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Experts Reveal Top Transportation Trends to Watch

Supply Chain Opz

In this article, leading experts from various sectors in transportation industry will discuss transportation trends you should take a closer look. Lastly, air freight has been increasing rapidly over the past decade - a trend I suspect will continue. In North America the low hanging fruit for long-haul loads is rail.

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Lazer Spot and PINC partner to provide enhanced yard management services and solutions to enterprise customers

PINC

Leaders in yard management services and technology to collaborate to bring transparency and efficiency to hundreds of facilities in North America. Founded in 1996, Lazer Spot provides yard spotting , shuttling, trailer rentals and specialized yard services in 400+ locations in North America.

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These 5 Top Logistics Trends for 2018 are a Response to the Growing Customer Experience Movement

GlobalTranz

While some retailers, including Sam’s and RadioShack, have closed significantly more stores over the last year, consumers are flocking back to brick-and-mortar stores, says DB Schenker Americas. Transparency is Inherent in the Top Logistics Trends Shaped by Customer Experience.

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State of Logistics Outsourcing: Plenty of Room for Growth as Shipper Dissatisfaction & Technology Expectations Increase

GlobalTranz

After China, other regions that have growth potential, according to 3PL and supply chain executives, are North America, Asia (not including China and India) and Western Europe, in that order. Other emerging markets include South America (not including Mexico), India, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Mexico.

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The Top 5 Manufacturing Blogs of 2016 …So Far

GlobalTranz

We continue our series on the top 5 blogs in our 4 main categories ( Freight , Manufacturing , Logistics , and Supply Chain ). e-Book] 2016 Trends in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, and Transportation Management. Our last post covered the Top 5 Logistics blogs of 2016. Armagard investigates… Read The Full Post Here.

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Yards Are Hard

Logistics Viewpoints

Managing yard and warehouse operations has long been one of the thornier aspects of transportation logistics. Yards are a choke point between transportation and warehousing — and wherever you have choke points, you have a higher risk of inefficiencies that drive up labor costs, detention fees and delivery commitments. They aren’t.

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Transport Drones & Autonomous Vehicles: The Transportation Mode Dance Card is Getting Full

GlobalTranz

A little more than a year ago, Audi created a parody of transport drones in the sUVA commercial, but the ideas behind these “Terminator-like” actions actually represent very real possibilities for how extensive the network of drones will grow in 2016. What’s Happening with Transport Drones for the Use in Logistics?