Freight Waves

JUNE 3, 2025

Transportation metrics saw little change in May as capacity, utilization and pricing remained in expansion territory, according to a monthly survey of supply chain professionals. The dynamic could represent an improving freight market, but it also reflects transportation companies offsetting higher operating costs through rate increases.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 27, 2021

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 tight market, it never hurts to shop your contracts. Keep Your Eyes on the Road.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 9, 2025

Walmart previously scaled back its drone deliveries in 2024, when it ended the service in Utah, Arizona and Florida, in favor of focusing on remaining operations in Dallas-Fort Worth, Arkansas and Virginia. Eligible products include fresh produce, household essentials and various snack foods.

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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. Within a week of Russian troops crossing into Ukraine, the benchmark for thermal coal prices reached a record high of $446 per metric ton. Wall Street Journal ). Deloitte Global). Wall Street Journal ).

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

As we head into 2016, we are featuring our most read articles of 2015 in our five main categories: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation Management, and Freight. When I was Materials Manager at Maricopa County, Arizona, the second largest county in the country, I introduced Vendor Managed Inventory.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The Logistics Managers Index Report® , compiled by researchers at Arizona State University, Colorado State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rutgers University and the University of Nevada Reno , and in conjunction with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) , reported a September value of 61.4,

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

not only described as a “ significant rate of contraction ,” but also the first time that this particular metric has reached such a low level. Noted was that one of the busiest times in freight logistics, the seasonal back-to-school retail stocking period, likely did not materialize. percentage points to an all-time low value of 27.9,

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