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Continued Disruption and Added Cost Inflation Reflected in Key Global Transportation and Logistics Indices in March and Q1 2022

Supply Chain Matters

In a prior published commentary, we provided highlights of March and Q1-2022 global production indices along with their implications. We now add highlights of March and Q1-2022 key global transportation and logistics indices. and Warehousing Prices (90.5) Because of this, both Inventory Costs (91.0) this month. ’.

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Blue Yonder Pivots to a Partnership Strategy

Logistics Viewpoints

Umar Ausaf head’s Blue Yonder’s partnership program in North America. Take the transportation management system (TMS) market, for example. Beecher pointed out that his direct manager, Mr. Ausaf, was formerly the Vice President of North American Service Sales. He used to compete with the Partners.

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Blue Yonder is a Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader 13 Years in a Row

BlueYonder

Today we’re undertaking a digital transformation, supported by a move to the cloud, that’s setting the stage for automation and exception-based management across our global transportation network. We were able to make better decisions via automation, while also eliminating days of manual effort.

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Evidence Mounts of Non Peak Holiday Season in Transportation and Logistics

Supply Chain Matters

While 209,000 workers were added in June, 14,000 freight and parcel carriers were cut and 6,900 warehousing and storage jobs were lost. In the past we would expect to see transportation and warehousing ramping up hiring in late summer ahead of peak season. ” warehouse workers in June of 2022. There were 1.96

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Tight container market creating capacity issues for shippers

Turvo

The global transportation system in 2021 is experiencing a unique and unexpected crisis. Containers from Asia were shipped to North America, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, almost nothing moved in the opposite direction. And it wasn’t just about docks and warehouses. What happened to the containers?

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Another Peloton Supply Chain and Customer Service Turnabout

Supply Chain Matters

The saga of fitness hardware and services provider Peloton Interactive took yet another turn last week with an announcement of the pending closing of the company’s owned North American warehouses and the shedding of field customer support teams, along with other moves. West Coast were in excess of 200 days.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 20-24, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Paragon Software Systems Ensures Drivers Follow Optimized Transport Plans with Paragon Waypoint Mapping. LOG-NET announces release of Next Generation Global Transportation Management with its version 8.0. Lineage Logistics Announces Strategic Partnership with BluJay Solutions. Price-Fixing Probe (WSJ – sub.