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Transportation Trends: What’s Going on in the Trucking Industry?

PINC

Here are the top trucking trends that all shippers should be aware of, according to The American Transportation Research Institute. Coming into 2019, issues like the tariff wars, driver shortage, and rising freight rates were high on transportation managers’ radar screens. Terrill Transportation Inc.

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SCM Best Paper Award Winners 2014

SCM Research

The Educators’ Conference, which provides academics and students a forum to hear the latest in our research field, has become an integral part of it. As every year ( see my previous post from Denver last year ), several leading supply chain management journals have used this forum to present their best paper awards. Corsi, T.M.,

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Supply Chain and Logistics Conferences to Attend in 2019

Talking Logistics

If you’re a transportation professional, for example, and all you know is transportation, your opportunities for advancement are limited compared to someone who has a broader supply chain perspective. McLeod Software : UC2019 , August 25-27, Denver, CO. LabelMaster : Dangerous Goods Symposium , September 4-6, Chicago, IL.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 14-18, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Here’s a quote from the article: “There are some missing data elements that are requiring a lot of research on our part,” said Allan Einboden, [Scott & White Health Plan’s] chief executive. and “What is a transportation provider?” As a result, the answers to “What is a warehouse?” percent last year. .

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Top Digital Supply Chain Cities in the U.S.

Material Handling & Logistics

Given that the study was funded by an Atlanta-based group, the results are hardly authoritative (for instance, a number of major cities, such as Boston, Charlotte, Denver, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington, are not included in the study), but they do offer an interesting view on the supply chain capabilities of seven major regions.

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This Week in Logistics News (June 10 – 16)

Logistics Viewpoints

Congratulations to the Las Vegas Golden Knights and Denver Nuggets. The collapse of a section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia will cause “major disruption” in the region just as the summer travel season begins, US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said. And now on to this week’s logistics news.

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20 warehouse professionals and business leaders reveal the single most important first step when designing a warehouse layout

6 River Systems

This research step uncovers the true movement of items, not only on a yearly basis but also on a seasonal level. Frequently, averages, peaks and valleys do not tell the complete story. Anomalies in product movement, whether inbound or outbound, need to be flushed out to get to a steady idea of what the system should be designed to achieve.