GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

As a freight broker , you know the importance of staying ahead of trends in your business. 2014 was a dynamic year for shipping and freight, and 2015 might present us with some surprising changes as well. One month in, here are our predictions for freight brokers in 2015: Manufacturing Comes Home.

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Logility

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

There is a similar problem brewing beneath the surface right now, with the over-abundance of global freight containers and slowing demand of freight trucks. Retailers across the world have surplus inventory of nearly every kind of consumer goods – clothing, electronics, housewares.

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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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Consumer Goods Logistics

APRIL 9, 2020

We’ve seen no negative impact on KANE customers’ freight during COVID-19 – a great accomplishment that has required a spirited effort by our transportation team. Here are some of the issues we’ve had to face.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2022

For the second consecutive four-quarter period, the freight market faced continual capacity challenges as the global supply chain wrestled with the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. Will these forces continue to play a part in the freight market in the coming year? Consumption Drives Freight Market Growth. percent in November.”

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Zipline Logistics

MARCH 30, 2021

Following an unprecedented downturn, the freight market has posted an almost full calendar year of impressive growth spurred by demand from a few sectors of the domestic economy. The second half of the past quarter was highly atypical and posted freight volumes that vastly exceeded those generally seen during peak season.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2021

GlobalTranz’s main service lines are freight brokerage – less-than-truckload and truckload – and managed transportation services. What the heck is going on in this freight brokerage/managed transportation sector? A truck broker helps companies find trucks to carry their freight on lanes they are having difficulty covering.

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2021

While it remains to be seen whether the coming quarter will live up to expectations, there are multiple powerful predictors hinting that the freight market will not wane in intensity over the coming months. Typically, freight experiences a seasonal boom, starting with back-to-school shopping and concluding following year-end holidays.

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Consumer Goods Logistics

APRIL 9, 2020

We’ve seen no negative impact on KANE customers’ freight during COVID-19 – a great accomplishment that has required a spirited effort by our transportation team. Here are some of the issues we’ve had to face.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Hello and welcome back to another episode of “The Freight Project Podcast!” On today’s episode we welcome Andrew Lynch, Co-Founder & President of Zipline Logistics, an award-winning logistics service provider that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods and food and beverage products.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 27, 2021

Take away the uniqueness of the last year — from soaring consumer goods demand to plummeting durable goods consumption — shippers needed carrier capacity, and most organizations had to lean on. Read more The Pandemic Microscope: Highlighting the Everyday Challenges of Overused Freight Brokerage.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Meanwhile, supply shortages and price inflation are getting the front page in consumer-focused publications and plenty of airtime on televised news. Many consumers, including myself, become irritated by the sight of empty store shelves where our favorite consumer goods are typically stored. And rightfully so.

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MPO Multi Party Orchestration

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The world of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) is a complex one, riddled with regulations, compliance standards, highly specific requirements, and demanding customer service level expectations – especially for companies operating in the Healthcare sector.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The other 50% consists mostly of shipping containers carrying smaller consumer goods. Many rail freight providers started over the summer and early fall by moving priority freight such as chlorine and ethanol ahead of common freight, according to a report from CNBC.

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Consumer Goods Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

In light of the current freight capacity crunch, the freight management logistics operations of many companies have devolved into scrambling to find trucks for pending loads. While that may be a very real and necessary approach at the moment, “scrambling” is not a great long-term strategy.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 28, 2023

An initial estimate of this year’s retail holiday spending indicates a mixed bag, depending on either retail industry, consumer goods producer or logistics and transportation industry perspectives. Mastercard SpendingPulse Data Payments processing firm Mastercard Spending Pulse indicated this week that U.S.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 8, 2016

Freight Consolidation: Bridging the Gap between LTL and Full Truckload. While both are effective, there is a third option that can provide more opportunity for bottom line savings and increased efficiency: freight consolidation. A consolidation strategy can help get your freight delivered where it needs to be, on your schedule.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 20, 2016

With Black Friday on the horizon, consumer goods of all kinds are making their way from manufacturers to distribution centers and retail locations across the country. The industry experiences more cargo theft incidents when there is a higher volume of consumer goods moving through the supply chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2023

Procter & Gamble (P&G) , the American multinational consumer goods corporation, is continuing to invest in digital transformation, focusing specifically on the supply chain, retail execution, and environmental sustainability. FedEx Express moves an average of 6.3

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Consumer Goods Logistics

MAY 23, 2018

businesses, companies are taking a hard look at their transportation spend and how they can reduce freight costs. Hold freight. As inflation continues to drag down earnings and increase costs for U.S. Here are eight simple strategies to consider. Combine multiple shipments to maximize utilization of trailer space.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Freight Consolidation: Bridging the Gap between LTL and Full Truckload. While both are effective, there is a third option that can provide more opportunity for bottom line savings and increased efficiency: freight consolidation. A consolidation strategy can help get your freight delivered where it needs to be, on your schedule.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

According to FreightWaves, the FreightTech 100 2023 is “[…] a selection of the most innovative companies in the freight technology space.” Freight Rail and Union Members Reach Tentative Agreement. Cost of Flour, Consumer Goods, Remains High. In a welcome turn-of-events for the U.S. With the agreement, the U.S.

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Consumer Goods Logistics

JANUARY 19, 2022

But an increasing number of CPG companies are recognizing the huge cost advantages up – to 30% of combined warehousing/packaging/freight costs – of integrating final packaging with distribution center operations, and working with secondary packaging suppliers that can make that happen.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 26, 2023

Mars is one of the largest fast moving consumer goods companies in the world. Mars Wrigley chose Transplace, now UBER Freight, for North America and a partnership with Maersk/E2Open for ocean freight. This private, family-owned business is headquartered in the US.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 15, 2020

A Sample Demand Pattern for Consumer Goods. Border crossings will be tough, and the infrastructure for the ocean and air freight tumultuous. Consider technologies like 1010 Data in consumer goods in conjunction with demand sensing technologies to replace rules-based consumption of demand into an inventory signal.

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PINC

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Coming into 2019, issues like the tariff wars, driver shortage, and rising freight rates were high on transportation managers’ radar screens. Freight rates have leveled off (and even retreated, in some cases). Reefer freight rates continue to drop, with a current national average of $2.14 appeared first on PINC.

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Consumer Goods Logistics

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

2018 was a tough year for both shippers and carriers as constrained capacity led to delayed shipments and higher freight prices. Q1 2019 has started like many Q1s have in years past, with a softening of the truck market. While things are shifting for the better, don’t be fooled. The capacity crunch is not behind us.

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Consumer Goods Logistics

APRIL 13, 2017

A funny thing happened with freight volumes during the first quarter, a notoriously slow time for for-hire trucking companies. It wasn’t so slow.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 4, 2022

We indicated in our commentary that August usually represents the global supply chain ramp-up for supporting Q3 and Q 4 holiday spending on consumer goods, gifts and seasonal merchandise. The second half of the year has traditionally been the busiest period in material, transportation and logistics flows.

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Competition in the consumer goods space is at an all-time high as venture capital continues to pour into the industry and products hit the market at record speed. Accurately evaluate and communicate your freight needs with your transportation partners far in advance. In these situations, err on the side of over-communicating.

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Consumer Goods Logistics

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The current freight capacity crunch has not been kind to corporate freight budgets. It’s why we went back and updated our idea log on freight cost reduction strategies. Check out our 13 Strategies to Reduce Freight Costs. But let’s face it, in the current freight environment it’s more about supply than demand.

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Proxima

AUGUST 25, 2022

From technology to retail, there is a high chance that many of the consumer goods to be found in the average household have come from or through a Chinese port. China is the world’s largest exporting economy, and second largest importer, holding eight of the top twenty ports globally.

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QAD

AUGUST 8, 2019

Spain has 99 airports with paved runways, most of which can handle freight planes. billion mt-km of air freight in 2015. In addition, the country has 10 heliports, making air travel and freight delivery a relatively simple matter. As a result, Spain handled 1.04 Spain also has highly developed rail and roadway systems.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

Further, the report indicates that many consumer goods firms reportedly achieved the inventory wind down they strove for throughout 2022. Noted was that one of the busiest times in freight logistics, the seasonal back-to-school retail stocking period, likely did not materialize.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2021

Increased demand for consumer goods, especially as the pandemic has lingered on, are exacerbating the capacity crunch. According to the American Trucking Association (ATA), almost 75 percent of all freight is transported by truck.

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20Cube Logistics

MAY 23, 2022

Storing domestically consumed goods duty-free at ports can save costs. The transportation costs can also be saved through port-centric logistic setups as the goods do not need to be carried to the inland distribution hubs. Global businesses that need to fulfil just-in-time demands can shorten the long lead-times significantly.

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Global Trade Management

DECEMBER 11, 2014

En route it passed through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and France before arriving at the Abroñigal freight terminal in Madrid. Yiwu is the world’s largest wholesale hub for small consumer goods and plays host to a vast 4 sq km (1.5 Its route is longer than the Trans-Siberian railway and the Orient Express.

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