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The FreightVana Story with Shannon Breen

The Logistics of Logistics

With an educational and professional background in finance, Shannon joined the logistics industry in 2012 with Knight Transportation out of Phoenix, Arizona. In early 2020 he left his executive role to embark on a professional passion project, FreightVana, one that he Co-Founded with a life-long friend and business partner John Gamero.

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Reports That TSMC Eyeing Second Fab Production Facility in the U.S.

Supply Chain Matters

Citing sources familiar with plans, The Wall Street Journal report ( Paid subscription or metered view ) indicates that the semiconductor producer plans to announce in the coming months the building of a second cutting-edge plant north of Phoenix, Arizona , a presence that the chip maker originally committed to in 2020.

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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

If you thought it was difficult to find good drivers before the 2020 pandemic, try finding drivers of any caliber afterwards. Capturing it, cleaning it, screening it and analyzing it to determine better routes, better prices, and better sources is foundational to smart logistics operations. In a word, it’s data.

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The Coffee Pot Conversation That Will Not Happen

Supply Chain Shaman

Initially, I worked with Arizona State statistics professors and graduate students to correlate market factors to 2006-2012 data.) For chuckles and grins, I compared the winner’s results to peer group averages for the period of 2011-2020. Comparison of the Gartner Top 25 Winners to Peer Group for the Period of 2011-2020.

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Supply chain reshoring: where things stand now

Resilinc

An initial surge of interest in 2020 by European executives in re/nearshoring had dissipated by mid-2021. According to surveys conducted by EY in June 2020 and June 2021, the percentage of Eurozone companies considering re/nearshoring dropped from 83% to 23% for nearshoring and 20% for reshoring. After declining 12.8%

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U.S. Freight Rates Reach Six Year Low Milestone

Supply Chain Matters

A chart depicting Aggregate Logistics Costs Over the Last 3 Years does provide good news for shippers and importers in the depiction of a trend indicating that since May 2022, aggregate logistics costs have plummeted to near April 2020 levels. freight rates have reached their lowest levels in nearly six years.

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U.S. Logistics Manager’s Index Drops to an All Time Low in May

Supply Chain Matters

In the area of existing warehousing costs, the report points out that while such costs continue to grow, it is expected that as older contracts signed during the boom times between 2020 to 2022 expire, new cheaper rates will be negotiated. Supply Chain Matters highlights this week’s release of the U.S.