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The State of the Trucking Market in 2021

GlobalTranz

High freight volumes across all industries in the trucking market are expected to continue into 2022.? The added strain on resources is on track to force high freight volumes to continue well into the next year. Download the White Paper: Over the Road Freight Management Trends. Carrier Vetting for OTR Freight.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 25 – December 1)

Logistics Viewpoints

The top gifts were clothes and accessories, which about half of those surveyed purchased, and toys, which nearly a third of people surveyed bought. million km) using battery-electric vehicles hauling customer freight. Schneider says it began running the trucks to haul customer freight in January. million this year, up from 130.2

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This Week in Logistics News (December 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Retailer Wal-Mart de Mexico to invest $1.3 billion in Logistics in Mexico (Reuters). MyWebGrocer and Descartes Combine Solutions to Help Grocers Drive Ecommerce Growth and Profitability. Announces Cloud-Based Marketplace Services and Platform Innovations. R2 Freight & Logistics, Inc.

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How Automotive Companies Are Transforming Their Supply Chains, Part 2

BlueYonder

In a series of blog articles, the Product/Solutions Marketing team explores new business challenges and innovation solutions to change the game and manage disruptions. In the Part 1 blog post last week, we addressed key imperatives and attained benefits. Terence: What about in the medium-term?

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Experts Discuss How to Streamline Global Supply Chain

Supply Chain Opz

The Lean journey should focus on straightforward activities that everyone can see and understand because the tools take on a life of their own, causing the operation to lose sight of the simple goal of waste elimination. This will make the supplier sluggish to respond to changes and slow moving on innovation. What can you do?

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Skillfully Managing Manufacturing Reshoring Projects

GlobalTranz

The charter should include considerations of the various stakeholder groups including finance, engineering, manufacturing, purchasing, marketing, facilities, IT, human resources, and government affairs. Innovation and Automation. Reshoring requires innovation, automation, and localization of products. An Example.

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The Better Goal: More Fuel Efficient Trucks or Using Fewer Trucks?

Talking Logistics

However, based on reviews of initial summaries, we do have concerns that the rule will push truckers to purchase technology that is not fully tested and may lead to costs such as maintenance and downtime that will eclipse the potential savings estimated in the proposal.”. Put differently, in FY 2007, Del Monte left 11.2