The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

Comparing the pre-pandemic 2018 Production Statistics to the 2021 Production Statistics published by the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA), although car production has reduced over recent years, China remained the highest car producing country, followed by the United States, Japan and India. million cars.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 30, 2018

In 2018, tender reject rates have reached as high as 25% in late July, and although they’ve fallen to nearly 14% more recently, that’s still a significant volume of freight moved via the spot market. Unsurprisingly, carriers are feasting on their advantage in this atmosphere. Consider the potential savings.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 12, 2022

Founded in 2018 in San Antonio, Skipcart is a delivery platform providing same day and on-demand delivery for a variety of industries including e-commerce, pharmaceutical, retail, food and beverage and more, including convenience-store merchandise, with an average delivery time of 30 minutes, the company says on its website. 7-Eleven Inc.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Brick-and-mortar locations that have not ventured into the realm of e-commerce will falter in comparison to companies that have already embraced e-commerce. WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. GET YOUR COPY HERE. Download White Paper.

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

” Another company in this agriculture space is Freight Farm, which provides farmers the ability to grow vegetables in converted freight shipping containers equipped with the latest hydroponics and automated systems equipment. Freight Farms calculates annual profit for each container to be an average of $39,000 annually.”

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Freightos

JULY 26, 2018

Not even B2B is spared from these changing expectations (which is why we at Freightos launched an online freight marketplace ). While freight industry executives likely sighed with relief when an update of Amazon’s logistics.amazon.com page on June 28th turned out to be nothing more than a franchise model for courier delivery services.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 28, 2021

The majority of the imports are by way of ocean freight. However, to get a true picture of the footwear supply chain, one must not discount air freight. However, compared to the same periods in 2019 and 2018, volumes are down 3.3% In comparison to the same period in 2019, volumes are down 40.8% to between $4.44

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 8, 2019

ELDs ruled everything around us in 2018. The topic dominated our list of most-read stories , and the mandate was central to most of the trends that played out in the freight industry last year. But before 2018…there was 2017. For comparison, the average van rate for June of 2017 was $1.80. Claim: TRUE.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 17, 2018

With the 2018 General Rate Increase (GRI), FedEx and UPS are further “tightening the vise” for oversize packages. Below is a comparison of 2017 vs. 2018 parameters for oversize shipments: Source: enVista. Have lightweight/low density freight (e.g., Steps for Minimizing the Effects of the 2018 Oversize Changes.

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DAT Solutions

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Financial markets are largely driven by emotion, but freight flows are not. Despite these potential problems, we maintain a cautiously bullish outlook, since the freight markets — or more accurately goods flows — have a well-earned reputation for predictive value. We are not alarmed about a slower growth rate in shipments.

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DAT Solutions

JULY 6, 2018

As noted in our rundown of the top 10 markets for van load posts this year, 2018 has been a year of records on the spot market. The high demand and tight truck load capacity has led to unprecedented numbers of reefer load posts on DAT load boards, North America's largest on-demand freight exchange.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 28, 2023

In comparison, a blockchain search only took 2.2 This application eliminates redundant paperwork and provides real-time freight tracking. In trade finance, HSBC completed the world’s first commercially viable trade finance transaction in May 2018, using blockchain.

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Zipline Logistics

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The past three quarters have been anything but typical for the freight market and the domestic economy at-large. The arrival of COVID-19 sent freight volumes skyrocketing to keep up with panic buying at retailers nationwide. Following the short downturn , the freight market began a rapid recovery that has yet to cool off fully.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In comparison, however, Chilean customs are very similar to the U.S. While surface transportation remains stagnant, ocean freight shows promise. In 2018, Brazil’s busiest container cargo port handled 4.3 Especially those carriers that can provide GPS freight tracking capabilities, such as C.H. million TEUs in 2017.

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 9, 2020

The freight market is making a rapid recovery as outbound volumes have increased and stayed at several-year-highs over the past several weeks. Due to the holiday, weekly comparisons are skewed, but OTVI is up 7% year-over-year.”. Freight Rates Rise from Historic Lows. Currently, the price is $1.54

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Logistics Bureau

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Shipping air inside expensive freight containers has never been a cost-effective approach to transportation. Today though, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s even more critical to try and improve capacity utilisation , given the skyrocketing costs of container freight shipping.

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Zipline Logistics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In today’s and similar markets, carriers are more likely to turn down freight that they have previously moved. Since April, we have seen freight rapidly recover, which has thinned capacity and driven up rates across the country. Interested in seeing how a 3PL of Choice can help you navigate a tight freight market?

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Freightos

JUNE 9, 2018

This article first appeared in The Loadstar on June 8th, 2018. JOIN OVER 1,000 TOP FORWARDERS AND CARRIERS AUTOMATING AIR FREIGHT. DISCOVER AIR FREIGHT SOLUTIONS. Get Air Freight Standardized. Get Air Freight Dynamic. Get Air Freight Connected. Get Air Freight Customer Facing. That can’t last.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 28, 2020

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Kansas’ produce season transportation spikes influence freight capacity and rates in early summer continuing through August. In fact, its crop produced over $6 billion dollars in 2018. What is produce season?

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 30, 2018

WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Implementing new technology is a complicated process, but it can be simplified as follows: Integrate systems that control both inbound and outbound freight. Download white paper. Why Do Warehouse Managers Continue to Use Old Technologies?

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Supply Chain Trend

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In Pierre Pinson’s article “To Share or Not to Share: The Future of Collaborative Forecasting,” the comparison between data and big oil is striking. Although there are reports that CPFR has improved financial and operational performance (Hill and colleagues, 2018), I don’t believe CPFR lives up to its potential.

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DAT Solutions

JUNE 7, 2018

Research and identify freight trends with DAT RateView, a truckload pricing database of $45 billion in REAL transactions between brokers, carriers, and shippers. Railroads have been promising to take freight off the highway for decades, particularly in earnings conference calls. IANA statistics for the first quarter of 2018 show a 7.2%

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

With two-thirds of Chinese origin goods subject to Section 301 tariffs, companies large and small have been impacted since they were implemented in 2018 amid a U.S.-China If you’re not familiar, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) implemented the exclusion process for 301 tariffs when they were first enacted in 2018.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

When I have thought of Logistics I think of Freight management, Transportation, Carriers and the overall planning and management of the movement of goods throughout the end to end Supply Chain. I have worked in Distribution Centres that also manage Freight Management, Inventory Control, Resource Planning, Strategy and more.

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

trillion on logistics and transportation services in the United States in 2018, an increase of 11.4% Overall, logistics spending in 2018 reached 8% of U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018, the highest level in a decade. Review haulers and expediters for: Cost comparison — Make sure you know who gives you the best value.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 30, 2021

In 2018, for instance, commercial truck accidents killed 664 people. Of course, while the new training sounds good in theory, it probably won’t be possible to see how well it works until we’re a few years into the new protocol and we’re starting to see some traffic stats for comparison. Truck Driver Training.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 2, 2018

Transportation management will evolve dramatically in 2018. In addition, the continued rise of freight trucking rates, as explained by James Jaillet of Overdrive Online , will demand newer, faster and more efficient transportation management systems (TMS). The Freight & Transportation Management Trends to Know in 2018.

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Freight Plus

AUGUST 19, 2021

COVID breakout in Yantian (handled 13M TEU in 2019 for comparison POLA handled 9M TEU same year) created significant issues at origin resulting in over 50 vessels at anchor and a large amount of blank sailings where carriers did not call Yantian. 30% above the record set in 2018. H1 2021 saw 2.6M TEU of dry (non-reef.

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Cathy Roberson

JULY 19, 2021

In comparison, there are 20,139 large businesses. According to a research report from fintech consulting and research firm Kaleido Intelligence, globally, cross-border e-commerce will grow 15% CAGR between 2018 and 2025 to $1.6 The latest data from the US Small Business Administration (SBA) finds that there are 31.7 trillion in 2025.

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QAD

MARCH 21, 2019

For comparison, this makes the country about half the size of Russia or South America, and more than twice the size of the European Union. percent annually as of 2017, but that increased to about 4 percent in 2018. trillion from 2005 to 2018 but reached an all-time high of about $2.13 trillion in 2018. million sq.

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Zipline Logistics

JUNE 23, 2020

However, the freight market, and the domestic economy, rebounded from April lows much quicker than anticipated over the last month. During the last few weeks, outbound tender volumes, a useful measurement of freight in the market, have soared. But there are a few trends that are currently affecting the freight.

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Freight Plus

MARCH 28, 2019

Freight about to plunge into recession? The freight side is pretty good,” said Craig Kendall, a manager with Peterbilt. “The Even though 2018 skewed most comparisons, and 2019 has tempered optimism, carriers don’t seem too concerned. Meanwhile, in this week's, "Where's my freight?!". Not so fast, say some experts.

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Elementum

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

But a bottleneck in the Model 3's assembly line now has skeptics wondering if the comparison is still apt. he wanted to produce 5,000 of the vehicles per week by the end of March 2018. Ford’s Model T and Tesla’s Model 3 both share a lineage that’s eerily parallel — and often intertwined.

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