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The Freight Broker’s Secret Weapon with Nick Schrock

The Logistics of Logistics

Nick is the CEO and Founder of Valoroo , an outsourcing provider that focuses specifically on the logistics industry. About Valoroo Based in San Diego, CA, Valoroo is an outsourcing provider that focuses specifically on the logistics industry. Nick Schrock and Joe Lynch discuss the freight broker’s secret weapon.

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Körber Elevate 2024: Chart Your Course

Logistics Viewpoints

I am coming to you from the sunny confines of San Diego, CA where I am attending the 2024 Körber Elevate conference. And while the industry faced a lot of complexities and challenges in 2023, we continue to face more every day. The most obvious intersection point is transportation.

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The Year Ahead with Doug Waggoner

The Logistics of Logistics

Doug is the CEO of Echo Global Logistics , a leading provider of technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management services. From 1986 to 1998, Waggoner held a variety of positions in sales, operations, marketing, and engineering at Yellow Transportation before becoming Vice President of Customer Service.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 29 – November 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

Logistics industry growth slowed in October. The truck driver shortage eased slightly in 2022, after more than 90% of TL carriers raised pay last year, but the industry still faces its second-largest number of vacancies on record, American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello said Tuesday. Tone sours on Q3 trucking calls.

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Does Geography Matter in the Digital Age?

Enterra Insights

Academics from the San Diego State University note, “With the rise of the Internet and the new era of globalization, some have argued that the world is flat — geography is dead.”[2] Transportation costs became lower in two ways. ”[2] However, SDSU professor Ming-Hsiang Tsou states, “We disagree with that.”

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Kinaxis Kinexions ’22: Ready. Together.

Logistics Viewpoints

Last week I attended Kinaxis Kinexions ’22 in San Diego, CA. The unique thing about these macro-disruptions was that they were felt by every industry, company, and geography at the exact same time. This was my first in-person event in over two years, and it did not disappoint.

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Christmas and the Poinsettia Supply Chain

Enterra Insights

Crockett explains, “The plant would only last 2-3 days — and its weak disposition meant that it couldn’t readily be transported en masse. His son, Paul Ecke, assumed the business in the 1920s and moved the operation to Encinitas, 25 miles north of San Diego. ” There was a problem, however.