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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

What’s the best way to repair a broken routing guide? In these days of COVID-19, the question comes up with increasing frequency, with widespread market disruptions and network imbalances leaving many supply chain experts scrambling for solutions.

Supply Chain 91

Supply Chain Supply and Demand Benchmarking 91

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The pandemic has turned many aspects of life upside down, and commercial transportation is no exception. What are the lessons learned from 2020 and will they carry over into 2021? We asked DAT’s team of industry analysts.

Industrial 156

Industrial Industry Transportation Trends 156

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JANUARY 28, 2021

Something we’ve seen over the years is that extended periods of high freight rates tend to lead to higher numbers of new truck orders. We saw it in 2018, and new equipment orders again hit record levels in 2020. This time, the industry is faced with a lot more uncertainty.

Freight 185

Freight Industrial Industry 185

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JANUARY 28, 2021

Freight rates typically decrease throughout January each year, but the pace for this month does appear to be accelerating, as spot market volumes drop, contract rates rise, and overall freight volumes remain down year over year.

Freight 172

Freight 172

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JANUARY 28, 2021

The decrease in domestic volumes has been significant and is driven mostly by the large number of closures of temporary shutdowns in the foodservices industry.

Supply and Demand 166

Supply and Demand Industrial Industry 166

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JANUARY 28, 2021

For flatbed carriers looking to gauge future demand in the building and construction industry, the Home Builders Housing Market Index (HMI) is based on a monthly survey of the National Association of Home Builders members, designed to take the pulse of the single-family housing market.

Trends 140

Trends Survey Supply and Demand Industrial 140

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JANUARY 29, 2021

What are truck drivers doing to stay safe during the coronavirus pandemic? We asked our panel of trucking insiders to hear how they're staying safe while operating their businesses.

Video 185

Video 185

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Supply chains faced unprecedented disruptions in 2020, but the pandemic provided fresh perspectives for 2021. Members of the Freight Market Intelligence Consortium (FMIC), a group of leading shippers who use DAT iQ for benchmarking, identified two key strategic trends. .

Supply Chain Strategy 91

Supply Chain Strategy Benchmarking Strategy Price Mitigation Strategies 91

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JANUARY 12, 2021

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector grew in December, with the overall economy notching an eighth consecutive month of growth, says the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report. .

Supply and Demand 92

Supply and Demand Manufacturing Report 92

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JANUARY 12, 2021

Even in the midst of winter when produce loading opportunities in most areas are on the decline, ports like Philadelphia and Wilmington, DE, are flush with imports.

Philadelphia 130

Philadelphia Supply and Demand 130

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JANUARY 12, 2021

While new home construction and low mortgage rates fueled a lot of flatbed demand in 2020, spending on private nonresidential construction in November was 9.5% below 2019 levels, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. .

Supply and Demand 162

Supply and Demand 162

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JANUARY 12, 2021

We expect 2021 to be very different to 2020. The pandemic resulted in a crash in demand, followed by a capacity crunch, which will make year-over-year comparisons difficult. We don’t have any non-pandemic years in recent enough history to make meaningful comparisons.

Comparison 142

Comparison Capacity Supply and Demand 142

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JANUARY 6, 2021

Transportation procurement teams are tasked with finding a difficult balance on a daily basis: Maintain the highest level of service from your carriers at the best possible price.

Transportation 91

Transportation How To Procurement Benchmarking 91

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

The latest monthly release of PIERS import data highlights the extraordinary import growth the freight market has experienced in recent months.

Freight 152

Freight Data 152

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

A recent analysis dispelled one of the pandemic-related freight myths that food manufacturing should be higher because Americans are cooking more. .

Freight 146

Freight Food Analysis Manufacturing 146

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

More capacity in the refrigerated sector is one possible outcome of the recent interim final rule published by the FMCSA, which clarifies agricultural commodity and livestock definitions in hours-of-service regulations.

Capacity 156

Capacity 156

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

Some of the steam appears to be going out of the booming home building market, which has been the main driver being high flatbed volumes for loads of building material and lumber in recent months.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

As we move into the fall, the truckload market is still seeing record-high spot rates. Total volumes were only up 1.6% in September compared to September 2019, but network imbalances continue to push shipments into the spot market and place pressure on pricing.

Trends 91

Trends Industrial Industry 91

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

In November, DAT iQ launched three-day average rates our truckload pricing platform, RateView, setting a new industry standard in truckload pricing.

Industrial 139

Industrial Industry 139

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

Transportation is a significant expense, and for many companies, it can mean the difference between profit and loss.

Expense Reduction 91

Expense Reduction Transportation Strategy Price Mitigation Strategies 91

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Constraints on trucks and drivers continue to keep spot market truckload rates high, even as demand cools from where we were a few weeks ago.

Capacity 153

Capacity Supply and Demand 153

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Abandoning their lean-inventory strategy, grocery stores and supermarkets have begun stockpiling groceries in readiness for a possible surge in Fall and Winter COVID-19 cases.

Inventory Reduction 180

Inventory Reduction Strategy Price Mitigation Strategies Inventory 180

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Do you move freight in and out of Canada? DAT is now partnering with Global eTrade Services (GeTS) to offer simplified cross-border eManifest services to carriers moving freight across the border into Canada.

Canada 153

Canada Freight Global 153

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In a lot of ways, the current imbalances in freight networks reflect the divided purchasing habits of two very different groups of consumers. .

Freight 130

Freight Groups 130

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AUGUST 20, 2020

This season is proving to be very different, with COVID-19 adding another layer of complexity to supply chains. And since many markets are already behaving like they do when hurricanes hit, shippers, brokers and carriers will need to communicate even more than usual. .

Freight 185

Freight Supply Chain Supply and Demand Benchmarking 185

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JULY 29, 2020

The coronavirus continues to drive the direction of the freight economy, with varied results across different regions that have caused disruptions to carrier networks.

Trends 152

Trends Freight 152

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JULY 22, 2020

Several key factors cloud the current freight outlook: The possible end of the extended unemployment insurance program next week, COVID-19 outbreaks in many states, uncertainty in consumer demand and rising retail warehouse inventories. The latter is one to watch if the economic recovery slows.

Inventory 164

Inventory Warehousing Freight Retail 164

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JULY 8, 2020

June provided some much-needed recovery for truckload markets, but as COVID-19 outbreaks grow exponentially in major freight markets, including California, Texas, Arizona and Florida, the potential for volatility cannot be underestimated.

Arizona 131

Arizona Florida Texas California 131

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JULY 1, 2020

Last week saw a huge surge in demand and prices on the spot market, as shippers closed the books on Q2 and moved freight into place ahead of the Fourth of July weekend. But as we hit the halfway mark for the year, the trucking industry sits at a crossroads.

Freight 91

Freight Supply and Demand Industrial Industry 91

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JUNE 10, 2020

This week, DAT Chief of Analytics Ken Adamo speaks with Virginia Addicott, former CEO of FedEx Custom Critical. Virginia shares her insight on how to survive a fluctuating freight market.

Virginia 91

Virginia Video Analytics Freight 91

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JUNE 16, 2020

By and large, spring was not kind to carriers, so the higher rates we’ve been seeing in recent weeks are a welcome sign for trucking companies. If nothing else, this typical seasonal trend provides at least some piece of normality in what have otherwise been turbulent times for truckers.

Trends 138

Trends Company 138

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MAY 27, 2020

In the latest "Ask Me Anything" video, hear from real drivers on what they do to stay healthy while they're on the road.

Video 114

Video How To Trends Industrial 114

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MAY 27, 2020

As more and more businesses across the country reopen, truckload freight markets are also trying to find their footing.

Freight 151

Freight Trends 151

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MAY 5, 2020

Predictive modeling is the art of using high-power computing to learn from the past and predict the future. Most of us use predictive models in our daily lives, but is not always obvious. .

Forecasting 122

Forecasting Freight Benchmarking 122

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APRIL 21, 2020

Recent news has been all about the downturn in freight volumes, and the lower rates that accompany smaller volumes. Whenever freight markets go soft, we analysts like to look at changes that can help pull us out of the current pattern. In the midst of much gloom about the freight marketplace, we look for some positives that can help us through the next couple of months.

Freight 155

Freight Trends Industrial Industry 155

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APRIL 21, 2020

There's a beta version of the DAT Directory that organizes the data in order of importance so you can find what you need at a glance — and we want to know what you think if it.

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Data 96

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APRIL 3, 2020

Truck drivers who find themselves going too fast on a mountain road will be looking for the emergency off-ramp. Those ramps slope upward, making it easier to slow down and regain control of the truck. The driver faces another danger at the off-ramp, however. State authorities may issue fines for using those ramps, which could damage the driver's safety record, and possibly shortening his or her career.

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