The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

AUGUST 20, 2020

Gartner estimates that by the end of 2022, 85% of enterprises will have some form of RPA implemented in their business and Forrester calculates the RPA market will exceed a 50% CAGR by 2023, going from roughly $500 million to $2.8 Freight Management. Freight management is driven by time-critical, manual tasks.

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E2open

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

15, 2022 – E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. NYSE: ETWO), the connected supply chain SaaS platform with the largest multi-enterprise network, announces that it has expanded its partnership with Surge Transportation, a digital freight brokerage providing real-time pricing and routing guide optimization for companies that ship goods over the road.

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Intelligent Audit

JUNE 13, 2022

According to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (June 3, 2022), May’s data reflected a monthly increase of 13,300 jobs, continuing a trend that has seen significant increases in three of the past four months. On May 30, 2022, the EIA reported a new national on-highway diesel average of a nationwide average of $5.539.

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Cathy Roberson

AUGUST 2, 2021

As such, my search continues and it may be continuing into 2022 since inventories remain low, shortages in raw materials continue, and overseas delivery delays impact the furniture industry. According to Haverty’s CEO, Clarence Smith, shipping challenges will be a problem until the spring of 2022.

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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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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The annual FreightWaves FreightTech 100 2022 list is now published and live. Many names are familiar on the list, including Tive, Transfix, TuSimple, Uber Freight and more. Intelligent Audit’s inclusion on the FreightTech 100 2022 marks its fourth consecutive year being honored on this elite list.

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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%. The baseline volume established is the shippers’ average weekly volume for June 2022 (June 5, 2022, through July 2, 2022). per package.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The number of package flights operated by FedEx Express and UPS significantly declined month over month in July, underscoring how far the overall air cargo market has sunk since the spring of 2022 and the effect of efficiency initiatives the companies have undertaken in response to lower express volumes.

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Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 3, 2022

Last-mile costs are outpacing overall transportation and warehousing costs, a trend likely to continue through 2022. In comparison, transportation and warehousing PPI increased 17.844 points for the same period, index based on 2006=100 and not seasonally adjusted. This combination resulted in higher shipping costs for retailers.

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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. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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Intelligent Audit

MAY 19, 2022

Many expenses arise from these disruptions that impact the bottom line profits for shippers today; one of the most volatile and impactful is freight bill financing. Managing freight costs and freight payments , whether per mile, per load, or truckload is vital to overcoming the obstacles and disruptions currently plaguing the industry.

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Intelligent Audit

APRIL 25, 2022

Freight audit data has long been a critical pillar for shippers dealing with domestic and international parcel shipping. With major ports such as Shanghai locking down, ocean congestion is only likely to worsen, leading to higher freight charges and more issues with supply shortages. A Review of Common Freight Charges.

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Intelligent Audit

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

In recent years, shipping GRIs among carriers tend to be around 3% to 5% each year. This average shipping rate increase index is a reflection of how carriers look to balance demand with capacity, but it’s not always the same. This comes as industry experts expect an above-average market demand through much of 2022.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2022

Shipping companies added capacity, but now containers are stuck in port. During the peak of port congestion in 2021, as many as 30 ships were waiting to enter an Oakland berth. Shipping’s peak season usually starts at the end of June when importers begin ordering products for the back-to-school and holiday seasons.

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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. One of the essential features of freight analytics is how it impacts forecasting services. They are forecast to grow 2.5%

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Intelligent Audit

APRIL 6, 2022

On March 31, 2022, President Biden announced initiatives to encourage the domestic production of energy-efficient technology and crude oil supply. What Else Can Shippers Do to Attract More Customers and Avoid Excess Shipping Costs? Shipping companies should unify their data by integrating every related source into a central system.

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Cathy Roberson

JUNE 6, 2022

“We work with TMS providers as well as with shippers by providing such solutions as parcel rate comparison to optimize the last mile” Catania said in a recent interview. strategy June 3rd 2022 2 Retweets 1 Like Outlook Last-mile platforms continue to evolve. Get the data, get the volumes & get the market share!

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ShipBob

MAY 11, 2020

Cross-border purchases will comprise 20% of all worldwide ecommerce by 2022. As long as your international shipping strategy is set up to ensure you’re profitable and keep logistics costs down, there’s a lot of unmet potential in expanding across the globe. . 6 factors to consider before you start selling internationally.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 4, 2021

Freight rates rose throughout 2020, and we have yet to see the trend reverse with any consistency. This week we will focus on retail demand, which has continued to beat year-over-year comparisons for the better part of the last year. Consumer spending during COVID has propelled the freight market to previously unseen highs.

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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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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 30, 2022

In my experience Total Cost of Ownership ( TCO or TCOO) models typically include some combination of the following elements: Unit price (Always the first item) Takedown rate performance Payment terms Freight and Logistics terms and transfer of ownership Lead times (order, delivery, replenishment) Other Parameters (eg. And what happened?

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Cathy Roberson

JULY 19, 2021

In comparison, there are 20,139 large businesses. International Knowledge Base is currently facilitating around 8% of UPS’ global export packages, and it is expected to expand to 60% by January 2022. The latest data from the US Small Business Administration (SBA) finds that there are 31.7 million small businesses.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

MARCH 10, 2023

We would like to share some insights on the general economy and freight market specifically with you: our customers, employees, business partners and community. How much more successful could 2022 have been had conditions been even more favorable? How much more successful could 2022 have been had conditions been even more favorable?

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