Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Jason Mathers discussed the 5 Principles of Greener Freight, and provided real-world examples of those principles in action (read the Ocean Spray , Caterpillar , and Boise case studies, and also watch my conversation with Jason from earlier this year on Talking Logistics). Sustainability and Green Initiatives in Transportation and Logistics.

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PINC

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Coming into 2019, issues like the tariff wars, driver shortage, and rising freight rates were high on transportation managers’ radar screens. Freight rates have leveled off (and even retreated, in some cases). Reefer freight rates continue to drop, with a current national average of $2.14 economy expanded by 2.1%

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Supply Chain Movement

MAY 11, 2016

10 questions about Freight Spend Management. There are numerous ways a shipper can reduce freight spend. And freight costs are continuing to rise, pushed upward by factors such as globalized distribution and unpredictable fuel prices. This is an important aspect of managing freight spend. Falkland Islands (Malvinas).

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

AUGUST 31, 2020

A 3PL provider can provide access to technology like a warehouse management system (WMS) for tracking inventory, shipment status, and other tracking information, giving you the peace of mind that your products experience professional care. According to a study by the Georgia Institute of Technology , less than 30% of warehouses in the U.S.

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TMC

MARCH 9, 2017

suppliers of frozen chicken to Kazakhstan began shipping product via the Black Sea and onward through Georgia, Azerbaijan, and across the Caspian Sea, to bypass trade restrictions imposed by Russia. It’s also important to have access to local expertise when evaluating ways to shift freight to the new Silk Road. Financial Times, [link].

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TMC

MARCH 9, 2017

suppliers of frozen chicken to Kazakhstan began shipping product via the Black Sea and onward through Georgia, Azerbaijan, and across the Caspian Sea, to bypass trade restrictions imposed by Russia. It’s also important to have access to local expertise when evaluating ways to shift freight to the new Silk Road.

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Supply Chain Network

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Improve inventory turns at retail by reducing fertilizer order minimums. Emerging Trends Environment Freight & Transportation News & Info Supply Chain Management green supply chain sustainability sustainable' For additional information, visit us at www.scotts.com. Media Contact: Anne Kreuser. Email: anne.kreuser@edelman.com.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 23, 2015

By the 1960s, a clear trend had developed in shifting more time-dependent freight transportation to truck rather than rail. This led to the need for joint consideration of warehousing, material handling, and freight transportation, which emerged under the label of “Physical Distribution.”

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QAD

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Because import freight is sitting on docks longer and warehouses receiving containers are backlogged, we’re also seeing a shortage of containers and chassis to move containers. Fund the Georgia Port Authority pop-up container yards project by reallocating more than $8 million .

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6 River Systems

JULY 29, 2020

A behemoth in the logistics industry, UPS has operations in shipping, air freight, trucking, last-mile delivery and drone delivery. Revenue: $74.969 billion (12 months ending March 31, 2020), $74.094 billion (2019) Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia, USA CEO: Carol Tome 2. Kuehne + Nagel Inc. Jacobs in 2011.

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Exiger Perspectives

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Here are a few takeaways: Logistics and Supply Chains: The shipping and logistics industry, especially along the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf regions, will be disrupted due to port closures and delays in freight movements. Inventory levels are expected to drop by 15-20% in the next 7-10 days in major grocery chains.

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Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 16, 2016

South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands. Third, it is essential the system generate pre-invoices to reduce carrier invoice uncertainties, eliminate fraud, and manage freight spend. Finally, the system should enable intelligent inventory location management to ensure optimal on-shelf availability for the end customers.

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Cathy Roberson

JANUARY 9, 2023

According to the company, it provides a faster, greener, and more cost-effective way to leverage existing inventory. Our Judges are: Alexander Rhodeen serves as a supply chain catalyst with the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC), Georgia’s technology business incubator, at Georgia Tech.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

By the 1960s, a clear trend had developed in shifting more time-dependent freight transportation to truck rather than rail. This led to the need for joint consideration of warehousing, material handling, and freight transportation, which emerged under the label of “Physical Distribution.”.

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Supply Chain Movement

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

South Georgia and The South Sandwich Islands. The Japanese freight mover Kintetsu World Express has expanded recently outside its home market with the acquisition of APL Logistics, which has a strong base in America and Europe. Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Faroe Islands. French Guiana. French Polynesia. French Southern Territories.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This start-up was founded by Matt McKinney and Shaosu Liu, both of whom had backgrounds at Uber Freight and decided to tackle the massive problem of building a new structure for the legacy freight payment system that supports the global supply chain. will reportedly be one of the largest fully interoperable chassis pools in the U.S.,

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

JUNE 16, 2022

Depending on the type of product and the demand, cross-docking can reduce inventory, operating costs, and distribution costs while facilitating just-in-time delivery. Shipping efficiency is also more possible when bigger batches are broken down into smaller shipments and loaded onto freight going in the same direction.

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Freight Plus

MARCH 20, 2019

Carrier earnings begin to feel impact of softening trucking freight market. On Monday, Convenant Transportation became one of the first carriers to show the results of a depressed freight market as their first quarter earnings failed to meet expectations. Meanwhile, in this week's, "Where's my freight?!". Spotify. ,

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 14, 2023

The manufacturer’s private fleet has deployed a fleet of Einride EVs to haul freight between GE Appliances’ inbound warehouses and manufacturing facilities in Kentucky, Georgia, and Tennessee. In some locations, it’s both technologies on the same truck. The Einride Pods are monitored remotely. Employment at U.S.

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American Global Logistics

MARCH 10, 2023

TRANSLOADING SHIPPING: “With transloading shipping, freight is loaded and unloaded, depending on where the cargo is in the supply chain process and the mode of transportation. At each supply chain transfer point, freight moves via containment modules.” Bloated, overstocked retailer inventories. Reduced transportation costs.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

At CSCMP Edge 2017, Kenco hosted a roundtable of supply chain leaders from companies like Coca-Cola, ChervonTechnologies, Georgia-Pacific, Kids II, and Sealed Air to work through the challenging but critical road ahead. SCM #SupplyChain #Freight #Logistics #Future #Technology #Leadership.

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6 River Systems

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Choose software that facilitates the valuation and control of permanent inventories based on inputs or outputs, with automated stock alerts, that is versatile and independent of the type of business. Define normal parameters and fine-tune the physical inventory system. Once the method is working, standardize it. Robin Schwartz, PHR.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 13, 2023

Included in the results were noted inventory charges and losses on firm purchase commitments of $920 million as of December 31, 2022 compared to $95 million as of December 31, 2021. Gross profit for fiscal year was a loss of $3.1 Reported net operating loss for the fiscal year was $6.8 billion as compared to $4.7 billion in 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 28, 2023

US homes 8 retailers keeping Earth Day alive through a commitment to sustainability Ground parcel delivery costs reached a record high in Q1, although pricing discounts from carriers softened the blow, according to the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index. The portion of the index tracking ground parcel rates per package in Q1 was 29.5 percent for Q4.

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6 River Systems

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Statista found that 73 percent of buyers and users of freight transportation and logistics services say the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on their logistics and supply chain operations. Inventory requirements for all raw, WIP and finished goods. Storage needs for all raw, WIP and finished goods.

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DAT Solutions

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

So if you're looking to haul FEMA freight, or to help with disaster recovery, there's still plenty to do. Trucks, warehouse space, and logistics services are needed in Florida, Georgia and even Texas, and they may be required soon in Massachusetts or New Jersey. You can volunteer or look for paid work. How can you help?

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DAT Solutions

JULY 28, 2016

Van Rates Decline in 3 Biggest Freight Markets. Georgia (2.4). And reefer rates get a bump from back-to-school inventory build-up at supermarkets. Georgia (2.5). A downturn in July is a normal seasonal trend on the spot market, but it’s sometimes followed by a rebound in August and September. Illinois (1.7).

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Logistics Viewpoints

JULY 22, 2022

Körber acquires enVista’s omni-channel and global freight audit and payment services. Körber , an international technology group, has signed an agreement to purchase enVista’s platform of Enspire Commerce omnichannel solutions, including its order management system (OMS), and its freight audit and payment (FAP) service.

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ShipBob

MARCH 12, 2023

Zone skipping is a shipping strategy that involves consolidating parcel or freight loads based on region and then sending them out in a single shipment. This is particularly true for retailers that often have to move a large amount of freight into a specific region. What is zone skipping?

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

He shared that he worked for a freight forwarder providing supply chain planning services for a major retailer. Of the 114 balance sheet metrics tested in work with the statisticians at Georgia Tech, operating margin improvement has the highest correlation to market capitalization. I asked if he had tested the models by backcasting.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 23, 2015

Transportation and freight costs are reduced. Obsolete and excess inventory carriage are more preventable. Premium freight capacity improves. Caterpillar also returned about 1,900 jobs to Texas and Georgia to build construction equipment. for example, compared to shipping state-to-state. Supply chain risks are reduced.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MARCH 17, 2020

Georgia-Pacific, for instance is increasing short term production. But that’s not a lot relatively speaking given that domestic manufacturers have the ability to increase capacity, even if just for the short term. One of the largest toilet paper producers in the U.S.,

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Operations and Supply Chain Management

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Last year, I attended a three-day conference in Las Vegas conducted by the Reverse Logistics Association, a trade group whose members deal with product returns, unsold inventories and other capitalist jetsam. Most online shoppers assume that items they return go back into regular inventory, to be sold again at full price. Zachary said.

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 6, 2025

In our perspective we specifically observed: The notions of a coming supply shock impacting multiple industries in intermediate or finished goods supply is evidenced by the declines in new order volumes and shrinking inventory levels. Exports This CNBC State of Freight report is titled: Trump trade tariffs slump widens nearly all U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Freight rates to stay high into 2022. According to a survey of owner-operators and small fleets conducted by Bloomberg and Truckstop.com, shippers will continue to see “robust” contractual pricing for moving their truckload freight heading into 2022 thanks to solid demand and lingering capacity constraints.

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BR Williams Supply Chain Management

MARCH 10, 2023

We would like to share some insights on the general economy and freight market specifically with you: our customers, employees, business partners and community. While many economists warned of the inherent uncertainties of a market dependent upon new variables with very little historical precedent, few predicted the freight recession of 2022.

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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. for Dry Van and $2.39 for Refrigerated.

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