Talking Logistics

JUNE 24, 2016

April 2016 North American Freight Numbers. Cass Freight Index Report – May 2016. As one commentator put it, will this be another Y2K (much ado about nothing) or will it be like the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 that triggered the financial crisis? ATA Truck Tonnage Index Increased 2.7% in favor to 48.1%

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 21, 2022

Since the inception of this blog in 2008, Supply Chain Matters has provided perspectives and takeaway thoughts from each annual report. Our perspectives stem from an outside-in end-to-end business process, management and cost adsorption lens vs. that reflected by logistics industry media. For 2021, U.S. percent to $1.85

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares select individual prediction snapshots that are included in our annual 2023 predictions for industry and global supply chains research advisory. Background. Global trade forecasts point to slowing to 1.1

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 11, 2014

That will be in 2015, after the peak of oil [supply].”. made that prediction in 2008 (see the Barron’s article What $300-a-Barrel Oil Will Mean for You ). — Adrian’s Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2014. Shippers and carriers continue to shift away from long-haul trucking and one-way freight.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares select individual prediction snapshots that are included in our annual 2023 predictions for industry and global supply chains research advisory. Background. customers increased to a level of $41.8 billion in September.

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APRIL 1, 2022

In Fortune 500 earnings calls for Q3 of 2021, “supply chain” mentions were up 412% from Q3 in 2020. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. A variety of chips will remain in short supply throughout 2022. Supply Chain Brain ).

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Interest Rates : The Federal Reserve in the United States is expected to raise interest rates this week , the first increase since cutting the rate to near zero following the Great Recession in 2008. Like oil prices, interest rates impact supply chain policies and decisions, especially with regards to inventory.

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