The Logistics of Logistics

JULY 3, 2024

Summary: The CRO Perspective: Growing FreightTech Sales In this podcast, Ryan Sullivan, Founder of Ratchet Ventures and an experienced Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), shares his insights on growing sales in the freight tech and logistics industry. Based in Boston, Ryan drives growth and innovation in the supply chain industry.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 29, 2024

It’s a quiet and rainy Friday morning here in Boston. I’ve been staring at the blinking cursor on my computer screen for some time, but very few words are coming to me. more blinking) Ok, enough. Here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: Since many people are out of.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 21, 2024

Sixteen years to the day, the Boston Celtics are once again NBA champions after dismantling the Dallas Mavericks in five games. bans exports by Oregon freight-forwarder in warning shot to industry Container losses fall to record low Warehouse wages rise to average of $18.99 The boys are back! considers threats to national security.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2025

Named customers include Yale New Haven Health , Stanford , Geisinge r, and Boston Children’s Hospital , among others. Flock Freight Secures $60 Million in Series E Funding Flock Freight , described as the largest Shared Truckload (STL) freight brokerage in the United States, has raised $60 million in its Series E funding round.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The storms have delayed freight, increased congestion, and damaged crops, especially in Taiwan, where Typhoon Gaemi caused over $86 million in losses. Currently equipped to assist with LL97 compliance, Schneider Electric plans to incorporate Boston’s building performance standards by mid-2025. According to the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2024

Robotic arms Robin and Sparrow were designed and manufactured at its Robotics Innovation Hub near Boston and help sort customer orders. The 30 Hyundai XCIENT Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks will hit the road as part of the NorCAL ZERO Project to push for emission-free freight transportation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 19, 2021

In April of 2005, just a month after completing my first half marathon (and vowing I would never run a full marathon in my life), I went to the finish line at the Boston Marathon and saw Team Hoyt for the first time. Team Hoyt became a fixture at the Boston Marathon, completing the race 32 times, while running another 40 marathons as well.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 30, 2015

Transportation has followed the same evolutionary pattern, moving upstream from day-to-day freight transactions to an integral component of top-level corporate planning and procurement strategy. Going forward, it is vital that shippers analyze their freight spend and if required renegotiate their rates regularly to remain competitive.

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

QUINCY, MA – NOV 4 , 2024 – FreightPlus, a leading provider of managed transportation services, is proud to announce that it has been named one of the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts for 2024 by The Women’s Edge and the Boston Globe Magazine.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Spot Market Stays Strong: September DAT Freight Index. Teamsters Make History With First Ever Organizing Victory at FedEx Freight. economy boosts freight (Reuters). Boston and Chicago on Tuesday. Retail Supply Chain & Logistics Trends This Week in News Amazon Connect Group CXS FedEx Freight Google Express J.B.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Notable appointments include work in the federal government as Attorney-Advisor (International Affairs) in the Office of the General Counsel at the Federal Maritime Commission and work at a public port authority as Maritime Project Manager for the Port of Boston at the Massachusetts Port Authority.

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DAT Solutions

MARCH 18, 2019

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 256 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $60 billion in real transactions. National Average Freight Rates. loads per truck. Rising Rates.

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Calling FreightPlus a, “Local company helping to unravel supply chain, getting products to you faster & cheaper,” Fox 25 Boston did a great segment on what we do, who we are, and how we can help during the holiday season. .

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Calling FreightPlus a, “Local company helping to unravel supply chain, getting products to you faster & cheaper,” Fox 25 Boston did a great segment on what we do, who we are, and how we can help during the holiday season. Jill Clifford, president at FreightPlus, was interviewed about her background in the freight industry and […]

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DAT Solutions

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

DAT load boards provide the largest and most trusted digital freight marketplace in the trucking industry, with more than 279 million loads and trucks posted annually, plus insights into current spot market and contract rates based on $57 billion in real transactions. Changes in the ratio often signal impending changes in freight rates.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 6, 2017

Your organization needs to be agile and resilient to take on the challenges of an ever-evolving industry – instead of simply moving freight at the cheapest price. In contrast, a 3PL partner will constantly look for matches within their own dense freight network. Robinson in Boston where he spent almost 7 years.

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Jaggaer

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Recently, Rob Anthony, SVP Global Supply Chain and UK Country Manager at Kongsberg, and Virginia Gonzalez, Head of Procurement at Boston Beer Company, sat down in an exclusive session with JAGGAER to share their insights and methods on streamlining category complexity. Successful companies make this look easy.

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ToolsGroup

JULY 25, 2023

Leveraging cutting-edge technological tools, such as machine learning-based supply chain planning, is paramount in effectively managing uncertainties and optimizing costs across various aspects, including inventory, freight, obsolescence, and potential sales losses,” said Juan Jiménez, Industry Director at Lãberit. “At

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Talking Logistics

MAY 19, 2017

The weather finally warmed up in Boston, although temperatures in the 90s so early in the season is not what I had hoped for. Uber Freight launches to connect truck drivers with available shipments (TechCrunch). The other big news is that Uber Freight (after quietly starting operations late last year) officially launched this week.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 2, 2018

Today, we conclude our annual year-end series highlighting the top blog posts in each of our 5 main categories: Manufacturing , Supply Chain , Logistics , Transportation , Freight. This year, most were interested in staying ahead of trends -especially those effecting inbound freight and freight claims.

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

It operates through four segments: Expedited, Dedicated, Managed Freight, and Warehousing. The Expedited segment primarily provides truckload services to customers with high service freight and delivery standards. The Warehousing segment provides day-to-day warehouse management services to customers.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

July 2014 Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI). Cass Freight Index Report for August 2014. CSX Launches Industry’s First On-Demand Mobile Application to Enhance Railroad Incident Response. Robinson Opens New German Office. If At First You Don’t Succeed …).

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Enterra Insights

MAY 30, 2018

These can include freight costs that are too high, transit times that are too long or not charging enough for freight.”[1] Boston Consulting Group (BCG) analysts assert, “Logistics networks have never been more complex. The freight invoice data verifies what really happened (Were measurements correct?

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 21, 2020

The short-term strategy to build resilience, is to focus on three major elements, essential to keep freight moving. . Boost agility in logistics: multimodal solutions to combat increased freight costs and limited capacity. According to the Boston Consulting Group, automating manual processes can yield cost savings up to 40%.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 20, 2016

I’m at Heathrow airport waiting to board my flight back to Boston, which is delayed by over an hour so far. Amazon Looking to License or Acquire Freight-Management Technology (WSJ-sub. Kewill Introduces SOLAS-Compliant Freight Forwarding Solution by Integrating INTTRA eVGM Service. E-Commerce Drives Surge in U.S.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

Rapid temperature cycling due to crazy Boston weather. Delivery Connect is designed to manage the movement of freight from the shipper to the end receiver, including scanning, proof of delivery (PoD), exception management, cross dock and in-depot activities through to job dispatch, customer service and reporting. How did it happen?

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Talking Logistics

MAY 18, 2017

This past April 1st, it snowed over 6 inches here in Boston. It was a cruel April Fools’ joke, but not as cruel as April 1, 1997 when a blizzard dumped more than 21 inches of snow here. It was my first winter back in the Northeast after living in the desert (Tempe, AZ) for more than 5 years.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 8, 2016

MercuryGate Launches Global, Omni-modal Freight Procurement Solution. The orders are being fulfilled from about 160 Best Buy stores in markets that include Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington. Best Buy rolls out same-day delivery in 13 markets (Star Tribune).

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Freight Plus

MARCH 15, 2019

Work/life at John Deere in a developing nation.and the brutality of Boston winters. Listen in this week as Manish Patwal - a graduate student from MIT's Global SCALE Network and engineer at john Deere India joins us. We'll discuss studying abroad in India, Malaysia, and the USA.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2015

His specialties include supply chain solutions, transportation management, freight capacity sourcing and optimization, transportation technology, shipper and carrier relationship management, fleet and linear asset management, and network operations.

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Given that the study was funded by an Atlanta-based group, the results are hardly authoritative (for instance, a number of major cities, such as Boston, Charlotte, Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington, are not included in the study), but they do offer an interesting view on the supply chain capabilities of seven major regions.

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Talking Logistics

JANUARY 23, 2015

Deflategate has consumed the airwaves, headlines, and social media conversations all week, especially here in Boston. LLamasoft and CHAINalytics Partner to Provide Integrated Access to Freight Market Intelligence. Teamsters lose another vote at FedEx Freight facility (Reuters). Department of Homeland Security.

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TMC

APRIL 13, 2017

Department of Transportation (DOT) projects that freight volumes in the United States will increase by more than 40% over the next 30 years. The state will test a new communications system in the busy I-80 freight corridor. Population growth and new supply chain technology drive the change.

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Freight Plus

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

On October 10th, 2019 the conversation comes to Boston. Join us for a day of discussions with our panel of guests and speakers from the worlds of logistics & tech as we cover the modern needs of the supply chain and the merger between the physical and digital footprint that freight generates!

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DAT Solutions

JUNE 7, 2018

Prince believes ELDs extend the single-driver transit time for a run from Bakersfield, CA, to Boston from a pre-ELD average of 101 hours to at least 145 hours. Research and identify freight trends with DAT RateView, a truckload pricing database of $45 billion in REAL transactions between brokers, carriers, and shippers.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Only 17% of global chemical companies are “digital champions” (Boston Consulting Group) – also confirmed by GPCA on status of GCC chemical industry. Ocean Freight Visibility Spells new Opportunities for Supply Chains – LogiSYM September 2020. Embracing technologies -Technology is key to enabling integration in the supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

You can read more on the topic in our recent white paper, Wide Open: How the Panama Canal Expansion Is Redrawing the Logistics Map [DK1] , which was written collaboratively with Boston Consulting Group. Free Time and Chassis. In the near future, I think that more ocean carriers will become hesitant to offer elaborate free times.

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