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Transportation Trends: What’s Going on in the Trucking Industry?

PINC

Here are the top trucking trends that all shippers should be aware of, according to The American Transportation Research Institute. Coming into 2019, issues like the tariff wars, driver shortage, and rising freight rates were high on transportation managers’ radar screens. Terrill Transportation Inc. economy expanded by 2.1%

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Supply Chain Digitization Gains Favor as Disruptions Continue

Logistics Viewpoints

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) continues to rank driver shortages, driver retention, and the costs of extensive regulatory compliance on carrier operations as top concerns for carriers. Many analysts report that shippers are increasingly looking at digital solutions to improve supply chain performance.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended the installation of such technologies in all new passenger vehicles. delaying shipments and raising transportation costs. More incidents are being reported at inland logistics hubs. Average worldwide costs of shipping a 40-foot container rose 23% in the week through Jan.

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Embracing the Supply Chain as A Complex Non-linear System

Supply Chain Shaman

This weekend, I edited the Supply Chains to Admire report. The report was scheduled to publish in the summer of 2023, but life got in the way. The full report publishes this week. I laugh that writing the report is like a root canal. With surgery, I just never got to the report finished. Writing it takes weeks.

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Supply Chain Lessons From NW Arkansas with Donnie Williams

The Logistics of Logistics

in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, all from Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA. News & World Report has rated the Walton Supply Chain program among the best in the United States.Since its founding at the University of Arkansas in 1926, the Sam M. Donnie Williams , Ph.D.

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Descartes’ Study Reveals 65% of Companies Plan to Accelerate Supply Chain and Logistics Innovation Investment

Descartes

Descartes’ Study Reveals 65% of Companies Plan to Accelerate Supply Chain and Logistics Innovation Investment ATLANTA, Georgia and LONDON, U.K., Descartes’ Study Reveals 65% of Companies Plan to Accelerate Supply Chain and Logistics Innovation Investment ATLANTA, Georgia and LONDON, U.K.,

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2024 Supply Chain Economic Update

American Global Logistics

Key Economic Indicator #1: Gross Domestic Product (GDP) The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the annual US GDP rate increased in December 2023. December’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) The BEA reported the CPI increased 0.3 Based on a survey of economists, the WSJ reported expectations of recession had dropped markedly.