Intelligent Audit

MAY 9, 2022

With ongoing recovery firmly in progress across multiple industries, one of the most significant challenges facing freight forwarders, supply chain managers, and transportation service providers is the issue of payment and freight bill payment service management. Standardize Shipping Cost Audits for Apples-to-Apples Comparisons.

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

October 2021 - Transportation Market Report. While all these things have certainly provided major challenges, the announcement today by the Biden Administration may make those things look pale in comparison when talking supply chain. Click the button above to receive the full transportation market report for October 2021.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 4, 2022

For the second consecutive four-quarter period, the freight market faced continual capacity challenges as the global supply chain wrestled with the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak. Will these forces continue to play a part in the freight market in the coming year? Consumption Drives Freight Market Growth. percent in November.”

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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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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 3, 2021

GlobalTranz’s main service lines are freight brokerage – less-than-truckload and truckload – and managed transportation services. Robinson’s last quarter earnings in North American Surface Transportation, up 10.8% – which many companies would be delighted with – seem paltry in comparison. Robinson and Echo Global Logistics.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 17, 2021

In comparison to then, the dust has settled. If global economic production rebounds, UNCTAD anticipates marine trade growth to return to positive territory in 2021, growing by 4.8 Let’s have a look at the importance of the international shipping industry in 2021. Destabilization in Freight Rates.

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Intelligent Audit

MAY 2, 2022

As highlighted by Transport Topics in a January 2022 article discussing freight shipping analytics, “ Data shows total truckload rates year-over-year are holding around 12% higher. That compares with a 29% rate increase in the spot market and a 14% rate increase for contracts in 2021.) They are forecast to grow 2.5%

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

In a NASA comparison , if a large power plant generated 1 billion watts of power in a year, it would take 44 million of these power plants to equal the power that our Earth receives from the sun. He crafted delivery solutions for e-commerce clients and managed supply chains for several chemical and freight forwarding companies.

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Freight Plus

JULY 22, 2021

June 2021 - Transportation Market Report. Carriers continue to insist on premium charges with no guarantee of freight being loaded. • National Retail Federation (NRF) has requested a meeting with Biden Administration to talk about freight rates. Congestion Continues. Rates continue to surge forward in every major trade lane.

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Enterra Insights

JUNE 28, 2023

He writes, “If you are a part of a very large, multinational corporation, there is great likelihood that there is a logistics department, a distribution center, a freight management function, a warehouse team, an inventory management organization, and a planning team. ” Supply Chain Game Changer, 4 June 2021. [7]

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

EFFICIENCY IS NO SMALL MATTER – DNV, an international society that conducts research on decarbonization, recently released its energy transition outlook for 2021. IT solutions for supply chains need to bring that micro level information on waste (including GHG emissions) into the hands of managers.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The state of ocean freight continues to evolve in the wake of peak season, approaching holiday shipping deadlines , and ongoing disruptions. As of November 20, 2021, the costs have skyrocketed to nearly $7,000 more per container. As of November 20, 2021, the costs have skyrocketed to nearly $7,000 more per container.

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Freight Plus

AUGUST 19, 2021

July 2021 - Transportation Market Report. 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. H1 2021 saw 2.6M Ocean Updates.

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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. share of 57% in 2021. Asymmetry of Data Ownership. Just like oil, data is not evenly distributed among geographies and owners. Google has a 90%+ share in on[1]line search.

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 14, 2022

This column featured details of that acquisition in a November 2021 update. The company reportedly added new customers, applications and geographies while achieving over 170 percent gross retention in contracted revenue from existing customers in 2021. billion acquisition in December of 2021 in an all-cash tender offer.

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Intelligent Audit

AUGUST 11, 2021

Nominations for the 2022 FreightTech 100 Awards are now being accepted With the upcoming peak season on our minds and with more than 25 years of revolutionizing freight auditing and payment processing, Intelligent Audit wants you to take a moment to reflect on the past year’s innovations and humbly asks for your nomination.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 2, 2021

According to the US Census Bureau, furniture & home furnishing store sales are up 43% for the first half of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. for the first half of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020 and up 5.0% million for the second quarter of 2021. For electronics & appliance stores, sales are up 36.9%

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ToolsGroup

AUGUST 1, 2022

Reports indicate that returns are higher when products are sold online, with an average return rate of 30% for ecommerce purchases, in comparison with 10% for brick-and-mortar sales. Another NRF report showed that online sales comprised 23% of all retail sales in 2021.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Reason for the drastic increase in freight prices . Probable events that will lead to a downfall in freight prices. In recent months, businesses and shippers have been plagued with abnormally high freight rates. For comparison, the prices stood at just under $11,000 for a similar container in the last week of July 2021.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 28, 2021

The National Retail Federation (NRF) recently revised its 2021 total retail sales forecast. On a per-dollar basis to 2019, at the end of Q1 2021, 2019 was down 2.7%. 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.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 6, 2022

However, while both last-mile carriers noted strong revenue growth, the combined parcel volume from smaller carriers outpaced UPS and FedEx volume growth rates in 2021 according to Pitney Bowe’s latest estimates. UPS and FedEx lead the US parcel market in terms of volumes and revenues. I wear a number of hats these days.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In modern freight transportation services, GRI stands for General Rate Increase. As a shipper, it’s impossible to avoid rate increases at times, and while freight invoice audits help to catch errors, not knowing the facts behind GRIs will only open the doors to risk. GRIs for 2021 and Prospects for 2022.

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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. They collaborated to trace a bundle of sliced mangoes back to its source, with traditional paper documents taking nearly seven days to complete the task. Thank you for subscribing to SCMDOJO!

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Flight activity in May and June, by comparison, was relatively stable. In 2021, Amazon said it had more than 200 million Prime subscribers globally. The Port of Los Angeles, which is vying with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to be the nation’s busiest facility, saw a 25.8%

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 30, 2021

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. Commercial trucker training article originally written for Supply Chain Game Changer and published on July 30, 2021.

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Zipline Logistics

APRIL 27, 2021

Freight rates rose sharply in 2020 and continue to remain elevated this year. Since last May, the freight market has grown almost uninterruptedly. While this ascent has benefitted carriers, CPG shippers have paid the price in rising freight rates that came on the heels of many continuous months of favorable pricing.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 13, 2021

In comparison, the external dimension refers to the outside size. Right shipping boxes article written for Supply Chain Game Changer and published on August 13, 2021. There are two types of sizes that you have to consider. The first one is the internal dimensions and the other is the external dimensions.

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Zipline Logistics

APRIL 19, 2021

Freight rates have risen dramatically over the past year following an unprecedented downturn at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since Q2 of 2020, the freight market has posted nearly uninterrupted growth. Historic Port Congestion Leads to Freight Difficulties . for the first quarter in year-over-year comparisons.

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Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 3, 2022

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ producer price index (PPI) for couriers and express delivery services, standard courier services have increased 30.023 points from November 2020 to November 2021, index based on 1992=100 and not seasonally adjusted. This combination resulted in higher shipping costs for retailers.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

JULY 7, 2023

After being in this industry for the past year or so, if you were to ask me to explain what “logistics” truly means, the best comparison I can articulate would be to the sport of parkour. We use these principles, along with some creativity, to service our customers by moving their freight as efficiently as possible.

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Intelligent Audit

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Compared to the 2021 holiday peak season, the 2022 additional handling peak surcharge is 8% higher, the large package surcharge is 17% higher, and the over-maximum is up a whopping 60%. For example, the peak surcharges will apply to shippers billed for more than 20,000 packages during any week following October 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 6, 2023

That’s a sharp reversal from 2021 and the first half of 2022, when UPS and FedEx – awash with volume from the early pandemic’s online shopping surge – rebuffed discount requests and cherry-picked the most profitable customers.

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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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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 15, 2021

After 96 years of serving the industry, Central Freight Lines has filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy less than two weeks before Christmas, reports Clarissa Hawes of FreightWaves. The sad reality is Central Freight Lines succumbed to excessive debt and an inability to maintain profitability through the pandemic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2022

During the peak of port congestion in 2021, as many as 30 ships were waiting to enter an Oakland berth. And, in comparison to the previous high-water marks, which were set just three months ago in the fourth quarter of 2021, they show growth of 7 percent and 25 percent respectively. s CargoNet.

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Cathy Roberson

JULY 19, 2021

In comparison, there are 20,139 large businesses. From October 1, 2020, through April 30, 2021, 530 million Section 321 filings have been made. As cross-border e-commerce grows, expect more customized solutions from other logistics and freight forwarding companies including perhaps acquisitions of stand-alone customs brokerage firms.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Recent oil busts, exacerbated by the pandemic, drove many producers to bankruptcy, but the rebound under way since early 2021 is transforming the economics of the shale industry once more. Carriers, freight forwarders, and shippers that were dealing with the China to North America trade lanes were already operating in crisis mode.

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