Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

The Regulation’s Impact on Ocean Shipping and Data Management. However, in today’s information-driven supply chain, data often flows in parallel with the passage of freight. They are also ensuring that a VGM is received from forwarders/NVOCCs and shippers as part of a shipping document.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 22, 2015

mpg for tractor trailers (compared to 6 mpg for 2010 tractor trailers). Regardless of your point of view on truck fuel efficiency standards, the reality is that it only addresses part of the opportunity available to shippers, carriers, and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) to reduce transportation costs and carbon emissions.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 13, 2017

I’m on borrowed time this morning, so let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: DAT Freight Index Hits All-Time High in September. CSX customers demand end to shipping bottlenecks as CEO apologizes (Reuters). Spot freight availability was 74 percent higher than in September 2016.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

MARCH 28, 2018

How Generac Power Systems Cut Millions from Its Global Transportation Spend | Transportfolio. After Generac went public in 2010, the company quickly grew through overseas acquisitions. Our team provided North American transportation to Generac at the time. Integrating global freight services was only one challenge.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 8, 2016

It was a relatively quiet week for supply chain and logistics news, with robots and weak freight demand dominating the headlines. Heavy-Duty Truck Orders Fall to Lowest Since 2010 (WSJ – sub. Air cargo firms feel the pressure from plunge in freight prices (Reuters). percent from 3 percent. According to the article: DS Co.,

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Food grown close to consumers reduces both transportation costs and food waste. ” Another company in this agriculture space is Freight Farm, which provides farmers the ability to grow vegetables in converted freight shipping containers equipped with the latest hydroponics and automated systems equipment.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 17, 2015

In the transportation industry, there are many moving parts that can impact your day-to-day operations. Though backlogged containers at ports are starting to clear, it will likely be months until they are all offloaded from ships, drayed to warehouses, and unloaded for transfer to trucks. Large Scale Market Indicators. ACT Research Co.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

JUNE 28, 2022

Everything you order online reaches you through a vast network of distributors, shippers, and transporters who ensure you receive the correct item on time and in perfect condition, regardless of the distance or weather. BR Williams tailors our solutions to meet logistics and transportation demands. What Is 3PL?

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

In today’s blog we’re taking a look at what this means for shipping costs, and how retailers can fortify their operations against price hikes. Why are shipping costs growing? Response of shipping companies. Shipping costs hit an all-time high earlier this year. Fuel accounts for about 21 percent of carrier expenses.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

February 13, 2018 – Fair Lawn, NJ – Regarded as the premier transportation management system (TMS) solution provider by high volume food shipping organizations, UltraShipTMS once again reinforces its reputation as an innovator in the market. said Carretta. Peter Yost, Sr.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 3, 2013

Trucks transported 59% of U.S.-NAFTA Cass Freight Index Report – April 2013. Overcapacity, Fuel Costs Hit Shipping Industry ( Fox Business ). KSD provides its customers with customs declaration, security filing, transportation management and freight forwarding technology solutions. Con-way Inc.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 12, 2022

This, along with container shortages, drove up ocean freight spot rates and caused sporadic export delays. Over 100 ships waited to unload containers in December at Los Angeles and Long Beach, the U.S. for the 12 months ending December 2021, the largest calendar-year increase since data were first calculated in 2010.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 7, 2016

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released text for the final rule for the Sanitary Transportation of Food as required by the 2010 Food Safety Modernization Act. Most temperature controlled freight covered by this rule will need to be compliant in one year; small businesses have two years to comply.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 22, 2015

Transportation management system (TMS) vendors have been in that race for some time, and earlier this week, C.H. To aid in the sales process, Freightview can easily integrate into a shipper’s website and sales applications to provide shipping rates on internet purchases or incorporate freight quotes into sales bids.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Those changes, along with high costs of transporting materials and finished goods to and from overseas locations, make the value of reshoring likely to become a compelling financial reality for many manufacturers. Natural gas and oil expenses contribute to extreme cost disparities in shipping from Asia to the U.S.,

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Elementum

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

The Kindle’s popularity was usurped by the iPad release in 2010— but Amazon quickly partnered up with Apple (and later, Android) to release the Kindle App, again widening its market. Co-opetition can Save the Freight Industry. By the end of that year, it controlled 35% of market shares.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Freight In The Year Of The Monkey. China’s role in world trade is so large that even small changes can have a broad impact on the international freight industry. While China’s domestic transport infrastructure is ranked high on global indices (e.g. China-US freight is getting Amazon’ed.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

There are numerous factors that must be considered at all times to secure the integrity of the temperature sensitive products being transported. The science behind transporting materials at specific temperatures to maintain or extend their shelf life is an ongoing process. Looking for more information about controlling your cold chain?

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JULY 11, 2017

If you’ve been in transportation or logistics for any length of time, you already know that nothing stays the same for long. Recent less than truckload (LTL) rates and capacity levels have been below the historical levels we saw from 2005-2010. LTL shipping changes don’t exist in a vacuum.

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Freight Plus

JANUARY 15, 2019

TMS. ,” says Bart De Muynck, Gartner’s research vice president, transportation technology to. parcel shipping. New York City has seen a 29% increase in residential deliveries from 2010 to 2015. Transport Topics. FedEx Freight drivers are now delivering large items to homes in 5 cities as part of the pilot program.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JANUARY 23, 2018

The survey of more than 500 global logistics executives is part of the 2018 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index, an annual snapshot of industry sentiment and ranking of the world’s 50 leading emerging markets by size, infrastructure, transport connections and business climate. . GDP gain in 2010. 9, falling below No. 31 from No.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 29, 2022

Parcel transportation and logistics services provider FedEx and freight-tracking software company FourKites Inc. indicate that both are building a data platform that aims to predict shipping delays and prescribe alternative plans for their customers. FedEx and FourKites Increase Partnership to Share Data. billion in 2016.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

One of these terms, free or freight on board, also has irony within its name. It is not free by any means, and failure to understand this term can lead to discrepancies when shipping products abroad and additional problems. What Exactly Is Freight on Board? Who Pays the Freight Cost for FOB? Freight prepaid.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 3, 2018

“117 such facilities were built across the United States from 2010 to 2016 for a total of 141.2 ” Burnson goes to note that e-commerce is having an impact on air freight hubs, maritime cargo, middlemen, and intermodal operations. .”[4]. He points to the growing number of fulfillment centers (i.e., million square feet.”

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Freightera

APRIL 28, 2020

Benoit Montreuil is the father of the Physical Internet, a concept he elaborated while at Université Laval, Quebec and disseminated in a series of papers, starting in 2010 and evolving until now. Europe has been aware and active since 2010. Interviewed by Eric Beckwitt, Founder and CEO, Freightera. As summarized by Prof.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

I started my career working in 3PL’s – one of which was the largest freight forwarder in the world in the 1990’s. Running a cost effective and safe supply chain distribution network across multiple geographies in the Asia Pacific region manufacturing and shipping chemicals where we averaged one delivery every 50 seconds.

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Elementum

MAY 27, 2015

More than job creation, companies are looking for efficiency in creation and transport. With the cost of labor increasing in China, transportation costs begin to bear heavier on these companies. Companies with strong foreign demand will be less likely to reshore, as transportation costs would skyrocket. Easing Up Congestion.

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Elementum

AUGUST 22, 2016

The expansion of the Panama Canal, which handles about a third of Asia-to-US trade, is poised to boost trade and shipping services by shortening the one-way journey by sea from Asia to the U.S. The expanded canal, which started commercial operations on June 26, is expected to alleviate cargo bottleneck caused by smaller ships.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

Riding a rising five-year trend, retail juggernaut Walmart® grossed $476 billion in the fiscal year that ended in January 2014, up from $408 billion in fiscal 2010, according to The Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch. Walmart has held a place among Gartner’s top 20 supply chains since 2010. Walmart’s Supply Chain Forged Over Decades.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Key factors influencing inventory levels, supplier quality, demand forecasting, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, production planning, transportation management and more are becoming known for the first time. The machine learning algorithms in IBM’s Watson platform were able to determine if a shipping container and.or no opt-in).

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 25, 2022

A more precise definition can be found in the dictionary, which states that logistics derives from the Greek word logistike-, “the art of calculating “, and from logos, which means “reason” (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary 2010). The First: The Transportation Era (1950s). The 1950s – The Transportation Era.

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Supply Chains Rock

APRIL 21, 2010

Wednesday, April 21, 2010. We a lot with green shipping and biodiesel transportation but there is always room for improvement in seeing what the big corporations are doing. And a few ocean freight shippers are looking at how kites can be used to catch the air so they can shut off the engines. Subscribe To. RelicaExpo.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 15, 2013

The Top 10 Transportation Management Systems. Each year as businesses of every size and industry fight to broaden market share the same old questions haunt the boardrooms, “How can we reduce transportation costs? Transportation Management Systems. JDA Transportation Manager. How do we streamline our supply operation?”.

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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.

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Material Handling & Logistics

JUNE 14, 2018

Illinois is the only state that has all seven Class I freight railroads. It is the 3rd largest in total freight railroads. With three maritime ports that together rank 7th in waterborne shipping, Indiana provides the only statewide port system with direct waterway access to two U.S. The state received an A. Media Type.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

However, mobile technology is not new to the transportation world. For mobile technology and transport, the theoretical tipping point is in our rearview mirror. Price points for hardware and communications have fallen, and the reliability and capabilities of mobile technologies for transportation have vastly improved.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 14, 2021

From trade wars and covid-induced interruptions to the more recent pile-up of ships in the Suez Canal, disruption has proven to be the ugly underbelly of today’s globally integrated (just-in-time) supply chains. 900mn in startup funding from 2010 to 2019. Against this backdrop, attention has focused on the urgent need for visibility.

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