Kuebix

APRIL 6, 2020

There are shortages of toilet paper, food items, and over the counter medications just to name a few. The post Keeping Supply Chains Moving During Covid-19 Requires Digital Collaboration and Access to Capacity appeared first on Kuebix. Lockdowns of communities, counties, and states are causing backups and […].

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Freightos

JUNE 15, 2021

Disclaimer: This article is a zoom out for the less freight-inclined. If you have a deeper understanding of freight, you might want to check out our Freightos Baltic Index daily container index instead. Let’s talk freight. . And it’s not just ocean freight. More freight costs, higher consumer costs. 13, 2021.

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Stord

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Stord CEO and co-founder Sean Henry has been named a Rock Star of Supply Chain by Food Logistics, an award that recognizes the influential individuals whose achievements, hard work and vision have shaped the global cold food supply chain.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Shipper demand and carrier availability have come back into balance after several years of excess capacity. Freight companies are eventually going to face severe challenges finding drivers to get your shipments where you want them when you want them there. Business has been improving for the U.S. trucking industry. We don’t shop rates.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 29, 2024

The food and beverage company was selected for award negotiations to receive up to $170 million from the Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstration to support the implementation of clean energy projects at 10 of the company’s US plants. Senate for further consideration. The Arkansas Department of Transportation expects 1.5

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Supply Chain Game Changer

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Food Waste and World Hunger – The Food Supply Chain is Broken! Cold chains are essential to preserve and maintain the suitability of foods such as fresh foods (fruits, vegetables, frozen foods, seafood), chemical products, and pharmaceuticals (vaccines, prescribed drugs, over-the-counter medicines).

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 4, 2021

There are growing concerns that global pandemics could become the norm rather than 100-year events combined with global warming, food insecurity, and a growing population. Market volatility describes a stage at which volume and capacity availability are misaligned. Cybersecurity Concerns Remain. And they must plan accordingly.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 1, 2023

On April 4 th , Kyle Masters – the senior manager of transportation procurement at Simmons Foods, participated in a webinar hosted by Emerge. The webinar focused on Simmons Food’s approach to transportation procurement. Simmons Foods, and its affiliates, are suppliers of poultry, pet, and animal nutrition products.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 31, 2019

What can shippers do to make their freight attractive to carriers? Especially with the ELD mandate, we need to inform our suppliers and distribution centers that their receiving hour window may no longer be conducive to transporting freight. Here's what they had to say. Register now and save $300.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2021

COVID-19 triggered an unprecedented surge in panic buying of food, beverages, hand sanitizer, toilet paper, and other essentials. Transforming your supply chain for greater resilience requires a 3PL partner with technology, expertise, access to multimodal capacity, communication, partnerships, and more.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 16, 2020

A new decade is upon us and if it is anything like the last, we can be sure that new food and beverage trends will emerge as consumer preferences continue to evolve. Right now, we are seeing a few emerging beverage trends and food trends in 2020 coming down the pike. The meatless patty is made by Impossible Foods.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Owner-operators in the trucking business face a myriad of challenges including cash flow issues, high fuel costs, access to good freight, business development, and growing their business. Under that banner, the company provides capacity solutions to a wide customer base throughout North America. About Mandy Morrow. About USA Truck.

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DAT Solutions

JANUARY 31, 2019

What can shippers do to make their freight attractive to carriers? Especially with the ELD mandate, we need to inform our suppliers and distribution centers that their receiving hour window may no longer be conducive to transporting freight. Here's what they had to say. Register now and save $300.

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The Logistics of Logistics

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Brian is passionate about Freight Network Engineering, building relationships, continuous improvement, analytics, and taking a hands-on approach in working with clients and teammates to achieve win-win solutions. Louis, MO offering reliable, consistent, quality capacity.

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Freightos

JANUARY 8, 2019

The journey to digitize freight, while initially off to a slow start, has gained momentum in the last two or three years. They’re licensed to be an ocean freight forwarder, and they’ve bought some aircraft and an airport; and of course they are a huge warehousing player. Online freight booking. They’re coming.

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Zipline Logistics

MAY 25, 2021

Everything from food and beverage products to home improvement items saw a significant consumption bump as buyers, sidelined by pandemic restrictions, diverted their purchasing habits from experiences to consumer goods. Retail sales, including food services, increased 9.8% cost per case. sequentially in March.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 16, 2021

Factories for most commodities (other than essential commodities, pharma, medicinal and medical devices, food and groceries) were shutdown globally. Agility and flexibility, capacity planning, shift from Just in Time to agile and resilient operations. Escalating freight rates and severe capacity crunch.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MARCH 26, 2018

The lede from a recent Wall Street Journal article blares, “ Some of the biggest food suppliers are struggling to manage soaring logistics costs in a fast-changing consumer market. Food shippers of all varieties and shippers in most other industries as well are grappling with unprecedented capacity issues driving unsustainable cost pressures.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 26, 2023

Desmond (Dez) Clark and Joe Lynch discuss winning at football and freight, which is exactly what Dez is up to. Bear Down Logistics utilizes its company-owned assets for drayage and delivery services throughout the State of Florida, while its brokerage division serves all states and excess capacity needs for its customers.

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Freightos

JULY 22, 2021

Global freight, typically a behind the scenes actor that moves everything we eat, wear and use by air and ocean, may be a major culprit in rampant inflation. . Consumer prices for goods, excluding costs of energy and food, made record jumps in April and May, with the overall Consumer Price Index increasing 5.4% 1 Trading Economics ??

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

The ongoing Ukraine–Russia conflict has caused turmoil in significant parts of the global food chain, and in fact, Ukraine is a major exporter of barley (30% of global totals), wheat (25%), and sunflower oil (60%). Would it not be simpler to access capacity that can scale while keeping tabs on the total costs more easily?

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Zipline Logistics

AUGUST 14, 2020

Despite a pandemic that has disrupted many parts of the global supply chain, the freight market has been on a recent tear. Simply put, there is more freight than available trucks, which has severely tightened capacity and driven up rates. What’s Causing Upward Freight Market Trends? What Is Next for the Freight Market? .

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Zipline Logistics

OCTOBER 5, 2021

While it remains to be seen whether the coming quarter will live up to expectations, there are multiple powerful predictors hinting that the freight market will not wane in intensity over the coming months. Capacity tightened steadily, and rejection rates climbed from 20.5% Consumption Trends Still Driving Freight Market .

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

From its peak, 97% flight capacity was reduced from Singapore Airlines. DB Schenker Singapore has also cemented the position as a key pillar in Singapore’s logistics ecosystem, being the number one air exporter (for freight forwarding) and attaining market leadership in ocean freight as well. Singapore’s Status a Global Hub.

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QAD

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The scenario of a rail strike sheds light on the unsteadiness that has come to define today’s global supply chain, as QAD’s Stephen Dombroski wrote recently in an article in Food Logistics. Half of that traffic involves bulk commodities — particularly food, energy, chemicals, metals and wood products — plus automobiles and industrial parts.

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ToolsGroup

JANUARY 7, 2020

Slash wasteful expediting costs and miles: When you better anticipate customer demand, you reduce the need to expedite with LTL and air freight, along with costly in-network transfers from warehouse to warehouse. Efficient supply chain planning reduces wasted fuel and transportation capacity. It’s estimated that the U.S.

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Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Providing your logistics partner with additional lead time can be critical in ensuring better rates and securing capacity in any market. But with freight conditions like those we have seen throughout most of 2020, building in additional lead time is an even more essential piece of your logistics operational puzzle. Better service.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 19, 2022

Grocery trade group prepares for 2023 launch of stricter food tracing regulations. Uber Eats want to deliver a lot more than food these days. The resulting list of 16 “high risk foods” incudes certain cheeses, vegetables, fish, crustaceans, and ready-to-eat deli salads. Kinaxis acquires MPO.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 5, 2021

GlobalTranz is a technology-driven freight brokerage company specializing in LTL, full truckload, expedited, and managed transportation solutions. GlobalTranz is leading the market in innovative logistics technology that optimizes the efficiency of freight movement and matches shipper demand and carrier capacity in near real-time.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

APRIL 19, 2023

Major Trends: Volatile Production, Capacity Crisis & The Need for EV Automotive manufacturing is experiencing a huge global transformation compared to the past. 2023 Outlook for Vehicle Exports and Global Ocean Freight With COVID-19 regulations relaxing worldwide, both car production and the consumer demand for new vehicles is surging.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JULY 16, 2023

Risk Management in Global Ocean Context Feature Article by LSCMS Shippers Council Rates have gone down massively in most trade lanes; congestion has eased, and capacity seems sufficient in most sectors. The fear of limited capacity and exorbitant rates in the last couple of years has left a permanent scar on the psyche of some shippers.

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PINC

OCTOBER 7, 2020

This year’s report focuses on the impact of digital yard management on enterprise transportation costs and capacity. According to an industry-leading consulting firm, transportation costs range from 60% of total distribution costs for High Tech companies to 88% for Food & Beverage companies.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 20, 2020

Freight market article and permission to publish here provided by Kevin Jessop at cerasis.com. Meanwhile, the global air cargo volume has dropped significantly, explains Greg Knowler, JOC Senior Editor , “up to 5,000 tons of cargo in air freight from China to the U.S. The impacts are not just limited to air freight market changes.

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DELMIA Quintiq

OCTOBER 25, 2015

I decided to attend because one of the topics on the agenda was the impact of e-commerce on the air freight business. I will come to that subject later, because during the conference it became clear that air freight industry is having an existential crisis that is affecting the e-commerce in more than one way. Lagging technology.

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Freight Center

JANUARY 7, 2020

The freight shipping industry changes throughout the year. Luckily, we’re here to provide some insight on what to expect for each of the four seasons of freight shipping. Luckily, we’re here to provide some insight on what to expect for each of the four seasons of freight shipping. Freight shipping is no different.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 4, 2022

After graduating, I moved into a role that allowed me to install an ERP system across multiple facilities for a large food processing company. We’ve seen huge sways in fuel, capacity, and total pricing, alongside port diversions, increased transloads, and pricing that made almost everyone cringe.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The real-time freight visibility space was particularly hot this year, with two major acquisitions completed in recent months ( Descartes acquired MacroPoint and Trimble acquired 10-4 Systems ). req’d) Global Blue Chips Intensify Efforts to Increase Supply Chain Transparency (WSJ – sub.

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