The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 26, 2022

Freight Truck Shortages Are Changing The Face Of Logistics. Original article: Freight Truck Shortages Are Changing The Face Of Logistics. TuSimple Holdings (NASDAQ: TSP) – in its most recent call with financial analysts – reaffirmed that they expect to have fully autonomous trucks on the road in 2024.

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Supply Chain Matters

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Supply Chain Matters provides our latest update regarding the Red Sea Transport disruption impacting transport movements to and from European and Asian ports. Further, Japan based shipping line Mitsui OSK Lines indicated a belief that this disruption could extend thru the balance of 2024. percent to 4.5

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Most recently, the recent disruptions in the Red Sea that saw ocean freight rates from China to Europe by over 190% and saw transit times lengthen, sea-air services offered a strategic advantage for logistics professionals able to remain agile, by watching trends and jumping at opportunities to ensure a resilient supply chain.

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The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 5, 2024

Dan is the Co-founder of Linkage Logistics and the Broker-Carrier Summit , which will be held in Kansas City, Missouri, April 22 – 24, 2024. Since then, he has worked as a freight broker, operations manager, and business development leader in multiple segments of the industry.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JANUARY 8, 2024

Tom Curee and Joe Lynch discuss TIA Technovations, a logistics and transportation conference designed to explore technology trends and innovation driven by logistics industry leaders. Tom is the Founder and President of Qued , a freight technology company focused on workflow automation, and the TIA Technology Committee Chairman.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Our Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech column has had a brisk start in our 2024 postings, and we have added this supplemental posting. In our initial 2024 posting last week, we highlighted two acquisitions related to supply chain technology providers. All rights reserved.

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Bulk Connection

JANUARY 18, 2024

We’re not even through with the first month of the 2023/2024 winter and we’ve already seen snow and rain wreak havoc on the supply chain across the US. In this article, we’ll give you important information that will help you meet rail emergencies head on and keep your bulk freight in motion.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

She also said the company planned to ask workers to return to the office five days a week in 2024. percent drop in annual sales, UPS forecast a 2024 upswing of as little as 1.1 Higher labor costs and lower package demand resulted in fourth-quarter sales and 2024 guidance that missed analysts expectations. percent in early U.S.

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BlueYonder

APRIL 2, 2024

This blog was co-written by Terence Leung and Jen McQuiston Our customers depend on Blue Yonder Transportation Management to achieve customer-centricity and operational resiliency across the globe. This fact drives us to innovate when it comes to our Supply Chain Execution solutions. Those savings and efficiencies have continued to grow.

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Bulk Connection

APRIL 17, 2024

The first quarter of 2024 has been marked by steady freight activity across North America, and bulk trucking capacity has remained stable for both liquid and dry bulk freight.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 20, 2024

Jennifer Karpus-Romain and Joe Lynch discuss building a freight sales & marketing community. Click here to register for 2024 TMSA ELEVATE. Their mission is to enable transportation and logistics sales and marketing professionals to learn and give back to the industry through industry-specific education, connections and resources.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and other industry specific media are reporting that Seattle based digital freight start-up services provider Convoy is preparing for a possible sale or other action. Both reports cite declining freight industry demand and increased competition among start-ups in this digital freight and logistics segment.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 26, 2024

Read more The post Above the Fold: Supply Chain Logistics News (April 26, 2024) appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez. I haven’t seen him yet, I’ve only heard his peck, peck, peck. He’s taunting me, I know. But I won’t let him get under my skin, peck.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

As a New England Patriots fan, this season was certainly disappointing, as everything seemed to go wrong, except for landing a top-3 draft pick in 2024. DHL Group does not operate ships but it uses them to transport containers. This was a very interesting week as we saw a number of long-lasting partnerships come to an end.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 4, 2024

The quantity of freight in circulation is low, providing shippers with leverage. Transport companies are dropping rates to attract business. Currently, it’s a shipper’s market.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 9, 2024

Need to reduce your road freight costs or improve transport/trucking service? So, what are the common challenges that people are facing when it comes to road freight? 12 Smart Ways to Reduce Your Freight Costs Do You Know When it’s Time for a Freight Review? There are some things you should be looking for.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 21, 2023

parcel shippers with the threat of a labor strike for parcel carrier UPS and for LTL carrier Yellow Freight. While transport providers including FedEx , the U.S. Meanwhile, some freight brokers are already diverting loads from Yellow to other carriers because of concerns that freight will be impacted by a strike action.

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 18, 2024

But as the costs of transportation increase, the length of supply lines is beginning to decrease. The causes are myriad, including rising labor costs, geopolitical considerations, rising transportation costs, and increased risks of supply chain disruptions. As a result, globalization is beginning to look more like regionalization.”[1]

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 30, 2024

UPS Cutting Upwards 12,000 Management Level Jobs Parcel and supply chain specialty services provider UPS announced today plans to trim upwards of 12,000 jobs in 2024 as a result of a protracted decline in business volumes along with the consideration of increased use of advanced technologies.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 22, 2023

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions including the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index reaching its lowest level lowest level in six years and one-half years. freight, logistics and parcel movement industry. Freight rate reportedly fell 37 percent. The LMI has now declined 6.7

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The invention of the ocean container as a means for inter-modal sea and surface transportation movements have orchestrated the march toward lowest cost global based sourcing of components and materials. The net result was that global wide transportation and logistics costs increased at unprecedented rates during 2021 and 2022.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Why aren’t we using more rail freight in Australia? According to logistics theory, rail freight comes into its own over greater geographical distances. I seem to recall learning back in my Cranfield days that 600 km was the magic number above which rail freight made economic sense. Rail Freight Australia.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 22, 2020

Freight analytics refers to a set of algorithms that meticulously comb through the mountain of freight data to unlock its potential. Recent research indicates the freight metrics and analytics market will swell to more than $27.4 billion by 2024, presenting new opportunities.read More.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 28, 2022

TuSimple Holdings (NASDAQ: TSP) – in its most recent call with financial analysts – reaffirmed that they expect to have fully autonomous trucks on the road in 2024. Autonomous Freight Trucks. Nevertheless, she believes the revolution in freight logistics is coming; it is just a matter of timing. It is a brutal job.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

AUGUST 27, 2020

After an extremely volatile first half of the year, the challenges in the air freight market look set to continue into 2021, requiring both foresight and forward planning from businesses. A turbulent six months for air freight. This caused an overheated market, with the price of air freight increasing by as much as 400%.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 20, 2020

[link] Telematics allows carriers, drivers, and shippers to gain more visibility in freight in transit. CAGR through 2024. The post 5 Facts Affecting Telematics in 2020 | Fast Freight Five Video appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis. As e-commerce swells, the value of telematics grows as well.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 10, 2024

Added Thoughts Supply chain logisticians are readily aware that the interior transportation, seaborne and air freight infrastructure across India are still a work-in-process that will require added time to meet the requirements for being a global production hub. The latest implication is that it has now doubled. All rights reserved.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 15, 2024

Additionally, Amazon’s logistics services include transportation and warehousing solutions, allowing businesses of all sizes to leverage Amazon’s expertise and resources in streamlining their supply chain and improving their delivery capabilities. Sales by Region/Country: North America is likely the biggest contributor (395.64

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Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Supply Chain Matters once again highlights some positive news for global supply chain management teams, specifically transportation and logistics related teams. As supply chain logistics and transportation teams are keenly aware, rates peaked to more than $20,000 per container for both routes at this time last year. Added Perspectives.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

OCTOBER 14, 2021

trillion industry by 2024 , consisting of not only food, but also cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, modest fashion, media & creation, and Muslim friendly travel. This new standard has three modules: transportation, warehousing, and retailing. I would certainly recommend before the year 2024. Developments. MORE FROM THIS EDITION.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

production worker hourly wages starting in January 2024. Labor Department indicating that warehouses and transportation companies employed 25,000 few workers in October than the year-earlier period. Transiting the Suez Canal from Asian ports is estimated to be 15 percent costlier in 2024. This report cites data from the U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2023

This development parallels the report of the technology provider’s Fiscal 2024 Q2 quarterly financial performance that included lackluster growth in revenues and profit levels. The company further updated full year fiscal 2024 guidance previously reported in May to reflect Total GAAP Revenues growing on a 3.4

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Logility

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Although inflation has eased in many countries over the past summer, CPG prices are still rising faster than real wages and showing no signs of leveling off in 2024. In addition, a considerable portion of freight transportation expenses continues to soar as diesel fuel costs surge by 20% year over year.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Regional supply chains will be shorter and more localised, enabling companies to benefit from reduced lead times, freight costs and emissions, at the same time as increasing control, responsiveness and resilience. Sustainability Everyone is now ever-more conscious of climate change and the importance of the sustainability agenda.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 24, 2023

Faced with economic uncertainties, transportation industry leaders are focused on building supply chain resiliency. No matter which way you look at it, 2023 is off to a challenging start for much of the transportation industry. In the industry that’s always moving, here are the 11 headlines you need to know.

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Bulk Connection

DECEMBER 14, 2023

We’re reaching the end of Q4 2023 and heading into an exciting new 2024. In this article, we’ll examine the bulk trucking industry as we currently see it, and look ahead to 2024. It hasn’t been a terribly exciting time in the world of bulk trucking for much of 2023 – but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

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Supply Chain Matters

DECEMBER 6, 2023

and Transportation Capacity (+5.2) and Transportation Utilization (-10.7). The canal disruption is further noted as having more freight being routed to U.S. The report specifically indicates : “ November’s dip was largely triggered by a decline in Inventory Levels (-9.1) and slowdown in Warehousing Utilization (-14.0)

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