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Worker Shortages and More Pose a Challenge to Freight Companies

Elementum

Transportation is one of the world's largest industries and deeply influences how efficiently global supply chains are able to run. Technological solutions are helping many companies keep up and adjust to ever-changing consumer expectations. Despite ramped-up recruiting efforts, this number is expected to triple by 2026.

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Worker Shortages and More Pose a Challenge to Freight Companies

Elementum

Transportation is one of the world's largest industries and deeply influences how efficiently global supply chains are able to run. Technological solutions are helping many companies keep up and adjust to ever-changing consumer expectations. Despite ramped-up recruiting efforts, this number is expected to triple by 2026.

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The Cost of Backhauls

Operations and Supply Chain Management

· Technology helps to match trucks with those sending loads, but it requires industry collaboration. The problem of empty trucks has gotten worse in Europe, with the proportion of mileage driven by vehicles with zero cargo going up. Wiggins, co-founder of transportation management software firm 3GTMS, told CNBC via email. “Is

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Will the supply chain ever catch a break? With every link of the supply chain impacting businesses both large and small, keeping up with the globally disrupted supply chain evolution is a recipe for whiplash. Raw Material Shortages Are Affecting a Challenged Supply Chain.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 28 – June 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

Existing technology for EV batteries can only create cells that last up to 20 years or around 200,000 miles before their capacity drops too low to power a vehicle. This will certainly be an interesting area to watch, especially as electric vehicles become more commonplace and apply to the global supply chain.

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Collaborative Logistics’ Role in the Emergence of the Physical Internet

Material Handling & Logistics

It may seem impossible today, but the physical Internet could be embedded into freight supply chains by 2050. Indeed, it will not only optimize entire supply chain ecosystems but also reshape and reengineer them. It is simply not suited to the multidimensional supply chain landscapes of tomorrow. .