to the state of the market. Top causes of capacity constraints include: . Capacity constraints within truckload and parcel have led to spillover within the LTL market.?

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GlobalTranz

JULY 14, 2021

The world of logistics and managed transportation is continuously evolving. Transportation professionals are tasked with reducing costs while increasing customer satisfaction levels. However, market forces such as higher fuel costs and decreased capacity work to undermine these goals. The stop-off charges that will be incurred.

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Freight Plus

JANUARY 15, 2025

Shipping packaging materials comes with its own set of challenges that can disrupt operations and impact profitability. Optimize Freight Efficiency : Consider consolidating shipments or utilizing alternative transportation modes to offset higher costs. This is especially true for plastic products, which are under increasing scrutiny.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

When asked what peak season is, it’s easy to assume the holidays are the only peak shipping season. However, four shipping seasons occur throughout the year and are often regular and expected. That was the case until the ongoing disruptions of the past few years changed the shipping game. Q2: The Produce Shipping Season.

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Supply Chain Shaman

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Global shipping is national news with most stories covering the symptoms. Background on Ocean Transport. Since 1990, the size of ships increased 3X, but the design of the west coast ports remained largely unchanged. meters, to accommodate ships with 20 rows of containers) and 15.2 So, I write this blog with this bias.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 14, 2021

Whether shipping COVID-19 vaccines, test kits or ventilators ; office supplies; clothing; or groceries, some shippers rode thorough preparedness to a competitive advantage in 2020. Parcel shipping volume skyrocketed. Others adjusted throughout the year to improve or struggled mightily to the end.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

We didn’t know how long COVID-19-related shutdowns, and the ensuing port congestion and crunch on carrier capacity, would last. It now seems that port congestion and capacity issues will persist throughout the year. Do you know, at a glance, how many component parts were shipped and if they will arrive in time?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 13, 2021

I recently completed my latest study on the transportation execution and visibility solutions market. Transportation execution allow shippers to connect to multiple carriers and then tender, track, and pay in the system. For pharmaceuticals, this is a critical component of transporting goods throughout the supply chain.

Real-time Visibility 151

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GlobalTranz

MAY 12, 2021

Companies of all sizes engage with 3PLs and 4PLs to ensure access to technology, capacity and strategic insights. During the pandemic, companies found it difficult to access and manage capacity on their own. That’s where the 4PL or managed transportation relationship comes into play. 3PL vs. 4PL. Multi-modal Expertise.

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BlueYonder

JANUARY 23, 2025

Todays supply chains span thousands of miles, cross continents and oceans, rely on multiple modes of transportation, and involve many supplier tiers. Advanced digital software, enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) like the Blue Yonder Transportation Management solution are purpose-built to address the top causes of shipping delays.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2023

But cross-border trade is an important part of the global economy and much of this trade is in physical goods that must be stored, shipped, transported, and eventually consumed. The decline in transportation costs reduces the volatility index reading but is surely a positive for shippers.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 3, 2024

Amazon in the news: Amazon’s Prime orders are getting delivered faster and faster Hawaiian Airlines slowly adds freighters for Amazon business Walmart in-store AI is giving employees advice on how to sell products USPS delivery unit proposal sparks service, cost concerns for shipping partners White House earmarks $1.5B

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QAD

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Parcel shipping is expensive. Despite that, customers expect low cost — ideally free — shipping and rapid delivery. As a result, many are leveraging multi carrier shipping software to reduce costs without reducing customer service. As a result, you can determine whether or not to always use the lowest shipping rate.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 5, 2022

Byron is the Founder and CEO of Zergratran , an innovative and sustainable high-capacity transportation company that is building the world’s first tunnel to expedite shipping goods between the North Atlantic and the North Pacific. Byron Bennett and Joe Lynch discuss the Zergratran story. About Zergratran.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 4, 2021

Any discussion on supply chain risk management and applying managed transportation to help prevent risks from coming to fruition is incomplete without touching on the pandemic to overcome supply chain disruption. Market volatility describes a stage at which volume and capacity availability are misaligned.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2024

However, the disconnect can also occur because the supply plan not only lacks sufficient granularity in modeling the constraints that occur in manufacturing, but the model is also not granular enough in its understanding of warehousing and transportation constraints. The same disconnect can happen in the warehouse and in transportation.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

It covers macro trends in the LTL, Truckload and Managed Transportation Service sectors and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tightened Capacity. Labor shortages will have a lasting effect, effectively reducing capacity for carriers and terminals. Compete for capacity. Higher rates won’t guarantee capacity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 23, 2022

The world’s fleet consists of approximately 6,000 ships. These ships carried nearly 150 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers last year. Last October, over 100 ships, including 70 container ships, were waiting at anchor or in drift zones to unload at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Disruption has been the name of the game for more than a year as supply chain leaders have been dealing with changing buyer behaviors, inventory management challenges, labor shortages, weather and pandemic-related uncertainty, cyber security threats and capacity constraints that continue to create significant supply chain volatility.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 8, 2024

Nicole is the Founder and CEO of Candor Expedite , a transportation leader known for making its customers heroes by delivering creative, fast, effective, and sustainable solutions for time-sensitive and white glove shipments backed by a trusted carrier network.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Procuring transportation for freight is much different than any other procurement category. Transportation procurement needs to support both customer service and a company’s internal supply chain goals. Simmons uses dedicated contract carriers, a private fleet, and brokers for their shipping. The freight market is mercurial.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 2, 2022

The country’s major service export sectors include air transport; business, professional, and technical services; sea transport, and information services. I was unaware of Ukraine’s prominent air transport presence. International shipping has faired well so far. However, Ukraine’s service economic is substantial as well.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Creating trucking efficiency through transportation management optimization is an essential part of supply chain management and network navigation. As capacity continues to fall short and lead to lost efficiencies, shippers can benefit from leveraging the regional networks of an MTS provider to strengthens their supply chain.

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