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DAT IQ: The Metrics that Matter with Samuel Parker

The Logistics of Logistics

This segment is in the growth stage of its evolution, serving large enterprise brands and their Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain teams. He lives in Denver, Colorado with his wife and son. Access accurate freight rate forecasts that are over 95% accurate on more than 7 million daily predictions. Samuel has his B.A.

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5 Things Your Carrier Wants with Brian Gibala

The Logistics of Logistics

He studied Logistics and Operations Management at The University of Missouri-St. LTI has strong density and capabilities in the Midwest and select markets in Georgia, Eastern Pennsylvania, Texas, and Colorado. LTI utilize their logistics division for increasing that coverage.

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Hurricane season 2024: how to prepare your supply chain

Resilinc

If these forecasts are correct, 2024 will shake out to be the third most active hurricane season on record. The 2024 hurricane season is expected to be extremely active, with multiple forecasts predicting above-average activity, increasing the potential for supply chain disruptions. What sets this year’s hurricane season apart?

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This Week in Logistics News (October 24-28, 2016)

Talking Logistics

In 2012, for example, he was elected as a fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), where he served as chair of the Sections and Societies Subcommittee and as president of the Transportation Science and Logistics Section. XPO Logistics Divests North American Truckload Operation to Transforce.

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Are You Prepared for a Climate-Change Charged Hurricane Season?

Enterra Insights

If floods, heatwaves, and droughts aren’t enough to keep supply chain managers up at night, “forecasters at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service, are predicting above-average hurricane activity this year.”[3] What’s the forecast? ” Footnotes. [1] How to prepare?

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U.S. Freight Logistics Industry Recession Continues with Some Hopeful Signs

Supply Chain Matters

freight and logistics industry continues to mitigate recessionary conditions including the April 2023 Logistics Manager Index reaching its lowest level lowest level in six years and one-half years. freight, logistics and parcel movement industry. Supply Chain Matters highlights continued evidence that the U.S.

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Reports of Easing Global Supply Chain Volatility in July

Supply Chain Matters

Logistics Managers Index. Warehousing and Inventory metrics continue to buoy the logistics sector. Similarly, transportation and logistics cost volatility remains uncertain. That stated, this particular index remains at historically high levels, especially since pre-pandemic levels as noted in the below chart. .