Talking Logistics

MARCH 20, 2018

International transportation is dealing with ongoing challenges of tighter capacity. From import space and export space tightening up and a hot drayage market causing capacity constraints to volatile air freight rates – international transportation has had its share of challenges the last 10-12 months. Soaring Air Freight Rates.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Transportation 2.) Robert Cadena is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lean Staffing Solutions, which provides operational, marketing, sales, and technology services to the logistics and transportation industry. based transportation and logistics providers. Transportation 2.) Transportation Services. Warehousing 3.)

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Transportation 2.) Robert Cadena is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lean Solutions Group , which provides operational, marketing, sales, and technology services to the logistics and transportation industry. based transportation and logistics providers. Transportation 2.) Transportation Services. Warehousing 3.)

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Curtis is the Senior VP of LTL at FreightPlus , a managed transportation provider. Curtis is also the Founder of Understand LTL , an LTL training firm. About Curtis Garrett Curtis Garrett is the Senior VP of LTL at FreightPlus, a managed transportation provider. Curtis is also the Founder of Understand LTL, an LTL training firm.

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Elementum

MAY 22, 2015

Slow Train to Europe. In the past, China has happily relied on trucks and ships to transport freight; however, the burgeoning amount of freight being moved across the country has risen dramatically in recent years. of container traffic through China’s ports involves trains. Washington Post.

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Elementum

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

The answer is… transportation. But before lithium can meet its full potential, the problem of transportation must be addressed. Many of the country's railroad tracks and services are still not fully equipped to handle dangerous chemical transportation, and regulators are hurrying to catch up with the burgeoning market.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

JUNE 9, 2022

Now you can obtain transportation services where you already operate as well. In fact, today you can procure freight rates from your transportation providers right in your TMS. There are many reasons to supplement your spot freight procurement with automated processes sooner rather than later. Specialized project freight.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

DECEMBER 21, 2021

In respect to logistics and transport something remarkable happened at COP26. The first Z – Zero emission road transport: Global MOU for ZE-MHDVs . In 2018, according to data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) road transport accounted for three-quarters of transport emissions. Most of this, 45.1

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Turvo

OCTOBER 14, 2021

In fact, the yearly turnover rate for major truckload carriers increased to 92% in 2020, while it increased to 74% for smaller freight carriers. Historically, as evidenced by a 2019 poll by the American Transportation Research Institute, turnover rates in the trucking business are substantially greater than in most occupations (ATRI).

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Freightos

APRIL 24, 2016

For centuries the expense, risk, and frustration with ocean freight held back expansion of the international economy, despite the invention of the steam invention. US Army uses the “Transporter” container, developed four years earlier for removals, for Korean War supply movements. Container Regulation. 0 TEUs 0 meters long.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Check out Why don’t you have a TMS (Transportation Management System) Solution yet? But I’ve seen instances where Freight is one of the top 5 largest expenses within a company. Depending on the industry your transportation spend can make up anywhere from 1-10% of your company’s total revenue.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 26, 2016

The Freightos System is SaaS for freight contract management, automatic price quotations, and business intelligence. For centuries, the expense, risk, and frustration with ocean freight held back expansion of the international economy, despite the invention of the steam invention. First use of a modern container for ocean freight.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 26, 2023

The responsibility for container safety is shared across the supply chain, with solutions for safer container transport including proper packing, stowage, and securing of containers, and reporting of correct weight.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Pillars to a Successful Transportation Experience: Carrier Management | Transportfolio. As the market continues to tighten, what’s your transportation strategy for handling fluctuations? Transporting goods such long distances nearly always comes with additional nuances to plan for. An unclear plan may let you down.

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Logility

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Production halts, container and transport shortages, and port logjams are just a few of the factors eating away at both efficiency and profits. Sanctions, blocked Ukrainian ports, and stalled transportation routes have also disrupted the China-to-Europe supply chain. What’s a supply chain manager to do?

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2017

It’s a bike ride I’m participating in as part of my training for our Logistics Leaders for T1D Cure team ride this September in support of JDRF. Check them out: My other teammates, James Coon (BluJay Solutions) and Ken Wood (Descartes) have been training hard too; I’ll share their photos in a future post. Well, not literally.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Speakers are the SCRC meeting yesterday and today continued to speak more on the topic of transportation strategy given increasing challenges in the transportation sector, and the need for an effective transportation management strategy. In the last 1880s the first Interstate Commerce Act rregulated trains.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 24, 2017

Paragon Software Systems Ensures Drivers Follow Optimized Transport Plans with Paragon Waypoint Mapping. LOG-NET announces release of Next Generation Global Transportation Management with its version 8.0. January 2017 North American Freight Numbers. Lineage Logistics Announces Strategic Partnership with BluJay Solutions.

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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. Unfortunately, this means an already-strained transportation industry will have additional needs. Reshoring Initiative.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2024

Magazine as one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America. location, facilitating delivery of lithium inputs and shipment of battery-grade lithium products over multiple transportation routes. According to reporting by The Wall Street Journal , the tech provider has been awarded contracts to a number of U.S.

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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

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Descartes Integrates Transportation Messaging and Customs Filing with SAP®. Daimler Trucks North America launches 3D printed parts program (Commercial Carrier Journal). Daimler Trucks North America launches 3D printed parts program (Commercial Carrier Journal). freight trains in federal crosshairs after crashes: GAO (Reuters).

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2016

Robinson Opens Second Air Freight Screening Facility. November 2015 North American Freight Numbers. After receiving the package, the delivery receptacle transports the package to a secure location, such as into a garage. And with that, it’s time to pick up my mom at the train station. Estimated driving time remaining.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 12, 2013

Freight Shipments Rose 1.2% According to the press release: The SMC³ LTL reference tariff will be accessed directly from LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru and Transportation Guru software and will provide the rate data necessary to help determine the cost and feasibility of new network structures and shipping locations. in May from April.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 10, 2022

For example, carriers plan to reduce the capacity for the Asia-to-North America West Coast trade lanes by as much as 29% in the weeks following China’s Golden week in early October. As freight rates continue to fall, shippers will likely continue to leverage blank sailings to balance operational costs against volatile fuel prices.

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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. Canadian and U.S.

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Elementum

JULY 6, 2015

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data this month that shows global demand for air freight has slowed considerably through May. Excluding seasonal factors, there has been no growth in air freight demand since 2014. In North America specifically, demand fell by 2.9 Sound familiar?

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Enterra Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

In the show, Eddie Albert wanted to move to rural America to farm and his wife, Eva Gabor, wanted to stay in the city to enjoy all its amenities. Food grown close to consumers reduces both transportation costs and food waste. Each container — the kind commonly seen on trains, trucks or ships — costs $85,000, not including shipping.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 26, 2016

manufacturers, supply chain, logistics, transportation, and freight management. What Needs to Be Accomplished to Help America Reach #1 in Manufacturing by 2020? More organizations are turning toward trained, experienced and educated workers in place of traditional apprenticeships and intern-based training.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 7, 2016

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?

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Supply Chain Movement

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Transportation against the clock. Instead, those films merely served as an excuse to feature freight trucks travelling at high speed and the widespread destruction of police cars and houses. In Sorcerer (1977), drivers are tasked with transporting creates of explosive nitroglycerin through the South American jungle in two old trucks.

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Kanban Logistics

OCTOBER 12, 2022

That extends to logistics as NC has lower costs for industrial space, lower labor costs, and lower transportation costs. From this network, you can ship directly to 22 different states – with connections to the rest of North America. As noted by Forbes , North Carolina ranks #4 in the U.S. in terms of favorable business costs.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 14, 2015

As a transportation management solutions provider offering both technology solutions and managed services , our goal as a business is to provide a streamlined processes and allow core business focus for our shipper customers who are manufacturers and distributors. For more information, visit www.osha.gov.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

The open question is whether retailers are also going to invest in people to make it work — i.e., hire and train enough store-level workers to execute these new tasks efficiently and effectively. Robinson Choice Logistics Dubai INXS JDA In-Store Picking JDA Software MENA NAFTA omni-channel fulfillment transportation XPO Logistics'

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Earlier this year at the JDA FOCUS 2015 conference , I led a panel discussion on the third-party logistics (3PL) industry that featured Rick Jordon , SVP Regional Head of Logistics – Americas at Panalpina , and other 3PL executives. Today, scale is becoming a much more important part of the value offering.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 6, 2016

Another busy week, so let’s go straight to the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention, headlined by a major acquisition in the transportation management systems (TMS) market: Kewill Announces Acquisition of LeanLogistics. Study: Biggest trucking firms outsource over 42% of their freight (FleetOwner).

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In 2010, he transitioned to a career in sales, cutting his teeth in door-to-door office supply sales for 15 months before accepting an opportunity with a leading technology and data provider in the transportation industry. based transportation and logistics providers. About Lean Solutions Group.

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