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U.S. Freight Logistics Industry Recession Continues with Some Hopeful Signs

Supply Chain Matters

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 The two U.S.

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The Benefits of Evolved Vendor Managed Inventory Model Led by Web-Based VMI

GlobalTranz

Inventory is then put on pallets and shipped as freight. Distributors will inbound to a manufacturer the inventory needed and transportation management, especially inbound freight management, efficiency is paramount to an effective vendor managed inventory model. So, I hope the next article explains the evolved VMI model.”

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Driverless Trucks: Heading Somewhere or Nowhere Quickly?

Talking Logistics

Today, there are 8 states in the country, including Nevada, California, Michigan, Florida, North Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and Arizona that are allowing the testing of self-driving vehicles on certain roadways.”. In late August, for example, Uber bought Otto , and earlier this month, it tested self-driving cars in Pittsburgh.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 27-31, 2014)

Talking Logistics

It was a great costume, and we looked great — except we were living in Arizona at the time and nobody outside of New York City (the only place the Blue Man Group was performing at the time) had heard of them, so every time we showed up at a party that night, people would yell out, “Hey, look, Smurfs !” Con-way Inc.

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3 Logistics Technology Trends in 2016: Automation Leads the Way

GlobalTranz

Now, it's easy to think of technology as being a manufacturer-only realm. In fact, autonomous vehicles are already being used by a logistics provider in Arizona. For example, a self-driving truck may lock onto a truck in front of it, which would result in a train effect for the shipment.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

My kids, for example, are always interested in getting their hands on the newest Guinness Book of World Records, and seeing what kind of crazy things are in there. Frozen dairy manufacturers reduce packaging footprint. World records are such an interesting thing. Biden climate blueprint promotes modal shift away from trucks.

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The Autonomous Truck Revolution Is Right Around the Corner

Logistics Viewpoints

TuSimple – a provider of autonomous freight semi-truck solutions – has said their technology will be operational by 2024. And it is not the “last mile” – the distance between an exit off a highway to a destination site – a factory, warehouse, or store for example. Drivers account for 40 percent of the cost of the freight move.