article thumbnail

All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1.14 - 1.18

Freight Plus

To combat areas shippers can’t control like capacity, rate hikes, and driver shortages, they’re turning to. FedEx Freight Direct will offer heavy and hard-to-handle item delivery to last-mile destinations in Atlanta, Omaha, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Dallas with a two-hour delivery window. The state has agreed to update to.

article thumbnail

Major Freight Markets Saw Biggest Rate Surge of the Year

DAT Solutions

Freight patterns showed increased retail trade ahead of Memorial Day weekend, and since some drivers finished the week up early ahead of the holiday weekend, capacity also tightened. The average length of haul for produce shipments was longer last week, which soaked up extra capacity. Rates were up on 70 of the top 100 van lanes.

Memphis 73
article thumbnail

Project-based Learning can Lead to Real-world Solutions

Enterra Insights

Their capacity to think deeply and creatively needs to acknowledged. 3] Scott Meacham, “ Scott Meacham: Hands-on experiences help drive STEM education ,” Tulsa World , 17 February 2019. [4] Their knowledge & experience is limited and their minds & emotions are still maturing.