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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. Limited available real estate has further led to challenges as construction came to a halt in the past year.?

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Freight Visibility and Control: Introducing the Freightos Baltic Index (FBX)

Freightos

Freight Visibility and Control: Introducing the Freightos Baltic Index (FBX). Today, the go-to metric for that question is typically Standard & Poor’s 500, the Nikkei, or the Dow Jones Industrial Average (a shockingly poor indicator , if you look closer). The underlying premise dates back further, even for freight.

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[PODCAST] Shippers Who Excel at Recruiting Talent Improve Innovation, Culture, & Service

GlobalTranz

Hello and welcome back to another episode of “The Freight Project Podcast!” On today’s The Freight Project Podcast episode Cerasis welcomes Teresa Obinger, the Cerasis Human Resources Manager. We hope you enjoy “The Freight Project Podcast.” We hope you enjoy this episode of The Freight project podcast!

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June 2023 US Logistics Managers Index Drops to a Revised Low

Supply Chain Matters

According to the June report summary , the primary driver of the latest decline was the inventory metric, which reportedly contracted 6.5 Consequently, the warehousing capacity metric increased a reported 6.8 Both metrics contributed to the overall contraction in the LMI along with contracting price levels for transportation.

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Supply Chains in Recovery Mode: Forcing C-Level Focus on Digitally Transforming Their Supply Chains for 2022 and Beyond

BlueYonder

Transport costs are soaring to ridiculous levels, especially for those shippers that did not have an organized procurement strategy for freight movement. The insurgence of demand for e-commerce business is resulting in an increased demand for warehousing real estate space. Change is imminent, “ready or not.”.

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Excess Inventory? No Problem. You Have Trailers In the Yard.­­

Talking Logistics

The rise in e-commerce has caused a dramatic surge in the demand for industrial real estate,” The Real Deal reports. per square foot—the highest level since it began tracking the metric in 1989. During the third quarter of 2018, for example, 61.5 during the third quarter to $7.21 Tariffs and China.

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Supply Chain Market Report – July 2022

Elementum

Real Estate companies Compass and Redfin cut 10% and 8% of their workforces, respectively. Run the scenarios internally, identify your key metrics and triggers, be prepared with different action plans, and execute intentionally and confidently with the full support of your company’s C-Level. Meta froze hiring.