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A Crash Course on Navigating Trends in Trucking and Freight for 2018

GlobalTranz

trillion by 2020. Although this sounds great for most industries, it represents a major problem for the freight trucking industry. Freight Forwarding Will Undergo Digital Transformation. Freight forwarders will have great opportunities in 2018 to take advantage of the increased demand on shippers.

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Adelante SCM and PINC Launch the First Annual State of Yard Management Report

PINC

Union City, CA – October 7 th , 2020 – Researched and prepared by Adelante SCM’s analyst Adrian Gonzalez and presented by PINC, the publication’s 2020 theme is The Impact Of Digital Yard Management on Enterprise Transportation Costs and Capacity. About Adrian Gonzalez.

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The Dispatch Report | Q3 2020, Issue No. 15

Shipchain

We put out the second video in our series focusing on the mobile app, released a new industry white paper, recorded and released our fourth webinar, won first place in the Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards, and last but certainly not least, launched Mainnet! ShipChain Selected as a Semi-finalist in NEXT Venture Pitch 2020.

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In Search of Alternatives to Truckload’s Fragile Freight Contracts

MIT Supply Chain

But they do add costs and reduce the efficiency of freight networks. MIT CTL’s FreightLab believes so and is developing alternative contract formats that solidify full truckload agreements and give shippers and carriers more certainty about future freight movements. Is there a better way? A week later, on Nov. A week later, on Nov.

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Digitization in the Making – A reflection post-pandemic frenzy!

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Hence, What is it that we really changed in 2020 or 2021? In hindsight, 2020 was only the beginning of major supply chain disruptions. Imbalances in ocean transport, port congestion and equipment shortages, with surging freight rates became the new normal. Synopsis: GeTS Webinar 9th Sept 2021. Not a real surprise.

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The E-Commerce Reset

Cathy Roberson

of total retail sales in Q2 2020 but, as a percentage, has slowly fallen each quarter since to 14.8% Catch my weekly column on air cargo, freight forwarding, and the express markets, and the occasional podcast on Air Cargo World. But, retailers are mitigating these costs in several ways, resulting in volume declines for FedEx and UPS.

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CSR Initiatives in the Global Supply Chain

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

In Malaysia, CEVA Logistics worked closely with L’Oréal , a major producer of luxury and consumer products, to develop a social initiative of providing jobs for the hearing impaired at our warehouse since June 2020. Synopsis: GeTS Webinar 9th Sept 2021. We also look to reduce or eliminate the use of plastic packaging.