GlobalTranz

APRIL 10, 2018

Small and mid-sized shippers face many challenges in full truckload freight management. Different carriers charge different rates, which reflect the relative trucking activity of a destination, and freight management requires navigating a complex system of drivers, trucks, and trailer types, while trying to get the best deal possible.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 25, 2023

Paul Brashier is Vice President Drayage and Intermodal at ITS Logistics , a third party logistics (3PL) company that offers creative supply chain solutions with an asset-lite transportation division that ranks #21 in North America, a top-tier asset-based dedicated fleet, and a Top 12 intermodal and drayage division. The Greenscreens.ai

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and other industry specific media are reporting that Seattle based digital freight start-up services provider Convoy is preparing for a possible sale or other action. Supply Chain Matters highlights a breaking news development related to Seattle based trucking based Cloud platform provider Convoy.

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DAT Solutions

JULY 30, 2015

Jeff Tucker 's guest column in yesterday's Wall Street Journal pointed to the pivotal role of technology, including DAT Load Boards , in freight logistics today. Jeff also highlighted the contribution of freight brokers to the efficient movement of cargo. domestic freight transportation and logistics.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 22, 2022

In his role Peter leads The Journal of Commerce, the historic New York City maritime newspaper founded in 1827, today a team of specialized business journalists focused on the end-to-end international shipping supply chain including shipping, ports, airfreight, trucking, rail and home delivery, addressed to the needs of shippers.

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Ware2Go

JUNE 20, 2023

See the latest insights on ocean freight rates and other trends that fast-growing businesses should know about to plan for 2023 peak season. In this article: Ocean Freight: Key Stats & Industry News Ocean Freight Shipping: What to Watch For In 2023 Freight Shipping From China & Alternatives What Are The Current Ocean Freight Rates?

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 16, 2018

By 2020, the value of B2B e-commerce will surpass $1 trillion, and manufacturers, distributors, retailers, reverse logistics managers, third-party freight brokers and logistics services providers are working to keep up with the trend. Digitized freight forwarding, enabling faster, more cost-effective global trade. Click The Button.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 13, 2018

Companies across all industries are dealing with rising transportation costs and a key question many CEOs, CFOs, and supply chain executives are asking is, “What can we do to better manage and control our freight spend in today’s market?” Rising Freight Spend . So, what can you do outside that cycle?”. Data-driven Optimization.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

John is Strategic Advisor of Transportation & Logistics at Clarendon Capital , a private equity sponsor focused on developing investment opportunities and providing strategic advisory services to the transportation, logistics and distribution sectors. John Larkin and Joe Lynch discuss the FreightTech investment environment.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides our latest update regarding the Red Sea Transport disruption impacting transport movements to and from European and Asian ports. The post Red Sea Ocean Transport Disruption Update first appeared on The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group / Supply Chain Management. That compares to $9.8

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights additional developments, evidence and added signs that reinforce that there will be no peak holiday focused surge in transportation and logistics in the latter half of 2023. While 209,000 workers were added in June, 14,000 freight and parcel carriers were cut and 6,900 warehousing and storage jobs were lost.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 13, 2022

John is Strategic Advisor of Transportation & Logistics at Clarendon Capital , a private equity sponsor focused on developing investment opportunities and providing strategic advisory services to the transportation, logistics and distribution sectors. John Larkin and Joe Lynch discuss the logistics industry outlook.

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ).

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SCMDOJO

JULY 18, 2024

Evaluating the total cost of ownership, including fuel prices, maintenance requirements, and government incentives, is crucial when considering alternative fuels (Department for Transport, 2005c). Read more about Top 10 Transportation Challenges and Solutions Identified in Research on our SCMDOJO website! increase in fuel efficiency.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 20, 2024

Jennifer Karpus-Romain and Joe Lynch discuss building a freight sales & marketing community. About Jennifer Karpus-Romain Jennifer serves as the Executive Director at the Transportation Marketing & Sales Association (TMSA) and as an adjunct professor at Cuyahoga Community College teaching social media.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2021

and is transforming the $800 billion transportation and logistics industry with its digital freight marketplace platform. Michael Leto , CEO of Emerge , has been in the transportation industry for over 21 years and played an active role in creating one of the largest and fastest-growing 3PLs in the country. About Michael Leto.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2018

More than a year into a freight capacity crisis that shows little sign of weakening, it’s time for all parties involved in logistics and freight transportation to meet this issue head on. Freight Capacity Crisis: How Did We Get Here So Quickly? That all changed with the summer of 2017.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 16, 2017

The freight capacity crunch has dominated supply chain and logistics since 2014, and many shippers fear it will arrive sooner than many experts believe. The Freight Capacity Crunch Has Not Yet Reared Its Head. The freight capacity crunch remains an object of speculation in among logistics providers and shippers.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 24, 2017

Cassidy of the Journal of Commerce. Rather than looking at it with only two options, shippers need a third solution; they need to take advantage of an LTL transportation management system (TMS), focusing on how leveraging today’s systems, like the Cerasis Rater , can maintain profitability and drive expenses down. “Unsustainable.”.

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Intelligent Audit

MAY 17, 2022

Today, much of the freight industry believes the traditional freight invoice audit and payment practices are in the latter category. Although this decreased pricing for shippers at the time, it also let freight bill payment regulations fly out the window. While many traditions produce warm memories, some belong in the past.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2023

parcel shippers with the threat of a labor strike for parcel carrier UPS and for LTL carrier Yellow Freight. While transport providers including FedEx , the U.S. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal , the carrier lost $55 million in Q1, double the net loss of the year before. The company filed a request in U.S.

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Intelligent Audit

JULY 14, 2022

Cargo vessels, planes, and semi-trucks portray freight transportation as they cross great distances to get loads to their final destination. However, without the correct paperwork, freight can’t leave the ground. It would follow that an increase in packages and parcels will increase freight damage. dollars in 2021.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

If you’ve ever paid $10 for an Uber ride to the cocktail lounge in the evening and then a “surge priced” $50 for the same distance Uber ride back to your home only a few hours later around closing time, you understand the dynamics troubling shippers in today’s capacity constrained transportation market.

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 8, 2021

As demand for freight services continues to mount, the supply side is having difficulty meeting the needs of shippers. This imbalance has left CPG brands feeling the pinch as more volume enters the freight market than can be reasonably transported. However, a driver shortage is nothing new to the freight market.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions including the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index reaching its lowest level lowest level in six years and one-half years. freight, logistics and parcel movement industry. Freight rate reportedly fell 37 percent. The LMI has now declined 6.7

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2016

One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for this year was that the transportation management system (TMS) market will become more barbell-shaped ( mirroring what is happening in the third-party logistics industry ). We’re seeing the TMS market move in two opposite directions,” I wrote back in December.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights the increasing realities of declining global trade and freight rates that are occurring in the first-half of 2023. Background Global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022. All rights reserved.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 9, 2023

As the transportation industry waves goodbye (and good riddance) to 2022, innovative logistics professionals are already working hard to make 2023 a banner year for the global transportation industry. Is Your Transportation Business Ready to Put Rubber to the Road in 2023? Airfreight Demand Plummets as Shippers Flock to Ocean.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Freight & Sustainability Resources Green Is the New Black: Why Green Manufacturing & Sustainability Matter Read the Blog Easier than reducing carbon footprint – 5 Steps to make a dent in the Huge and Hidden Cost of CPG Sustainability Read.read More.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

The First: The Transportation Era (1950s). The Fourth: Transportation, Deregulation, Physical Distribution and Business Logistics (1980s). The 1950s – The Transportation Era. . In the 1950s, transportation was in focus. Several universities offered courses in the field of transportation. Neil Southern, 2011).

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

The current outlook for the rail freight industry is, at best, mixed. Where rail freight once was the price-competitive transport mode of choice, low fuel prices and increased availability of trucks in the spot market have resulted in low freight rates that are expected to remain low¹. The Wall Street Journal, Erica E.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 22, 2024

Supply Chain Matters updates readers and multi-industry supply chain teams on the implications of today’s development of a nationwide Canadian rail freight transport disruption. At this point it is unclear if passenger rail services across Canada, which utilize freight routes for travel will also be impacted.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The implications of reduced cost in just this one area of processing and freight payment management can have a significant impact on profits. But freight payment remains a very complex and often error-prone process. What Are Freight Payment Services. Freight payment service may also be known as freight audit and payment.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 29, 2024

Imports Peaked Earlier The Wall Street Journal reported ( Paid subscription ) on Tuesday of last week that U.S. retailers have been pulling forward their 2024 holiday fulfillment inventory needs as a hedge toward deepening global supply chain disruptions, geopolitical developments and rising freight rates. in April and 1.27

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

With the 2021 peak season, RFP and modern supply chain management remains essential today in the shipping and transportation market. According to the Journal of Commerce : “In the early days of the pandemic, March through May, UPS and FedEx reported B2C volumes represented 70 percent of total ground volumes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 21, 2023

And now for this week’s logistics news: Walmart Adds Truck Powered by Compressed Natural Gas to its Transportation Fleet CMA CGM offers $5.5 The vehicle will make its inaugural trip from Indiana to California, where it will be featured at the Advanced Clean Transportation Expo. CMA CGM is offering 5 billion euros ($5.48

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2021

It was a tale of two freight markets during the past year due to the global pandemic that reshuffled consumption and commerce. We saw historic freight lows in the winter and early spring, followed by landmark highs in the summer and the remainder of the year. Buying Trends Could Shape 2021 Freight Outlook.

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