GlobalTranz

JUNE 15, 2015

will face shortages in trucking resources again , predominatly a trucker shortage, in the near future due to an array of developments that may cause shippers to find loads left on the ground, shipping costs rapidly escalating, and shrinking profit margins that stun stakeholders. The 2014 winter weather triggered a trucking capacity problem.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 13, 2016

The shipping industry saw growth and expansion in 2014 when compared to the state of the industry since 2008. While the driver shortage is a real threat to the state of the shipping industry, more carriers, such as UPS and FedEx, are expanding their fleets to address the capacity crunch. Fleets Are Expanding.

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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. The data is shared with suppliers who know when to ship more products. The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2014.”

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 30, 2016

For example, value-added service may include perks when shipping a large quantity of products on a recurring basis. 4PLs can give small- to medium-sized & enterprise businesses access to advanced analytics capabilities, better shipping rates, and a wider range of resources to use to improve efficiency in the shipping process.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 8, 2015

The fundamentals of a Freight Rating System match a user’s shipping and freight characteristics and a carrier’s service and price options. Only 35 percent of shippers use TMS to manage operations, according to the Logistics Management’s 2014 Technology Usage Study. The Basic Functionality of a Freight Rating System.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 25, 2016

As the push towards sustainability in logistics continues, those involved in modern manufacturing and shipping, especially shippers, must understand why this trend is taking place, its potential costs, obstacles, and benefits, and what it means for the future of manufacturing and logistics. By 2014, the decrease had risen to 15 percent.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 28, 2015

Additionally, industry experts and third-party logistics shipping providers ( 3PLs ) find themselves in the difficult position of ensuring the flow of merchandise continues as LTL use grows. However, the overall cost of shipping through LTL modes will increase between three and four percent in the next few years. to three percent.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 3, 2015

with the 2014 Cerasis Carrier Partner of the Year Award. The Carrier Relations team then took the department reviews, the points for each criteria and came to a mutual agreement on the carrier partner to receive the award for the previous year, which in this case was 2014. (Eagan, MN) – Cerasis, Inc.,

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Vanguard Software

APRIL 22, 2021

In addition to environmental benefits, companies that implement supply chain planning with sustainability also reduce supply chain costs associated with storage, shipping, and expiring products. Webinar: Register Now. Download Webinar Recording. Breaking up with Excel: Digital Sales Planning Success with Concord Foods.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

I think 2016 and 2017 will make 2014 look like child’s play,” Albrecht said. Shipping companies have attempted to reduce the cost through the use of advanced shipping methodologies , condensation of routes, 3PL services, and implementation of a TMS throughout the industry. 3PLs Eat Much of Shipping Costs.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 12, 2015

Add to that the cost of shipping over long distances to US and European markets and they have lost the huge advantage they used to have in the past. The data published by MAPI in December 2014 shows that industrial production increased at an annual rate of 3.9% in the third quarter of 2014 and is expected to grow by 3.5%

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 10, 2015

However, the diversity of the supply chain, and the importance of timely shipping and customer service, presents a unique challenge at best through several festive celebrations all year long. Be it Christmas, the New Year and New Orders, a new budget, Thanksgiving returns , etc.,

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 4, 2016

This may include research and development, product manufacturing, product packaging, and shipping processes. Since one of the key benefits of reshoring and nearshoring focuses on lower shipping costs and increased quality, those companies who keep chasing the lower labor cost will hurt. In contrast, there were 47 recall notices of U.S.-made

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Locus

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The volume of parcels shipped in the US increased to 21.6 billion parcels in 2014. Our Senior Vice President for developed markets, Walter Heil will take you together in his observations on the solutions to CEP logistics challenges, customer expectations from CEP businesses, and what it takes to fulfill them in this detailed webinar.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 27, 2015

Today’s post will cover more on what is dimensional weight pricing and some tips to know to get prepared for a possible sweeping shift to DIM pricing in less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping. While all shippers will be impacted, the price increase will most affect companies shipping lightweight residential and commercial packages.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Natural gas and oil expenses contribute to extreme cost disparities in shipping from Asia to the U.S., for example, compared to shipping state-to-state. Errors in interpretation of product specifications, shipping documents, and other critical instructions, due to language barriers are reduced. energy costs have dropped.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

Spinnaker Management Group asked me to co-present on a demand-driven webinar with SanDisk. The supply chain is vertically integrated and global shipping almost 2 million units daily. Orbit Chart for SanDisk for 2006-2014. It is for this reason, that I write this post on this beautiful Sunday afternoon. Does it work?

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a two part series about how to get your logistics and transportation practices in order in time for holiday shipping or peak season crunches. Holiday shipping time also bring customers that ship primarily for this season. Truckload Holiday Shipping.

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Elementum

AUGUST 10, 2015

With winds over 240 km/h bringing threats of flash floods, mudslides, and serious property damage, major shipping lanes and production hubs risk huge delays and disruptions. Before the storm hits, tune in tomorrow morning at 9 AM PDT for a live Elementum News webinar on the supply chain impacts of Super Typhoon Soudelor.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Editor's Note: This is our second post in a two part series about how to get your logistics and transportation practices in order in time for holiday shipping or peak season crunches. Holiday shipping time also bring customers that ship primarily for this season. Truckload Holiday Shipping.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 14, 2015

percent for ecommerce sales in 2014. Specifically, the top order fulfillment costs identified were for handling online and store returns (71%), shipping direct to consumers (67%), and shipping to stores for customer pickup (59%). Online and mobile commerce continue to be key drivers of this revenue growth, with a U.S.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 11, 2017

The same held true after Superstorm Sandy and the unyielding winter of 2014, reports Lawrence J. In other words, shippers must include the average cost of shipping when determining product price points and incorporated in a way that does not appear to cost more than shopping with a competitor, such as Amazon.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2014

We will feature over the next 7 business days each category’s top 10 most viewed posts over the course of 2014. These will only contain posts written in 2014. There were approximately 220 blog posts in 2014, and over 200,000 page views on those posts alone. Top Manufacturing Blog Posts for 2014.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2014

We trudge on with our top posts from our main blog categories by page view for all of 2014 from the Cerasis blog by featuring another area Cerasis is an expert in: Transportation. Top 16 Most Popular Transportation Blog Posts of 2014. Read the Full Blog Post. Read the Full Blog Post.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

A traditional viewpoint of manufacturers reveals many flaws in the efficiencies of standard shipping, transportation, and other logistics processes. Instead, manufacturers will more likely to decrease shipping costs through outsourced shipping services. Why Would a Manufacturer Not Work With Other Manufacturers For Shipping?

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 8, 2016

Imagine you need to use a carrier’s LTL shipping services. Now, you would think the other larger package is going to incur the higher shipping cost. Essentially, smaller packages should have lower shipping costs than larger packages in LTL shipping, and DIM pricing enables this ideal. Myths of LTL Dimensional Pricing.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 17, 2017

Look at the historic tightening of capacity in the shipping industry. In 2004, 2011 and 2014, capacity reached a critical point. How Could the Capacity Crunch Help the Driver Shortage? It sounds insane; tightening of the capacity crunch could help solve the driver shortage.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 17, 2016

Unfortunately, shippers who misrepresent freight have taken advantage of 2014’s major capacity crunch and the perception of one on the way to make shippers trust their predetermined information. What Does It Mean for the Shipping Industry? This is one of the most important parts of international shipping.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 3, 2016

The truck driver shortage represents one of the greatest threats to the shipping and logistics estimations for the number of truck drivers missing range from 48,000 to 1 million, but the actual shortage has been centered around 30,000 drivers annually for the past few years. Yet, today's drivers’ average pay is only $54,000 annually.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 30, 2015

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposed a ruling in 2014 titled the Coercion of Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers. These hours-of-service rules were instated in 2014 in order to curb the amount of sleepy truckers on the road, which increases road hazards and the strain on truck drivers.

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ShipBob

MAY 29, 2020

ShipBob’s CEO and Co-Founder Dhruv Saxena and Chief Logistics Officer Todd Bills joined us this week for Episode 10 of our “ Moving Your Business Forward ” weekly webinar series. We were managing shipping and logistics ourselves via USPS, but we didn’t understand just how massive and difficult fulfillment was.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2015

Freight is something that you ship. Often, people refer to the management of freight, as freight management, however, in our opinion, we like to take a step up and realize that what some call freight management since you do ship freight, we call transportation management. The 7 Best Events For Freight Shipping in 2015.

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Cathy Roberson

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Advanced Auto Parts entered the B2B space in 2014 with the acquisition of General Parts International, a distributor and supplier of original equipment and aftermarket replacement products for commercial markets operating under the Carquest and Worldpac brands.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 2, 2016

The driver shortage shows no signs of stopping, the cost of connected devices is decreasing and resulting in more immediate work for installation and integration, customers are expecting more, and the average revenue for each shipment is decreasing to keep up with free-shipping offers. Global Logistics Will Evolve With the IoT Platform.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2015

While this is still true today, the latest TMS applications aim to offer comprehensive solutions to deal with the complexities of global shipping business as well as third party logistics. However, its usage is yet to reach a point where shipping professionals consider it indispensable for their business.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Warehouse management rests at the heart of an effective transportation management strategy, and an inefficient, error-laden system results in poor shipping procedures, poor customer satisfaction, and deviations from best practices. INFOGRAPHIC] Top 10 Logistics and Supply Chain Facts of 2014. Read the full article here. .

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 31, 2015

We have also now published an e-book , put out several white papers , and held several webinars. INFOGRAPHIC] Top 10 Logistics and Supply Chain Facts of 2014. Manufacturing Trends 2014: Top 10 Predictions from IDC Manufacturing Insights. What is LTL Shipping (Less-Than-Truckload) and How Did it Come About? What is 5S?

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