AFFLINK

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

In 2005, however, the shortage amounted to roughly 20,000 drivers across the country. Flash forward just a few years to 2014 and that number had skyrocketed to 38,000. In fact, according to the American Trucking Association , it's something that the industry has struggled with periodically over the last 15 years.

Military 54

Military Just-in-Time Price Reduction Electronics 54

Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 9, 2014

In the space of two minutes and 49 seconds, the title sequence of the film Lord of War (2005) presents a step-by-step insight into the supply chain of a bullet: from copper to customer. Instead, those films merely served as an excuse to feature freight trucks travelling at high speed and the widespread destruction of police cars and houses.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Today, we kick off our annual year end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 7 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , 3PL , Business , Transportation , Freight. We will feature over the next 7 business days each category’s top 10 most viewed posts over the course of 2014. Read Full Post.

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Manufacturing Czech Republic Logistics Network Optimization Software Mexico 246

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JUNE 10, 2021

Starting out as a Marketing Intern in Adelaide, Australia for a Fielders Steel Roofing, my international studies lead to an opportunity to work in Singapore in 2005. In 2014, I was appointed Global Supply Chain role with ECCO Shoes and relocated back to Singapore. The values from this will fulfill your professional career also.

Sourcing Strategies 162

Sourcing Strategies Manufacturing Procurement Material Savings Negotiating Skills 162

DAT Solutions

JANUARY 2, 2018

2017 was a wild year, as freight transportation faced one disruption after another. Those four factors added up to extraordinary pressure on spot market truck capacity, driving rates up as high as we’ve seen them since at least 2010, when we established the freight rates database that forms the foundation of DAT RateView.

Los Angeles 70

Los Angeles Houston Freight Capacity 70

GlobalTranz

MAY 27, 2015

you look at the data even more closely, you can see pretty big spikes in September 2012 and September 2014 – Those were the months of the IMTS show in Chicago. According to our USMTO data the 2003 recession really started in 2001 and didn’t really end until 2005 or even 2006. It was, however, slower in and slower out.

Manufacturing Procurement 120

Manufacturing Procurement Big Data Procurement Analytics Report 120

Techgistics

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Amazon recently leased 20 cargo planes to deliver goods to and from fulfillment centers, registered as an ocean freight forwarder in China , and hired former CEO of UTI Worldwide , a freight forwarder, as Vice President of Global Logistics.

Innovation 100

Innovation Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Network Software Cost Reduction Strategies 100

GlobalTranz

MARCH 31, 2015

Or what if, for example, you had been one of several hundred or more owner-operators living in New Orleans, Louisiana during the last week of August, 2005 when Hurricane Katrina wiped out countless homes and businesses, including those of these professional drivers and other transportation and logistics professionals?

3PL 120

3PL Expense Reduction Waste Reduction Just-in-Time 120

6 River Systems

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Bed Bath & Beyond @BedBathBeyond Bed Bath & Beyond has discovered a way to save millions of dollars on freight over the next few years, thanks to a new 755,000 square-foot distribution facility slated to open in the fall of 2019. manufacturing facility in 2014.

Supply Chain Design Software 45

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Sourcing Strategies Inventory Reduction 45

NC State SCRC

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

I liked working on different things, and so working with Rob involved always working on new and emerging problems. In 2005 a large software company gave us a project: They wanted to enter the ERP space but the cost for an end to end tool would be enormous, and involved too much risk. We moved to 425 analysts in 2014.

Modeling Software 45

Modeling Software Company Logistics Network Optimization Software India 45

QAD

MARCH 21, 2019

trillion from 2005 to 2018 but reached an all-time high of about $2.13 Annual freight traffic equaled about 37.22 Products include petroleum, steel, high-tech, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications equipment, electronics, chemicals, consumer goods, food, lumber and mining products. Industrial production grew at about 2.3

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 20, 2016

In order for our freight economy to stay healthy, it requires a stable infrastructure, specifically in the transportation sector. In 2014 the Economic Policy Institute issued a report outlining the effects of three tiers of transportation bills. Freight (Private). 2014: 31 million. Northeast Corridor Ridership: 2014: 11.66

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Transportation Waste Reduction Cost Reduction Strategies America 120