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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

In Fortune 500 earnings calls for Q3 of 2021, “supply chain” mentions were up 412% from Q3 in 2020. Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. higher than 2020. As of 2020, only 12% of semiconductor chips were made in the United States. (

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Autonomous Truck Trends for 2022 and Beyond: Can Autonomy Safely Address the Driver Shortage?

Logistics Viewpoints

When it comes to the movement of freight, one megatrend driving the need for better technology is the driver shortage. In September 2020, the company announced what they claim is the world’s first autonomous truck purchase order from Wilson Logistics. This means moving the cargo twice as far and twice as fast. Convoy Technology.

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Q3 2020 Freight Rates and Logistics Market Update

Zipline Logistics

And as we head into the back half of 2020 with a global pandemic still looming, uncertainty will likely remain. However, the freight market, and the domestic economy, rebounded from April lows much quicker than anticipated over the last month. But there are a few trends that are currently affecting the freight. Rates rose 10.1

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Automation is here and transforming logistics

Resilinc

million TEU (a TEU is a 20-foot container) in 2020. And freight-forwarder Hellman will begin a pilot next year using 60 UAVs for air cargo operations between 39 airports in 13 European countries, according to Reuters. The automated terminal handled about 5 million of Shanghai’s 43.5