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Logistics Technology Q2 2017 Roundup

Freightos

Logistics Technology Q2 2017 Roundup. According to the Freightos International Freight Index , the standard deviation for China – US (West Coast) prices between March and May 2017 was $69 (5% of the average price), compared to $450, or 30% of the average price, in Q2 2016. Visibility, Ground Drones and Cross-Border SMB E-Commerce.

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LTL Rates, Capacity, and Fuel: The General Outlook for 2017

GlobalTranz

Rebounding freight volumes and the proximity of the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate are set to change the industry in 2017, reports Sean Kilcarr of FleetOwner. Unlike the all-time highs of 2014, 2017 will reveal an industry on the cusp of restoring order and LTL rates to acceptable, reasonable levels.

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The “First Five” Industrial Manufacturing Trends of 2017

GlobalTranz

Where and how manufacturers make products for Americans will change in 2017. The solution to this problem lies in understanding the “First Five” core concepts and industrial manufacturing trends throughout 2017, and you need to think how they will impact the industry and your company in the coming year. In its raw form, it is useless.

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Global Supply Chain Report 2017 (Guest Post by Dexter Galvin)

SCM Research

Our latest Global Supply Chain Report 2017 , written in partnership with BSR and the Carbon Trust, revealed emissions savings of 434 million tonnes disclosed by suppliers in 2016. billion as a result of their carbon-cutting measures – double what was reported in 2015. Thank you for contributing to my blog.

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Top Transportation Management and Transportation Articles of 2015

GlobalTranz

We continue our series on the most read articles from the Cerasis blog for 2015 today by featuring any of the blogs in the transportation management or transportation categories. . We will then conclude the 5 main categories by featuring the top 10 freight articles of 2015. We list them in order of the tenth most read to the most read.

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The Biggest Supply Chain Blunders of 2017

AFFLINK

As 2017 reaches its final weeks, we reflect back on this year's blunders in supply chain planning. Indeed, 2017 was plagued by problems within international supply chains, ranging from logistical to unethical. At Apple, their supply chain woes will be long from over as 2017 closes. Talk about a bottleneck. Apple's iPhone X.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 19-23, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Cass Truckload Linehaul Index – May 2017. If At First You Don’t Succeed… ”) Based on the website, it looks like the company is still in stealth mode and stuck in 2015 (the date of its last press release). JD.com chief Richard Liu sees drone delivery as the way to reach China’s rural consumers (CNBC).