Freight Waves

JUNE 3, 2025

Transportation metrics saw little change in May as capacity, utilization and pricing remained in expansion territory, according to a monthly survey of supply chain professionals. The Logistics Managers’ Index – a diffusion index in which a reading above 50 indicates expansion while one below 50 signals contraction – had a 54.7

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Supply Chain Brain

JULY 24, 2025

From planning cookie delivery routes to inventing new gadgets, girls will build key skills such as creative thinking, teamwork and problem-solving, getting a peek into how logistics keeps the world moving.

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Supply Chain Matters

MARCH 14, 2025

Now, with the publishing of the February 2025 Logistics Managers Index , there is added evidence that manufacturers and retailers have been pre-loading inventory levels at considerable volumes to hedge the expected impacts of increased U.S. import tariffs, including likely retaliatory tariffs. The reported overall value of 62.8

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Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 7, 2023

Logistics Managers Index (LMI) that dropped to an all-time low for May 2023. The May report narrative reinforced that “ the negatives seem to outweigh the positives in the logistics industry.” logistics industry continues in a state of recession. Supply Chain Matters highlights this week’s release of the U.S. The post U.S.

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Supply Chain Matters

JULY 7, 2023

Logistics Managers Index (LMI) that again dropped to an all-time low for June 2023. 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 percentage points in June.

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 12, 2022

In this Supply Chain Matters posting we highlight published September 2022 indices of global supply chain volatility ( GSPI ) and US Logistics Index ( LMI ) activity trends along with our view of the implications. Logistics Managers Index. The takeaway for September was that global manufacturing activity officially fall below the 50.0

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 23, 2022

logistics reinforce both headwinds and added concerns. US Logistics Managers Index. Also reported was less change in Inventory and Warehousing metrics as costs continue to grow and capacity remains tight. Logistics Managers index reflects a lull in imports to U.S. Global Supply Chain Pressure Index. The latest U.S.

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