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Worker Shortages and More Pose a Challenge to Freight Companies

Elementum

Transportation is one of the world's largest industries and deeply influences how efficiently global supply chains are able to run. According to Plunkett Research, transportation revenues in 2017 reached over $1 billion in the U.S. But issues surrounding labor and rising fuel prices pose real threats to the freight industry.

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Worker Shortages and More Pose a Challenge to Freight Companies

Elementum

Transportation is one of the world's largest industries and deeply influences how efficiently global supply chains are able to run. According to Plunkett Research, transportation revenues in 2017 reached over $1 billion in the U.S. But issues surrounding labor and rising fuel prices pose real threats to the freight industry.

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Why the Great Driver Shortage Is Now Top of Mind for Shippers & a Driver of a Capacity Crunch

GlobalTranz

In fact, the truck driver shortage is expected to double to 100,000 in the next five years, but other industry experts, reports Iris Kuo of Trucks.com , suggest actual worsening could be as high as 200,000 unfilled positions by 2026. percent by the end of the third-quarter in 2017.

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Where Have The Drivers Gone?

AFFLINK

The most immediate impact of the truck driver shortage (beyond the shortage itself) has to do with its effect on supply chains everywhere. People are buying more "things" than ever before - whether they're appliances, electronics, or household products. What Can Be Done.

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Addressing Labor Shortages in Warehouse and DC Operations

NC State SCRC

He was promoted to a full-time job in 2017, and is now earning more than $16 an hour. Freight rates are on the rise, and there are signs that the shortage are unlikely to abate. Truck driver salaries are up, with private fleet drivers earning as much as $86,000 annually in 2017, with an entry level median position of $53,000.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 28 – June 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

This will certainly be an interesting area to watch, especially as electric vehicles become more commonplace and apply to the global supply chain. The early start has added to the challenges of getting the supply chain unclogged. To put all of this in perspective, the new design could potentially last for 1,000,000 miles.

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The Future Is Now for Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

the supply chain. The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' annual State of Logistics report attempts to offer just such a map -- accompanied by some timely warnings. We saw that starting to turn around in 2016 and continued to accelerate into 2017," he notes. trillion in 2017, up 6.2%