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

GlobalTranz

At the same time, carriers have turned to leaner operations to keep costs down, and the transportation industry is ready to implode with a capacity crunch that lasts well into 2018 and may only get worse from there. percent by the end of the third-quarter in 2017. The 2017 Hurricane Season Hit Top Driver Recruitment Areas.

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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. trucks transport 63 percent of ALL the goods that go to Canada and Mexico. High Fuel Costs.

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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. trucks transport 63 percent of ALL the goods that go to Canada and Mexico. High Fuel Costs.

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

Decisions from an IBP meeting need to be made in the light of the company’s vision and strategy. IBP can support a company’s vision by positively influencing its values and behaviors, thus actively shaping the company’s culture (Van Hove, 2017). IBP is the spider in a company’s planning web that connects strategy with execution.

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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

Logistics Viewpoints

I will soon be publishing the 2021 base-year study with a five-year forecast through 2026. MHS Global has grown rapidly over the last few years, partially due to a string of acquisitions including that of Atronix in 2017; VanRiet, A2i, and OCM in 2018; and eMotion Controls in 2020. Contact us for more information. Lee Partners.

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Truck Driver Shortage: Getting Better, Worse, or No Problem at All?

Talking Logistics

This past October, the American Trucking Associations warned that the trucking industry could be short 50,000 drivers by the end of 2017. In the report, ATA projects the shortage to reach 50,000 by the end of 2017 and if current trends hold the shortage could grow to more than 174,000 by 2026. Earlier this year U.S.

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The 19 Biggest Spirits Industry Trends in 2022

Unleashed

There has been a squeeze on transport and a shortage of glass bottles , in particular, meaning manufacturers have had to search for other options to package and deliver their products around the globe. Craft distillers are meeting the trend for products which are high-quality, sustainable, and ‘on brand’ for the younger generations.

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