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Experts Reveal Top Transportation Trends to Watch

Supply Chain Opz

In this article, leading experts from various sectors in transportation industry will discuss transportation trends you should take a closer look. In the rail sector, the big issue is capacity. oil sector, has created pretty thin capacity margins, especially in the Central North part of the country. In the U.S.,

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Guest blog: With the Truck Driver Shortage, How Many More Drivers will be Enough?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Robinson Director of Research and Market Intelligence: The truck driver shortage is top of mind for many as supply chain disruptions continue, port backlogs persist, and the gap between inventory supply and sales demand widens. How many more truck drivers are needed to balance demand for truck transportation with the supply of capacity?

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Freight Market Update and Q2 Trucking Outlook

Zipline Logistics

“The markets with the largest gains this week in OTVI.USA were Laredo, Texas (12.07%) Memphis, Tennessee (5.37%) and Cleveland (5.08%). For now, we anticipate that constrained capacity will remain through Q3 and perhaps the remainder of the fiscal year. Trucking Capacity Could Get Increased Visibility .

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Micro Fulfillment Centers: Do You Need Micro Warehousing?

ShipBob

Rising demands will lead to a need for increased fulfillment capacities, which will then come with its own set of challenges. A micro fulfillment center (or MFC) is a small-scale storage facility that is used by ecommerce businesses to store their inventory closer to the end consumer so they can reduce cost and transit times.

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

Paul Dittmann , Executive Director of the Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee Improving operational efficiency in the global supply chain is a complex undertaking, and requires a documented, multi-year strategy instead of knee jerk reactions, and programs of the month. These are three examples: Rule 3.1:

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31 Motivations for Reshoring Manufacturing & Updated Reshoring Stats

GlobalTranz

Those changes, along with high costs of transporting materials and finished goods to and from overseas locations, make the value of reshoring likely to become a compelling financial reality for many manufacturers. Transportation and freight costs are reduced. Obsolete and excess inventory carriage are more preventable.

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Is Sustainability Really a Problem with Matt McLelland

The Logistics of Logistics

Matt is the VP of Sustainability and Innovation at Covenant Transport Services , a premium service provider of transportation services with focus on temperature controlled products, regional, and long haul delivery. Covenant Logistics provides transportation and logistics services in the United States. About Matt McLelland.