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Takeaways from SMC3 Jump Start 2018 Conference

Talking Logistics

The 2018 supply chain conference season kicked off for me last week. at the SMC3 Jump Start 2018 conference in Atlanta, GA. Stronger Economic Growth in 2018. 20, compared with three in the same week last year, according to online freight marketplace DAT Solutions LLC. LTL Meets Real-time Visibility.

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Using Artificial Intelligence to Improve the Shipper / Carrier Experience with Erik Malin

The Logistics of Logistics

Joined Loadsmart in April 2018. Erik has been a guest speaker for multiple companies and conferences, including the Denver Transportation Club, Landstar and most recently the 3PL & Supply Chain Summit: Atlanta. Loadsmart is a digital freight brokerage that is more “nerd” than “freight broker.”.

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Chainalytics and Drewry partner to create Ocean Buying Group for small and medium sized shippers

CHAINalytics

Atlanta, GA, 02 March 2018 – Chainalytics, a global leader in supply chain consulting, and Drewry, the global shipping consultancy, have partnered to launch an innovative ocean freight procurement solution for shippers.

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The Story Continues…. Let’s Don’t Sugar Coat the Real Issue

Supply Chain Shaman

The people on the ground–my contacts in the 3PL, freight forwarding and transportation industry–know that the labor strife is only a part of the larger story. In 2018, the Journal of Commerce reports that a container will have 22,000 to 24,000 twenty-foot containers in 2018. The ships are getting larger.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1.14 - 1.18

Freight Plus

TMS. ,” says Bart De Muynck, Gartner’s research vice president, transportation technology to. In fact, in 2018 we saw investments go up across the entire supply chain technology spectrum.” IFS study reports double-digit increases in IoT sophistication in 2018. Transport Topics. Today in: "Where's my freight?".

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Flatbed Rates Set Another Record

DAT Solutions

Demand for flatbed transportation has been off the charts for much of 2018. Demand has been red hot out of Atlanta and the rest of Georgia. Atlanta rates jumped up 5%. For a seven-week stretch in April and May, the national load-to-truck ratio was above 100 loads per truck. on solid volume increases.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 31 – January 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

Ground transportation’s consolidation process also generates fewer carbon emissions and leaves a smaller environmental footprint than shipping individual items back to retailers. The Atlanta-based carrier has also done away with the word “peak” in its description of surcharges and will now just call them “demand” surcharges.