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10 Disruptive Issues in the Supply Chain

American Global Logistics

Consumers have seen their purchasing power eroded. Global Trade: Re-shoring, Near-shoring, and Off-shoring Re-shoring, near-shoring, and offshoring are all terms used to describe the movement of manufacturing or production from one country to another. In recent years, shipping capacity has been under pressure.

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

CH Robinson Transportfolio

This begs the question: Even if the industry gets more truck drivers, just how much is enough to relieve the strain on trucking capacity? Below, Jason shares his insights and offers recommendations for what shippers can do to obtain capacity and plan for the coming months. for Q2 2021, relative to Q2 2018. Analysis of employment data.

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Seasoned Leadership in Action™ – An Interview with Lorrie Watts, Director Logistics at Red Stag!

Supply Chain Game Changer

I worked for a small trucking company in East Tennessee while in college, and I fell in love with the fast pace and constant challenges that would arise. We’ve seen huge sways in fuel, capacity, and total pricing, alongside port diversions, increased transloads, and pricing that made almost everyone cringe. in Business Management.

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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%). Truck manufacturers also find it challenging to keep up with demand, and waitlists for driver courses continue to increase. Trucking Capacity Could Get Increased Visibility .

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

Whether you''re a manufacturing company in China, a sourcing agent in London or a world''s leading company in Silicon Valley, we''re all in a global supply chain networks. Research from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking in procurement shows that organizations without formal SRM programs report 121 percent longer supplier lead times.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. Transplace delivered more than 50 customer solutions in 2012 using the CombineNet sourcing technology, in industries including consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing, and retail.

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What Caused the Baby Formula Shortage + 7 Ways Consumers and Companies are Coping

ToolsGroup

And things have only gotten worse: As of May 8th, the state of Tennessee hit out-of-stocks of 54.7%, with eight metro areas facing shortages of 50% or more. Data also shows that half of US states are experiencing out-of-stock rates between 40% and 50%: Image source: Flipboard. Image source: Sturgis Journal.