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Where have all the Truckers Gone? 10 Strategies for Shippers to Fight the Capacity and Trucker Shortage

GlobalTranz

Transportation capacity problems have been a volatile issue over the past twenty years or so. Contributors to Capacity and Trucker Shortage. The 2014 winter weather triggered a trucking capacity problem. In the past, according to Perry, trucking capacity has been somewhat consistently maintained at about 90%.

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The Secret Sauce with Mark McEntire

The Logistics of Logistics

In June 2009, he became certified as an APICS CSCP. The world’s largest shippers and capacity providers use the Emerge Freight Procurement Platform daily, showing immediate ROI for procurement and saving valuable time in the process. Vice President of Operations, as well as experience with J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. Mark earned a B.S.

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What is Economic Order Quantity & its Advantages

SCMDOJO

There is no limit on the order size due to the storage capacity: The warehouse might have two concerns ; the first is related to the capacity of the warehouse. Bixby Cooper , 3rd edition (Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2009), 164; Michael H. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2009. Pearson College Div, 2010), 123; Donald J. Bowersox, David J.

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A time of transition: 3 key trends for oil & gas in 2018

DELMIA Quintiq

Global LNG export capacity is constantly increasing and there are a large number of liquefaction projects at different stages of construction worldwide. Capacity Additions, Retirements, and Changes by Energy Source, 2009 (US Energy Information Administration). Liquefied natural gas (LNG) plays a huge part in this upward trend.

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Weathering the Next Recession

synchrono

In February of 2009, The Economist even published a piece called The Collapse of Manufacturing. The auto industry, like many other manufacturing sectors, was awash in excess capacity. Understand your true capacity – One of the key principles behind Demand-Driven Manufacturing is the Theory of Constraints (TOC).

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How the Semiconductor Shortage Could Have Been Averted

QAD

The chip manufacturers began shifting their manufacturing capacity to these other industry sectors who were now begging for supply. Very similar to the crisis in 2008-2009 and much to the surprise of industry analysts, automotive demand came back much quicker than expected. In the most recent version of MMOG/LE, criterion 6.2.1.7 (see

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U.S. Freight Logistics Industry Recession Continues with Some Hopeful Signs

Supply Chain Matters

Container Shipping Industry The quarterly performance of ocean container shipping lines continue to reflect decreased volumes and significantly reduced profitability levels amid this industry’s reported 30 percent reduction in scheduled route capacity. Drewry’s composite World Container Index reportedly decreased by 1 percent to $1,719.95