Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 28, 2024

The company said that it used 85,916 metric tons of single-use plastic that year, an 11.6 According to the company, Chicago-based Coyote Logistics manages around 10,000 loads per day with a network of over 10,000 carriers. “As percent decrease from 2021.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 11, 2025

Chicago, Il. — The number of cars online is a key congestion metric. Rick Paterson, an analyst with Loop Capital Markets who closely follows railroad performance metrics, says rail technology system changes are inherently difficult.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Do you have the right metrics? Metrics show how your supply chain is performing – providing they are the right ones to do the job. Inappropriate metrics can give a false or incomplete picture of supply chain performance. Second, what metrics are the best indicators of performance in terms of these goals?

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ToolsGroup

APRIL 1, 2022

Thanks to container prices rising as much as 600%, money that could be used for advertising went to freight companies instead. Within a week of Russian troops crossing into Ukraine, the benchmark for thermal coal prices reached a record high of $446 per metric ton. Deloitte ). Wall Street Journal ). Automotive News Europe ).

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Supply Chain Shaman

OCTOBER 7, 2012

My schedule had me on a plane to Chicago at the time of the presentation. Q: What will be the role of the freight companies in the supply chain agility? Freight companies and alternate modes are key elements of agile networks. Q: What is the best metric to begin analyzing when starting to evaluate Supply Chain agility?

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Material Handling & Logistics

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Content Summary: Chicago ranks number 1 among the seven metro areas in projected supply chain management and technology employment growth; in net job creation for supply chain-related industries; in freight flow; and in inventory holding. Printer-friendly version. Media Type. Media Caption. Privacy Settings. anonymous user. Media Type.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 17, 2025

The company briefly shut down a factory in Chicago for a week last month due to a shortage of the materials. trade negotiations with China. trade negotiations with China. Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley told Bloomberg last week that supplies remain “day-to-day” despite apparent progress in U.S. talks with China.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 16, 2025

CP has recorded annual losses in each year dating back to 2018, and was on pace to completely deplete its cash reserves by Q2 of 2025 before the federal government stepped in with a $1 billion lifeline in January.

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Freightos

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

As a result, nearly every industry has created on-demand metrics to gauge market performance, hedge risks, and to power intelligent decisions. But despite its size, containerized freight’s poor visibility persisted. Prices for everything and anything are subject to change and freight rates for containers are no different.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Air freight Is Rising. Air freight rates have been a major story throughout 2021. kg, according to the Freightos Air Freight Index. Most importantly, the air freight index runs approximately one week behind, so the real impact of the Christmas Week Showdown—the immediate days leading up to the holiday, is still unavailable.

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CH Robinson Transportfolio

APRIL 8, 2021

But in a world ever more conscious of the imperative to reduce carbon emissions, helping customers move their freight more efficiently has taken on new urgency. On average, a ton of freight can move 470 miles by rail on a single gallon of gas. While even the largest of retailers only has visibility into their own freight, C.H.

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Zipline Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

I moved to Chicago to work for the world’s largest 3PL and quickly fell in love with the constant opportunity to solve problems. CPU is an alluring logistics option in which your customer picks up your freight for you. Forward-thinking brands are tracking crucial metrics to illuminate their supply chains and find control.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

This distinguished gentleman happened to have just retired as President of Global Freight Forwarding, and prior to that, as President of UPS Asia Pacific. What are the metrics used to measure performance is part of the contract terms, especially around on-time service commitments. Maybe the pricing is different!

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ShipBob

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Freight cost analysis Freight cost analysis determines the cost of getting inventory from one place to another, such as freight shipping costs and tracking the time between the date of shipment and the date of receipt. Finished goods cost analysis A finished goods cost analysis is ideal if you create your own products.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

One popular metric – a country’s logistics costs as a percentage of GDP – has China at 18% and the US at only 8.5%. Trucking that same container from Long Beach to Chicago can cost more than double that price. Trucking that same container from Long Beach to Chicago can cost more than double that price.

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DAT Solutions

JULY 17, 2018

It’s typical for freight markets to slump in mid-July, and last week’s national metrics fell in line with that seasonal trend. Memphis to Chicago , down 38¢ to $2.88. There were big increases in volumes out of Los Angeles, Chicago, and Memphis , however, which could lead to more stable pricing.

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

I was hoping for 70F+ weather, but even Florida fell victim to the Polar Vortex, with temperatures only in the 50s (which felt tropical, nonetheless, compared to Chicago and Boston). Uber Freight: Transportation Facility Brand Managers. I was in Orlando, Florida this week moderating workshops for a logistics service provider client.

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Supply Chain Brain

JUNE 23, 2025

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 17, 2018

Shuttered Sam’s Club in Matteson to find new life as e-commerce fulfillment center (Chicago Tribune). With parcel becoming a growing part of virtually every company’s transportation operations, gaining more real-time visibility to delivery status and other metrics is critically important. Nikola Raises $100 Million in August.

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Freight Waves

JUNE 12, 2025

With two leading 3PLs taking the stage at the Wells Fargo Industrials and Materials Conference in Chicago Wednesday, in the middle of a freight market that still has not made their lives any easier, presenters from C.H. The RXO discussion with Wilkerson and head of strategy Jared Weisfeld was more focused on the freight market.

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Intelligent Audit

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Panelist Hannah Testani, Intelligent Audit CEO and freight-auditing technology expert, noted that COVID brought 2030 volumes to 2020. million metric tons. . With Intelligent Audit, shippers can easily access the freight auditing, anomaly detection, and on-hand expertise they need to navigate a complex supply chain.

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Stord

AUGUST 26, 2024

This summer has only gotten hotter, but the freight market has certainly cooled off. Inside economist circles, there are both bulls and bears when it comes to a 2nd half freight market recovery, but both sides agree that we are indeed in a market transition, and that rates cannot go any lower. Reefer : Back to normal.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 8, 2025

Click here to send us your comments In response, the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) has just released a framework it says can help shippers, carriers and brokers fight back against the growing and increasingly sophisticated threat of digitally enabled cargo theft. What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 10, 2025

The monthly report from Cass and partner Tim Denoyer of ACT Research is based on data from the billions of dollars of freight bills that Cass pays for its shipper clients. in 2024, and so far is trending toward another decline in 2025, Cass says, as carriers navigate the lousy freight environment. Supply Chain Digest Says.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 16, 2025

Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? Michael Hurd Lean Consultant, Unemployed Posted on: Jun, 10 2017 A Very Good Article.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

Click here to send us your comments That according to a recent blog post by the maritime analysts at Drewry, which noted that “More than five years have passed since the huge shipping disruptions, damaging port congestion, and cost spikes of the Covid period, but one feature has remained: freight rate volatility.”

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 1, 2025

Eurasian Rail Freight: Demand for rail freight between Asia and Europe has surged, leading to congestion and longer booking times. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Contingency planning for alternative ports is essential.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 3, 2025

Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? Michael Hurd Lean Consultant, Unemployed Posted on: Jun, 10 2017 A Very Good Article.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 27, 2025

Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? Michael Hurd Lean Consultant, Unemployed Posted on: Jun, 10 2017 A Very Good Article.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? Michael Hurd Lean Consultant, Unemployed Posted on: Jun, 10 2017 A Very Good Article.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

"Other" costs - always somewhat vague, and mostly involving certain IT expenses and some services such as freight forwarding, were up 2.8%, though this bucket is by far the smallest of the three main categories at just 7.0% Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 17, 2025

Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? Michael Hurd Lean Consultant, Unemployed Posted on: Jun, 10 2017 A Very Good Article.

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 9, 2025

TuffAir’s site states that it plans to launch in the fall, “with high performance aircraft, lean operations and a scalable model to connect overlooked freight corridors across the Midwest. TuffAir argues that its strategy is unique and is designed to facilitate cheaper, faster regional air transit for freight. ( What do you say?

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Supply Chain Digest

JULY 2, 2025

Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? Michael Hurd Lean Consultant, Unemployed Posted on: Jun, 10 2017 A Very Good Article.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 6, 2025

Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? Michael Hurd Lean Consultant, Unemployed Posted on: Jun, 10 2017 A Very Good Article.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 19, 2025

Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial? Michael Hurd Lean Consultant, Unemployed Posted on: Jun, 10 2017 A Very Good Article.

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Supply Chain Digest

JUNE 25, 2025

He founded a new freight company called “Federal Express,” to denote his national ambitions. Financial performance metrics are valuable as they capture the economic consequences of business decisions. Where is the metric for determining the sources and uses of cash from three perspectives - operational, investment and financial?

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