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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Resilinc

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In the race to fill distribution centers and store shelves with inventory for the holidays, some of the world’s largest retailers and ecommerce sellers are jumping ahead of smaller competitors by chartering ships, shifting freight to air, re-rerouting inland shipments, and hiring more staff for distribution centers and other supply chain nodes.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

miles of freight is expected to reach 7.67 He is also the Founder and Co-Director of the MIT FreightLab – a research initiative that works on improving the way freight transportation is designed, procured, and managed. In fact, the logistics market is expected to reach US$6.9 trillions of ton-miles by 2045 (Statista). JLEIndustries.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 5, 2023

In November, Supply Chain Matters highlighted reports from both The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times that after a corporate review, necessary headcount reductions would involve upwards of 10,000 employees in corporate and technology roles , and will be focused on the devices, retail and human resources business areas.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Thieves had broken into the train cars and made off with items shipped by Dr. Martens, Harbor Freight Tools, and small businesses alike. In other parts of the country, thieves occasionally plunder everything from alcohol to appliances from freight trains that either stop or crawl through areas. tracks in the middle of Los Angeles.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Magazine as one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America. According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal , the tech provider has been awarded contracts to a number of U.S. According to reporting from The Wall Street Journal , this funding: “ is one of the largest transactions for a clean energy in recent years.”

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Resilinc

JULY 6, 2021

The extreme port congestion and container shortages that drastically reduced shipping out of Southern China last month have eased, but as freight volumes from Yantian and other Pearl River Delta ports recover, the rebound will send another wave of disruptions through the troubled global shipping network, according to American Shipper.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

TBSx3 Launches Consortium With Freight Industry Giants to Fight Trade in Fake Goods with Blockchain (BlockchainNews). CX North America Expands Driver Mobile App with Digital Proof of Delivery Update. Amazon to deliver Whole Foods groceries in two hours for Prime users (CNBC). P&G Remaking Supply Chain Network (WSJ – sub.

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Supply Chain Matters

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Hyundai Motor America To Raise Auto Worker Wages In our prior Supply Chain Matters commentaries reflecting on the UAW labor union’s tentative collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Hyundai Motor America announced this week that the automaker will raise certain U.S. production worker hourly wages starting in January 2024.

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Turvo

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

According to the American Trucking Associations , “America’s trucking industry is the lifeblood of the U.S. of all freight transported in the United States in 2019, equating to 11.84 of all freight transported in the United States in 2019, equating to 11.84 of the nation’s freight bill.”. billion tons.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2018

As the Wall Street Journal reported last week, “a nationwide truck shortage is forcing thousands of shippers into a tough choice: postpone all but the most important deliveries, or pay dearly to jump to the front of the line.”. 20, compared with three in the same week last year, according to online freight marketplace DAT Solutions LLC.

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Supply Chain Matters

AUGUST 7, 2023

While 209,000 workers were added in June, 14,000 freight and parcel carriers were cut and 6,900 warehousing and storage jobs were lost. Last week we cited a report by The Wall Street Journal indicating that the CEO of the globe’s largest freight forwarder, Kuehne + Nagel , indicated that “ There’s no peak season to be expected in 2023.”

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Daimler Trucks North America launches 3D printed parts program (Commercial Carrier Journal). freight trains in federal crosshairs after crashes: GAO (Reuters). As reported by the Wall Street Journal : United Parcel Service Inc. UPS Acquires Sandler & Travis Trade Advisory Services. Growing length of U.S.

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Cathy Roberson

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Meanwhile, 75% of furniture retailer, Ethan Allen’s products are made in North America. Ocean freight solutions Ocean rates and capacity have been a big concern for all shippers for quite some time. Ocean freight solutions Ocean rates and capacity have been a big concern for all shippers for quite some time.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 2, 2020

The huge build-up of containers at China’s docks has created a major ocean freight imbalance, with a shortage of cargo in US and European ports and a shortfall in boxes needed by Western exporters to ship products to other parts of the world. Ocean Freight. Air Freight. Ocean Freight. Air Freight.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

This excerpt from the Journal of Commerce’s Berth Productivity: The Trends, Outlook and Market Forces Impacting Ship Turnaround Times report (July 2014) summarizes the challenge nicely: If there’s an issue in the container shipping world that’s hotter than port productivity, I’m not aware of it. Productivity at U.S.

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Freightera

MARCH 1, 2022

Freightera CEO wins award for elegant marketplace solution for businesses, reducing shipping cost and CO2 emissions from freight transportation. The Globe and Mail is Canada’s foremost news media company, leading the national discussion and causing policy change through brave and independent journalism since 1844.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

So I went straight to the source and asked consultants, trade reporters, Wall Street Journal reporters and others, what their go-to logistics and supply chain sources were. consultation firm, runs four ‘Logistics Briefing’ newsletters: Global, Americas, Asia/Pacific and Mergers & Acquisitions. This was the result.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 23, 2022

Canadian Pacific is the sixth-largest North America freight railway, and in December 2021 completed an agreement to acquire U.S. Upwards of 3,000 rail workers reportedly returned to work yesterday to resume rail operations across North America after a breakdown in labor settlement talks occurred last Saturday.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

Since the collapse of the housing market and the economy in 2008, the freight transportation industry has managed to claw its way out of a damaging situation and maintain historically low trucking rates. Throughout the freight transportation industry, the impact of drivers cannot be overstated. Reshoring Initiative. Driver Expenses.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2017

CX North America Releases Freight Vision Mobile App. DAT Freight Index: June Caps Off Hot Stretch for Spot TL Freight. BTW, I discussed OTIF and the role of real-time freight visibility with Bennett Adelson, CEO of MacroPoint in a recent episode of Talking Logistics. Nothing at all.

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Resilinc

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

-headquartered Marge Carson—with a 25-year history of manufacturing in Tijuana—announced last year that it would shift its entire business model, consolidate operations and exit all case goods manufacturing in Southeast Asia “in an effort to reduce supply chain and freight bottlenecks,” according to Furniture Today.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 14, 2015

OSHA’s role is to ensure these conditions for America’s working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and assistance. She is a graduate of Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Journalism. For more information, visit www.osha.gov.

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Intelligent Audit

JANUARY 9, 2023

These changes, accompanied by rate changes affecting FedEx Freight, fuel surcharges, and FedEx OneRate, come amid increased competition in the parcel logistics sector. “ These changes, accompanied by rate changes affecting FedEx Freight, fuel surcharges, and FedEx OneRate, come amid increased competition in the parcel logistics sector. “

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 9, 2016

DAT’s Accelerated Freight Matching Launches with New Load Board App for Carriers and Paperless Onboarding Service for Brokers. R2 Freight & Logistics, Inc. October Air Freight Demand Up 8.2% – Fastest Growth in 18 Months (IATA). Ryder has a network of over 800 service locations in North America today.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 24, 2017

Shipt debuts Costco delivery in Tampa (Tampa Bay Business Journal). January 2017 North American Freight Numbers. NAFTA freight totaled $88.0 NAFTA freight increased from the same month of the previous year. NAFTA freight increased from the same month of the previous year. Mexico freight flows increased by 6.3

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

There was a deceleration in freight volumes during the second half of 2015 which continued into the first month of 2016. So, that tells me that the inventory situation continues to weigh on truck freight volumes. percent in December from November , with December 2015 freight shipments down 2.0 percent from December 2014.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 12, 2013

Freight Shipments Rose 1.2% Oil Soars Above $106 to 15-Month High ( Wall Street Journal ). Shell and Travel Centers of America announced on April 15th an agreement to develop a nationwide network of liquefied natural gas fueling centers for heavy-duty road transport customers. in May from April.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

Mexico Takes Over Crime-Besieged Port City ( Wall Street Journal ). percent from last year, which includes contributions from the company’s acquisition of Phoenix International Freight Services in October 2012. Three of Five Modes Carried More U.S. NAFTA Trade in August 2013 than in August 2012. What is a warehouse?

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Intelligent Audit

MARCH 23, 2022

In addition, the company is increasing its sourcing in Mexico and Central America and undergoing what it describes as an “end-to-end supply chain transformation.”. Eastern and Southern ports, “where delays are materially better than on the West Coast,” CEO Sonia Syngal said during the company’s latest earnings call.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 29, 2023

Last week our news feed included an exclusive published report from The Wall Street Journal , Rivian Moves More Engineers Near Illinois EV Factory to Speed Up Output (Paid subscription required). assembly plants and sales operations in North America and Europe.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2016

Shipping costs are always an item of interest, and as the Wall Street Journal reported : . Robinson Opens Second Air Freight Screening Facility. November 2015 North American Freight Numbers. In the quarter, shipping costs jumped 37% to $4.17 As a percentage of sales, shipping costs rose to 12.5% from 10.9%

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Wall Street Journal ). Deloitte Global). Deloitte Global).

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Talking Logistics

JULY 11, 2014

May 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Cass Freight Index June 2014. According to the Wall Street Journal : The House Ways and Means Committee, in a voice vote, approved legislation that would transfer $10.8 Turnover at For-Hire Carriers Largely Unchanged During the First Quarter.

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IQMS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Reducing freight costs, improving supplier delivery performance, and minimizing supplier risk are three of the many benefits machine learning is providing in collaborative supply chain networks. Journal Of Business Logistics , 37 (1), 6-17. Journal Of Management Information Systems , 32 (4), 4-39. no opt-in). Preston, D.

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Freight Plus

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

New England Motor Freight, a 40-year staple of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, stunned the shipping world Monday by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy liquidation. This week in, "Where's My Freight?!". Northeast LTL capacity tightens as carriers scramble to fill gap left by NEMF bankruptcy. largest U.S. trucking shutdown. Spotify. ,

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 9, 2019

Up to 53-feet long and ranging in width from 8-8-1/2 feet (and 12-1/2 to 13-1/2 feet in height), these roomy vessels give companies a portable and reusable way to store their freight pretty much anywhere that it’s allowed. Chief Technology Officer for Embarcadero Systems Corp (a Ports America company). Tariffs and China. No Problem.

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