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Freight has an Identity Crisis with Jordan Graft

The Logistics of Logistics

Jordan Graft and Joe Lynch discuss freight has an identity crisis, which refers to rampant fraud and double brokering in the transportation business. About Jordan Graft Jordan Graft is a seasoned entrepreneur and business leader with a passion for technology and transportation.

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MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics with Chris Caplice

The Logistics of Logistics

Chris Caplice and Joe Lynch discuss MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics and a wide range of logistics and supply chain topics. He is also the founder of the MIT FreightLab – a research initiative that focuses on improving the way freight transportation is designed, procured, and managed. He received a Ph.D.

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This Week in Logistics News (April15 – 20)

Logistics Viewpoints

Metropolitan Bostonians take a lot of pride in the marathon as a major part of Patriots Day celebrations across Massachusetts. For Bollore a deal would mean cutting ties with its biggest business while offering cash-rich CMA CGM a chance to bolster its bid to offer end-to-end transportation services and supply chain management.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 27 – February 2)

Logistics Viewpoints

UPS is seeking alternative strategies for its truck brokerage business, which has seen sales plummet amid a freight recession marked by declining rates and over capacity. More than $728 million is on the way to communities around the nation to bolster intermodal freight infrastructure. technology from helping China’s military.

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Logistics Clusters (Guest Post by Yossi Sheffi, MIT)

SCM Research

Logistics clusters play an increasingly important part in logistics & supply chain management. First, they are self-reinforcing in that logistics clusters use the high volumes of freight they generate to capture economies of scope and scale and reduce costs while improving service quality.

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How to Be a Preferred Shipping Customer: Strategies for the Coming Capacity Shortage

Talking Logistics

Freight companies are eventually going to face severe challenges finding drivers to get your shipments where you want them when you want them there. Throughout the supply chain everyone has focused on efficiency, but they’ve overlooked the drivers,” says Dave Kodadek. On the surface, this sounds like a problem for carriers.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

store operations by 9 percent over the past year, slashing hundreds of millions of dollars of goods from their balance sheets and suggesting space is opening up in their jammed supply chains. They include Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington state.