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Quarter-End Freight Surges Impact Transportation Rates

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Our research with Iowa State University and MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics have identified the impact of the last 4-days of a quarter to route guide performance, paving the way for applying strategies to mitigate the risk of cost over runs. Using data provided by C.H. Before earning his Ph.D.,

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Collaborating on Supply Chain Research

Talking Logistics

Robinson , in a recent episode of Talking Logistics titled, “ When Shippers, 3PLS, and Universities Collaborate on Supply Chain Research.” Here’s a snippet of Steve’s response: What we’ve seen over the years is transportation, logistics, and supply chain moving from being back-office, required functions to being very strategic.

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Top Findings: What Makes a Favored Shipper?

Talking Logistics

Researchers at Iowa State University analyzed data provided by C.H. Bobby Martens is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain in the Iowa State University College of Business. Martens worked as an account manager at Schneider Logistics. appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

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Drivers in the Spotlight: 4 Reasons for Their Growing Influence on Supply Chain Management

TMC

Researchers at Iowa State University studied this phenomenon using data provided by C.H. For more on the Iowa State study, download the white paper Do “Favored Shippers” Really Receive Better Pricing and Service? Truck drivers generally are much more connected to logistics operations than they were, say, 20 years ago.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 2 – 8)

Logistics Viewpoints

According to new data, while UPS, FedEx, USPS, and other carriers handled a record crush of holiday packages, some 2 million packages arrived late. And now on to this week’s logistics news: New COVID vaccines need absurd amounts of labor and materials. I know I certainly did. percent and the Postal Service at 94.7

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Transportation Network Planning: Public and Private Common Ground

Supply Chain View from the Field

The most interesting thing was observing the types of problems that people in Metropolitan Planning Organizations, as well as State planning organizations are addressing, and the types of data being employed in these very elegant planning models. Analytics Logistics Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Strategy Transportation Planning'

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This Week in Logistics News (June 24 – 30)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Starting next week, Amazon will start actively recruiting existing small businesses in 23 states including Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, and Washington.