Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights continued evidence that the U.S. 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.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog continues to highlight for readers specific global and regional supply chain indices that depict both trending production activity levels, as well as supply chain volatility. Newly published indices reflecting global supply chain volatility and U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters posting we highlight published September 2022 indices of global supply chain volatility ( GSPI ) and US Logistics Index ( LMI ) activity trends along with our view of the implications. The takeaway for September was that global manufacturing activity officially fall below the 50.0

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 19, 2020

As we move into the back half of May, the freight market is starting to show signs of an expedited rebound. . Th ese conditions have caused a more favorable freight environment. That is e specially the case for outbound freight in southern states and California where produce season is in full swing. . Logistics? ? .

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Less than ten days after Hurricane Harvey, trucks are already moving freight out of Houston, with almost the same volume as before the storm. Houston is also a major freight hub for rail and sea traffic, as well as trucking, including trade with Mexico by land and with South America and other regions by sea. It's just not safe.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights the published November 2023 U.S. What supply chain management and line-of-business teams should take special note of were the stated reasons for November’s significant decline. The canal disruption is further noted as having more freight being routed to U.S. declined a significant 7.1

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights this week’s release of the U.S. Noted was that one of the busiest times in freight logistics, the seasonal back-to-school retail stocking period, likely did not materialize. © Copyright 2023, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog. The post U.S.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 28, 2016

He was one of my instructors at Northeastern as part of the supply chain certificate program I completed almost 15 years ago. The case studies we analyzed and discussed in his class opened my eyes and mind to the beauty of supply chain management, a field that was still relatively new to me at the time.

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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. The July value of 45.4 declined 0.2 percentage points from June’s value of 45.6. So, we have to be very cautious on that.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

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. Colorado also adopted the rule but will have a heavy duty truck provision begin in 2027.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2023

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and added perspectives on the release of the U.S. Similar trends were highlighted in our Supply Chain Matters summary of the May 2023 LMI report. For these reasons, Supply Chain Matters will provide a context for both of these dimensions. The June value of 45.6

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 12, 2020

Currently, this has not made a substantial impact on the freight market, but we are seeing signs that the industry is beginning to recover. Additionally, according to Freight Waves, “outbound tender rejections have increased week-over-week for the first time since the OTRI peaked at 19.25% on March 28.”. Southeast Logistics.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Back here on Earth, this week’s supply chain and logistics news… Nikola One Hydrogen-Electric Truck Revealed. DAT’s Accelerated Freight Matching Launches with New Load Board App for Carriers and Paperless Onboarding Service for Brokers. R2 Freight & Logistics, Inc. Journey on. First UPS U.S.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 5, 2020

To effectively track each state’s progress in reopening and how freight is impacted, we will publish a market update for the coming weeks as the country eases out of lockdowns. . Increases in volumes started climbing this week steadily but still down 10-15% year-over-year according to Freight Waves’ Sonar indexes. .

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The ocean freight industry suddenly lost one of the top ten players when Hanjin Shipping Co. Missed schedules could keep rates high well into November, when the holiday freight season would ordinarily start to wind down. That means higher volumes, and likely higher freight rates, just when weather starts to turn ugly.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

DECEMBER 4, 2015

December 8, 2015 – Fair Lawn, NJ – Boulder, Colorado-based Aurora Organic Dairy (AOD) selects the UltraShipTMS solution for supply chain logistics management after a rigorous evaluation of the leading TMS solutions serving high volume shippers.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 7, 2022

The Supply Chain Matters blog highlights an added dimension to our monthly summary of global supply chain activity trending and implications. Supply Chain Matters Additional Insights. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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DAT Solutions

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

There is a shift underway right now in the refrigerated freight segment. More restaurant spending, more contract freight. That has a big impact on the supply chain. still grows plenty of apples, onions, and potatoes, in Washington, Colorado and Idaho, respectively. Two main factors are involved. and Mexico.

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Aera Technology

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

The self-driving tractor trailer traversed 120 miles of Colorado’s I-25 while the driver hung out in the sleeper cab , and by all accounts, the ride went smoothly. But it’s the effect that such an innovation has on the supply chains of the future that really boggles the mind. Warehouse 3.0.,

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TMC

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Three themes seem to be emerging around AV in freight transportation: Tension between state and federal regulators. One example of this is that California already restricted AV testing to under 10,000 pounds, which is why the Otto “beer run” occurred in Colorado and not California. Policymakers view safety as AV’s greatest benefit.

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Aera Technology

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

The self-driving tractor trailer traversed 120 miles of Colorado’s I-25 while the driver hung out in the sleeper cab , and by all accounts, the ride went smoothly. But it’s the effect that such an innovation has on the supply chains of the future that really boggles the mind. Next Stop: The Entire Supply Chain.

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TMC

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

There are many ways to measure supply chain performance in terms of resilience, but there is one that’s easily overlooked even though it is gaining in importance: Detection time. Companies that are quick at detecting supply chain disruptions are more competitive than slower enterprises in a number of ways.

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Dale Rogers, a business professor at Arizona State, gave a presentation with his son Zachary Rogers, a business professor at Colorado State, during which they said that winter-holiday returns in the United States are now worth more than $300 billion a year. “So The field is large and growing.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 22, 2021

” Because the number and severity of destructive storms appears to be on the rise, supply chains need to ensure they are prepared to mitigate the negative consequences of storm-related disruptions. The warning came as Colorado State University released a forecast predicting an above-average hurricane season this year.”[2]

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Knowing these timelines is crucial to supply chain planning. But knowing the general breakdown of crop production, state by state, can help your supply chain roll with the punches. California.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

As I highlighted in my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2013 , tablets and smartphones are quickly becoming the preferred computing platform for business professionals, which is why technology providers are designing and optimizing their applications for these devices.

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Turvo

JUNE 8, 2020

Now in Colorado, with baby in tow, we attended a very nice, very quiet, “adults-only” wine tour.which became, for us, an “adults-only with napping baby” wine tour. Interestingly, we all had significant experience in the freight, logistics, sourcing, and supply chain world. Would it decimate the industry or just change it?

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Merchants including Dick’s Sporting Goods, Lowe’s, and Walmart say the rising stocks signal a recovery from last year’s shortages driven by supply-chain disruptions and put them in a strong position to take advantage of consumer demand this holiday shopping period. The largest U.S.

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NC State SCRC

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Just as COVID testing stumbled upon several obstacles (still is), similarly vaccine supply chain has started facing issues. Various other states, like Colorado and Louisiana, faced similar hiccups, but this time due to power outages causing their refrigeration system to crash. Michigan, on the other hand, had a different issue.

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Supply Chain Network

APRIL 13, 2011

Accellos, a leading provider of supply chain execution software solutions, has named Bill Ashburn General Manager of its line of transportation software solutions. Since its founding in 2006, Accellos has successfully completed six acquisitions, enabling an end-to-end supply-chain product offering. About Accellos.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Logistics is one component of the overall supply chain and is impacted by supply chain changes. At the same time, an effective logistics strategy can improve supply chain management and overall supply chain performance. The benefit today is there are many options in logistics to analyze.

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