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Mexico Transportation Risk with Mark Vickers

The Logistics of Logistics

Mark spent over 7 years in leadership with the second largest freight brokerage in North America, Total Quality Logistics. One hundred percent of our customers are in trucking and logistics including ~10,000 motor carriers and ~800 freight brokers. During his tenure, they went from $500M to $3B in sales. Mark earned a B.S.,

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Rail 101 with Ian Jefferies

The Logistics of Logistics

freight rail industry. From 2009 to 2013, Jefferies served as a senior policy advisor to the Chairman of the U.S. Prior to serving in the United States Senate, he worked for the U.S. About Ian Jefferies. Ian Jefferies is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Association of American Railroads.

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How Freight Disrupted Itself: The View From Within A Changing Industry

Freightos

How Freight Disrupted Itself. In the last year, a new dynamic has begun to reshape the freight industry. Phil knows his (freight) stuff. In his PhD thesis he developed a product to secure ocean freight rates with financial derivatives. Declining Freight Rates. Suddenly the freight industry is not so opaque.

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The Cash Flow and Overstock Report: Potential USD$142,000 windfall from tighter stock control

Unleashed

Last year, data from 4,500 manufacturers using Unleashed inventory management software revealed firms were typically spending twice as much on stock as they were before the pandemic. For these people, acting on this new data might be more about selling excess stock before it’s obsolete.”

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Consumer Demand Helping Drive 3PL Industry Growth

Talking Logistics

3PL market has grown by roughly 7% annually since 2009 and is expected to reach $170 billion by the end of 2016. Transportation optimization is more than moving freight at the lowest cost or finding a short-term performance boost; it’s about continuous improvement delivered through smart, data-driven planning and efficient execution.

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High Freight Prices Are Burdening Shipper Logistics Operations

Turvo

Why is freight pricing reaching historical records? Despite the crisis, the market rules out seeing the low prices that helped the economy and international trade recover after the 2009 crash, which will give inflation a boost. International shipping lines with the United States are leading those increases.

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Guest Post: Ignoring this Performance Metric is Risky

TMC

A major freight company employs a team of meteorologists that works closely with its flight dispatchers and contingency coordinators, for example. There is growing interest in incorporating weather forecast data from a variety of sources into supply chain planning.

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