The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 15, 2022

Drew is North American Transportation, XPO and CEO-elect of RXO. Drew Wilkerson is the President, North American Transportation, XPO and CEO-elect of RXO. Drew is a transportation industry veteran with 14 years of senior experience in brokerage operations. RXO will go to market with the tagline “Massive capacity.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 195

Logistics Network Optimization Software North Carolina North America Supply Chain Planning Software 195

The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 14, 2023

Seth is Managing Editor of features at Transport Topics. He plans, writes and edits news features for Transport Topics’ weekly newspaper, supplemental publications and TTNews.com. About Seth Clevenger Seth Clevenger is Managing Editor of features at Transport Topics. Clevenger, currently based in Alexandria, Va.,

Logistics Network Optimization Software 213

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning Software St. Louis Company 213

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.

Capacity 78

Capacity North America Transportation America 78

The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

About MegaCorp Logistics For nearly a decade, MegaCorp Logistics has reigned supreme as a top US freight leader, consistently recognized by Transport Topics for its excellence. Offering FTL, LTL, and intermodal solutions, MegaCorp boasts a vast network of vetted carriers across North America, ensuring efficient deliveries.

Supply Chain Planning Software 147

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning 147

DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 29, 2023

This shift is more prominent in North America as they have typically, bigger houses and therefore, more scope for concepts such as a home gym and home office. This meant a huge movement of goods from East Asia to Western Europe and America, creating an asymmetry in demand as well as freight rates.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 156

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning Software Optimization Software Demand Planning Software 156

CHAINalytics

MAY 3, 2022

Transportation has always been one of the biggest spend categories in logistics. Now, between driver shortages, capacity limits and rising fuel prices, making the most of your transportation spend has never been more important. In this … The post Today’s Transportation Management Systems: Your Mileage May Vary!

Transportation Management 78

Transportation Management Transportation System Capacity 78

Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

UPS is seeking alternative strategies for its truck brokerage business, which has seen sales plummet amid a freight recession marked by declining rates and over capacity. Multiple members of the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) were the recipients of the funds. The money is coming through the U.S.

Cost Reduction Strategies 234

Cost Reduction Strategies Inventory Reduction Logistics Network Optimization Software Manufacturing Procurement 234

QAD

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Online shopping : Online shopping and home delivery is competing for the cubic yards of available trucking capacity. Trucking Challenges in North America. But why just in North America? Competing rail transportation in Europe, Japan and Korea, is also fairly entrenched, sometimes providing the coverage of the last mile.

North America 75

North America America Material Savings Inventory Reduction 75

Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 22, 2023

Nine years ago, my company FourKites pioneered the market for real-time transportation visibility. We’re currently on the cusp of a big incremental change in the industry’s transformation journey, as the value of real-time supply chain data is increasingly being felt far beyond transportation logistics.

Real-time Visibility 185

Real-time Visibility Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software 185

The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Andrew Lynch is President and co-founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. He works alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage businesses in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CPG brands in North America.

Cost Reduction Strategies 206

Cost Reduction Strategies North America Logistics Network Optimization Software Manufacturing Procurement 206

Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Planes, Cranes, and Barges: How America Is Adapting to Supply Chain Chaos. The big question, he says, is what happens when passenger travel returns to normal, allowing international air cargo to use commercial capacity again through traditional channels such as coastal air hubs plus the bellies of passenger jets. Businessweek.

America 52

America Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software 52

Turvo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The global transportation system in 2021 is experiencing a unique and unexpected crisis. Market participants state that the cost of transportation has increased from approximately $1,500 to $6,000 – $9,000 per container in February this year. A problem also linked to shipping companies. What happened to the containers?

Capacity 66

Capacity Negotiating Skills Asia Price Reduction 66

Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

Supply Chain Matters highlights additional developments, evidence and added signs that reinforce that there will be no peak holiday focused surge in transportation and logistics in the latter half of 2023. In the past we would expect to see transportation and warehousing ramping up hiring in late summer ahead of peak season. ”

Logistics Network Optimization Software 52

Logistics Network Optimization Software Transportation Logistics Warehousing 52

The Logistics of Logistics

APRIL 21, 2023

Chris is the Chief Operating Officer at Flock Freight , a technology company that is on a mission to solve the US trucking industry’s wasted capacity problem. Flock Freight is a technology-driven logistics company that specializes in pooling shipments to increase efficiency and reduce transportation costs.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 197

Logistics Network Optimization Software Forecasting Software Freight Network Design Software 197

Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2018

DC Velocity and Descartes have conducted a transportation benchmark study for the last two years to help transportation professionals understand what is driving the market, and how the strategy and tactics of top performers differ from the rest of the pack. Figure 1: Transportation IT Spend Change Next 2 Years (Source: Descartes).

Transportation Management 104

Transportation Management Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning Software Modeling Software 104

NFI Industries

JANUARY 16, 2018

As the holidays approached this past year, consumer spending hit a three-year high and truckload capacity neared 100 percent, which many shippers considered to be uncharted territory 1. Although the surge from the holidays has since subsided, the capacity challenges will continue well into 2018. Read More.

Transportation 65

Transportation North America America Capacity 65

GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Last year, truck capacity demand reached historic highs due to a combination of factors, including ongoing equipment and labor shortages. The ongoing driver shortage will continue to contribute to rate volatility as carriers seek to secure capacity. Shippers are in a competition for capacity.

Trends 182

Trends Price Reduction Waste Reduction Inventory Reduction 182

NFI

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Economic growth, paired with other factors like driver retention, continues to cause tight transportation capacity and impact supply chains across North America. Today’s strong economy, resulting in greater construction projects and consumer shopping, has led to an increase in freight volume and in turn, a shortage of drivers.

Capacity 73

Capacity North America Freight America 73

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

Emerging Supply Chain Trends – A Look at Evolving Finished Vehicle Logistics Amid Market Shifts and Trends Feature Article by Laurent Sik , Head of Operations, CEVA FVL APAC Automobiles, as a form of transportation, are indispensable in today’s world and will remain a crucial part of our lives for a long time to come.

Agile and Lean Supply Chain 130

Agile and Lean Supply Chain Trends Modeling Supply Chain Software 130

Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 14, 2022

According to recent statistical data, vacancy rates for industrial real estate across North America have been declining since 2020 and reached an all-time low in the third quarter of 2022. This new overflow strategy has mitigated inventory imbalance due to the scalability and mobility of transport equipment.

Inventory Management Software 196

Inventory Management Software Inventory Management Inventory Reduction Inventory 196

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 15, 2015

North America is facing a huge shortage of truck drivers, and the problem is expected to get worse. In order to continue moving product, trucking companies are pushing more and more freight onto the rail system, but that solution is not sustainable as it is also showing signs of being at capacity. Service in both […].

Network Optimization 100

Network Optimization Supply Chain Optimization Optimization Software Supply Chain Design Software 100

BlueYonder

MAY 5, 2020

Bobtailing and suboptimal routing are two glaring examples of wasted capacity. Enabling truckers and shippers to better match their freight and capacity is key to margin improvement on both ends. What if this gap could be closed, not by introducing more drivers but by being smarter in how we match capacity with loads?

Waste Reduction 52

Waste Reduction Modeling Price Reduction Optimization Software 52

Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 10, 2024

The most obvious impact was the disruption of traffic and transportation. A redundant supply chain has spare or backup capacity, such as inventory, equipment, facilities, and suppliers, that can be activated or mobilized in case of disruptions. The collapse had several immediate and long-term consequences for the region.

Baltimore 250

Baltimore Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Software 250

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2023

This is the portion of E2E that is most commonly referred to as “real-time transportation visibility”. Trane ’s Tom France, Vice President, Global Distribution, Logistics and Transportation, recently stressed the need for E2E insight: “Extend visibility as much as you can throughout your supply chain.

Supply Chain Planning Software 191

Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Visibility Supply Chain Design Software Real-time Visibility 191

Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 25, 2023

While this may seem low, the Postal Service has focused on its Delivering for America initiative to stabilize its workforce – converting over 150,000 pre-career workers into career positions since October 2020. USPS The Postal Service put in a number of key investment initiatives leading up to the 2023 holiday season.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 212

Logistics Network Optimization Software Logistics Price Reduction Expense Reduction 212

NFI

JULY 31, 2018

Capacity is tight across most areas of the supply chain, presenting challenges in the truckload, drayage, less-than-truckload(LTL), intermodal rail, and warehousing markets. 1 Economic growth, paired with various other factors such as driver retention, continue to impact supply chains across North America. Read More.

Transportation 51

Transportation North America Warehousing America 51

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.

Gartner 85

Gartner Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Design Software Optimization Software 85

E2open

JANUARY 19, 2023

(NYSE: ETWO), the connected supply chain SaaS platform with the largest multi-enterprise network, today released the Q4 2022 edition of its Ocean Shipping Index, a quarterly report that offers data-driven insights to better manage the movement of goods around the globe and on key lanes between Asia, North America, and Europe.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 148

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Network Software Predictive Analytics Software Demand Planning Software 148

Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 12, 2022

As I’ve touched on before in my columns here, the supply chain industry is increasingly turning to real-time transportation visibility platforms to pinpoint where freight is at any point on its journey. And accurate and accessible inventory data for the yard opens up the ability to use on-site trailers as warehouse overflow capacity.

Supply Chain Design Software 188

Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Demand Planning Software Analytics Software 188

The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 25, 2022

Brokers access carriers through the Trucker Tools app, which has been downloaded 2 million times in North America and offers drivers tools for life on the road, including a fuel optimizer, document scanner, and leading digital marketplace. The #1 Capacity Tool for Freight Brokers. Trucker Tools on LinkedIn. Trucker Tools.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 236

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Network Software Supply Chain Planning Software Predictive Analytics Software 236

Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 21, 2022

Umar Ausaf head’s Blue Yonder’s partnership program in North America. Take the transportation management system (TMS) market, for example. Moving him to head the partner team in North America was a way to build trust and force the change in how we did business.”. He used to compete with the Partners.

Vendor Strategies 197

Vendor Strategies Resource Reduction Price Mitigation Strategies Supply Chain Strategy 197

Logistics Bureau

JUNE 15, 2020

Now the entire freight transportation industry, across air, ocean, road, and rail sectors, is awash with disrupted expectations and has retreated into survival mode. Air Freight Transportation Trends 2020. Record Capacity Declines and Price Increases. Year-on-year capacity declines are significant, to put it mildly.

Freight 64

Freight Trends Transportation Modeling 64

Bulk Connection

MARCH 30, 2023

Capacity has been a bit easier to come by in the early months of 2023. When it comes to North American bulk transport, however, there’s a little more to the story than meets the eye. In this article, we’ll look at the current state of bulk freight capacity in North America and tell you what you need to do to secure it.

Capacity 66

Capacity North America Transportation America 66

Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

While the supply chain pressures that have built up over the last two years continue to abate as transportation capacity problems ease and consumption shifts from goods to services, newer challenges and opportunities lie ahead. The transportation team supports 13 production facilities.

Logistics Network Optimization Software 246

Logistics Network Optimization Software Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software Predictive Analytics Software 246

Supply Chain Collaborator

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

“The Value in Orchestrating a Scheduled Transportation Plan”. These three headlines from Transport Topics and Food Shippers of America magazine tell the story of one of the most important challenges facing shippers in North America leading into 2018. Here’s the story and the solution to the mounting challenge.

Just-in-Time 60

Just-in-Time Negotiating Skills Transportation Purchasing Skills 60

DELMIA Quintiq

MARCH 29, 2019

The demand for refrigerated food distribution has changed dramatically over the past several years, in turn adding the complexities of shelf-life, perishability and refrigeration requirements to the logistics of food transportation. Dot Transportation Inc.

Optimal Sourcing 159

Optimal Sourcing Demand Planning Software Supply and Demand Sourcing Strategies 159

The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 7, 2021

Andrew Lynch is President and co-founder of Zipline Logistics , an award-winning North American 3PL that specializes exclusively in the transportation of retail consumer goods. He works alongside clients ranging from some of the largest food and beverage businesses in the world to the brightest up-and-coming CPG brands in North America.

Cost Reduction Strategies 147

Cost Reduction Strategies North America Manufacturing Procurement Logistics Network Optimization Software 147