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Top 10 Blog Posts of 2017 - DAT Freight Talk Blog

DAT Solutions

2017 Outlook: The Freight Recession is Over - A collapse of oil prices in late 2014 led to an 18-month downturn, but by January, DAT's Industry Pricing Analyst announced that the freight recession was over. If you missed out on reading any of these posts during the past year, now is your chance.

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Provoking the Industry to Move Past Incrementalism

Supply Chain Shaman

Houston, We Have a Problem. In February 2014, the price was $103.40. Houston, we have a problem. In five companies that I have worked with in the past quarter, each degraded the forecast (using Forecast Value Add methodology) by 10-18%. They believed that the system was driving improvement. In supply chain, we have a problem.

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West Coast Heats Up for Van Freight

DAT Solutions

So far, the national averages for spot market rates in October are the highest they've been since the Snowpocalypse of 2014. Rerouted port traffic from Houston to Seattle after Hurricane Harvey may have added to demand for trucks in the area. That meant that fewer reefer trucks were competing for van loads. RISING LANES.

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[PROFILE] Kyle Forrest '14 - Parker CMC Networking

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

Hometown:  Houston, TX. Posted by: seven cloth | 06/03/2014 at 05:27 AM. Posted by: fashion jepang | 06/03/2014 at 05:28 AM. Posted by: Fikri Syahfalaq | 06/03/2014 at 06:45 AM. Recruiting: parker.cmc.recruiting@ anderson.ucla.edu. « [PROFILE] Nathan Adelman 14 | Main. | 80-20 Rule » 12/13/2013.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 2-5, 2014)

Talking Logistics

Anheuser-Busch Converts Houston Trucking Fleet to Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles from Ryder. Finally, news this week that Anheuser-Busch (in partnership with Ryder) is replacing its 66 diesel tractor fleet in Houston with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered engines. Omnitracs to Acquire XRS Corporation.

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2 Signs That the Freight Recession Really Is Over

DAT Solutions

Last week, the national load-to-truck ratio for vans was the highest it's been since March 2014. Houston to Oklahoma City was down 8¢ to $1.97/mile. That was back when demand for trucks skyrocketed because extreme winter weather caused massive disruption to supply chains. Cleveland to Chicago also paid 15¢ better at $1.75/mile.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

GlobalTranz

As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. to Houston, where the shipping containers are loaded onto trucks. In 2014, the shipping ports of America received $1.73 It then overtakes the US in 2014. Readers' choice! Significance.

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