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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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How a 3PL Empowers Shippers With LTL Transportation Stability

GlobalTranz

the past 13 months of sustained rising freight demand and widespread shortage of labor up-and-down supply chains has brought the LTL trucking sector, and the shippers that depend on it to move palletized shipments, to a turning point.”. freight and delivery needs. State of the LTL Market. As reported by the? Journal of Commerce ,?

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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). The underlying premise dates back further, even for freight. By 1985, the Baltic Exchange published its first daily dry bulk freight index. A New Freight Index. By Zvi Schreiber, CEO, Freightos. The Age of the Index.

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

BlueYonder

Impact: This is resulting in procurement teams scrambling to find new supply sources, while engineers are looking for substitutions alternatives, and other company leaders are figuring out how to bring more in-house for a vertical integrated approach. Change is imminent, “ready or not.”.

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June 2023 US Logistics Managers Index Drops to a Revised Low

Supply Chain Matters

This week, global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield released its Q2-2023 industrial real estate report which was headlined with industrial vacancy rates increasing by 60 basis points to 4.1 Surge or seasonal capacity is usually pegged to spot rates based on available capacity.

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Coronavirus reminds us to review supply chain continuity plans

NC State SCRC

In China, the key provinces for the procurement of mechanical components, and electronics and electrical components/services in China include Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Shandong, Beijing, Hunan, Jiangxi, etc. Other categories like cotton and rigid packaging will have major challenges in cross-border trade.

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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. Over the last 2 years, Supply Chain teams have been struggling to procure and manufacture enough inventory. Javier Echevarria has joined Ingredion as their Chief Procurement Officer. Corporate layoffs are starting to make headlines.