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This Week in Logistics News (May 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

Target has been testing high-capacity van routes at Dallas and Minneapolis sortation centers. Target’s inventories at the end of the last quarter were 16 percent lower than the same period a year ago and Walmart cut inventories in its U.S.

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Crime is Adding to Supply Chain Woes

Enterra Insights

Journalist Zusha Elinson ( @ZushaElinson ) explains, “A recent rash of thefts by fast-moving mobs at stores in the Bay Area and outside Minneapolis were organized on social media and committed by people who often didn’t know one another, according to law-enforcement officials investigating the incidents. Footnotes. [1] 12] Ibid. [13]

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Freight Availability Remains High, Despite Declines

DAT Solutions

In fact, there were more load posts on DAT Load Boards from January through September 2015 than in any other year except 2014 -- which was an exceptional year in freight transportation. 18-24, above, also shows favorable load-to-truck ratios in the Dakotas, but freight volume there is more moderate. What's different this year?

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Van and Reefer Rates Start September on a High Note

DAT Solutions

Freight volume AND RATES got a healthy boost last week for all equipment types. You can expect to find good van freight at good rates well into September. Southbound rates are up all over, from Oregon to the big freight markets in the Mid-Atlantic States. Rates were up 16¢ from Minneapolis to Chicago to $1.84

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There’s Something Happening Here (With Truck Drivers, Logistics Planning)

Supply Chain Collaborator

For good or for ill, truck drivers seem to always play an integral role during these challenging times, serving as a flash point for the consciousness of America. Drivers were forced to ford dangerous floodwaters in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina, Sandy and others to ensure deliveries to devastated areas at great personal risk.

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How Did Truckers Find Loads 40 Years Ago?

DAT Solutions

His job involves negotiating contracts, pricing, and finding loads for Ashley's empty trucks after they deliver furniture from the manufacturing plants to distribution centers throughout North America. At the top of each row was the name of the city where they would commonly deliver freight. If it was a reefer they'd use a red card.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18 – 24)

Logistics Viewpoints

It already has opened nine, after testing the concept in its hometown of Minneapolis. According to Mike O’Connell, Vice President of Supply Chain for Pepsi, the company owns one of the largest private fleets in North America, and that’s one of the reasons it has partnered with Tesla. The expansion will also grow Target’s workforce.