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Clear Sailing for Ocean Carriers in 2018 — If They Don’t Blow It

Supply Chain Brain

The World Trade Organization’s latest release of its World Trade Outlook Indicator shows merchandise trade volume experiencing above-average growth in early 2018. In 2018, the key is how much capacity will be demolished,” said Sand. “If If we’re going to see higher freight rates, we’ll need demand growth to outstrip supply growth.”

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Trends 2019: Manufacturing

Enterra Insights

technologies that interact, communicate and create lakes of vital freight information is now entering the supply chain and these will be instrumental in bringing about the smart supply chain.”[2] 2] Haylle Sok, “ Industry Trends fro 2019 ,” Global Trade , 27 November 2018. [3] the fourth industrial revolution).

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How the ELD Mandate & Other Regulations Will Impact the Capacity Crunch

GlobalTranz

The ELD mandate is a portion of the “Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21 st Century” bill, which was passed by the United States Congress in 2012, explains ELDFacts.com. To help prevent the worsening of the capacity crunch, let ’s take a closer look at how the ELD mandate and other regulations may affect capacity. What Is the ELD Mandate?

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The Better Goal: More Fuel Efficient Trucks or Using Fewer Trucks?

Talking Logistics

They would achieve up to 24 percent lower CO2 emissions and fuel consumption than an equivalent tractor in 2018, based on the fully phased-in standards for the tractor alone in a tractor-trailer vehicle. For related commentary, see Transportation Collaboration: Optimizing Freight Costs by Sharing Capacity and 5 Principles for Greener Freight.

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Should We Celebrate this Marriage?

Supply Chain Shaman

E2open’s initial public offering, pushed with great ballyhoo was in July 2012. Each public announcement is upbeat with much fanfare and the company currently has a 36% CAGR forecasting 2018 revenues north of $200M. To create a standard electronic booking system for the ocean freight industry. I celebrated a supply chain IPO.

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What happened to all the Texas freight?

DAT Solutions

In the first half of the year, the spot market in Texas was boiling over, with not nearly enough trucks to cover the growing demand for freight. Regional van markets like Dallas and Memphis —which send freight to Houston—seem to be impacted by the slowdown in oil drilling as well. mile in August 2018 on a nationwide basis.

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Walmart: 3 Keys to Successful Supply Chain Management any Business Can Follow

GlobalTranz

The company expects to open four such giant facilities this quarter, as it aims to triple online sales by 2018, to $35 billion from $12 billion last year. Arkansas Business Limited Partnership, July 2, 2012. Supply Chain Digest, July 26, 2012. Wal-Mart Used Technology to Become Supply Chain Leader.” a rkansasbusiness.com.

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