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Freight Volume Rebounds to Pre-Pandemic Levels

Zipline Logistics

As we move into the back half of May, the freight market is starting to show signs of an expedited rebound. . Th ese conditions have caused a more favorable freight environment. However, r eject rates from drivers are still down currently , a nd the DAT P ower I ndex still leans in favor of shipper s. .

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Justifying Investments in Risk Avoidance

MIT Supply Chain

I gave the example of Sun Microsystems, which suffered a spate of freight thefts in Europe. Consider, for example, Amazon’s drive to build more warehouses throughout the US. This supported an extremely lean build-to-order operation with minimal inventory. ID situations where resilience is a by-product.