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Benchmarking your Freight Rates for Maximum Supply Chain Efficiency

Logistics Viewpoints

Analyzing Your Data through Analytics Analyzing data requires an understanding of analytics which can provide insights into which factors are impacting performance negatively or positively so that appropriate changes can be made accordingly. Currently residing in Mesa, Arizona.

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Evidence Mounts of Non Peak Holiday Season in Transportation and Logistics

Supply Chain Matters

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. ”

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Marijuana Supply Chain: Profits and Headaches

Logistics Viewpoints

These states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C. positions not regulated by the Department of Transportation), and those not within Amazon Air.

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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

To demonstrate, one California autonomous vehicle company, TuSimple, tested the efficacy of long-haul driverless vehicles in a recent trek from Nogales, Arizona to Oklahoma City, shaving 10 hours (42%) off of what would otherwise be a 24-hour trip. In a word, it’s data. Byron Davis, Senior Director, Client Services, Open Sky Group.

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Marijuana Supply Chain: Profits and Headaches

Logistics Viewpoints

These states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Washington D.C. positions not regulated by the Department of Transportation), and those not within Amazon Air.

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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

Working on it over the holiday break, allowed me to spend more time to think about the trends that I am seeing in the data. Data latency increases with outsourcing by 1-2 days. In retrospect, I am glad that I did not publish it in the summer. Here, I share four in advance of the full study. Smaller Focused Companies Win.

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Continued Disruption and Added Cost Inflation Reflected in Key Global Transportation and Logistics Indices in March and Q1 2022

Supply Chain Matters

We now add highlights of March and Q1-2022 key global transportation and logistics indices. March and now Q1-2022 data point to continued disruption, added cost inflation and elongated transit times continuing to be manifested in the months ahead. . Global and Domestic Transportation and Logistics Indices. Global Shipping.