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The State of the Trucking Market in 2021

GlobalTranz

Let’s consider these top factors affecting the trucking market, their implications on supply chains and how they are driving change within the industry. . Fewer labor resources are available to meet the rising demand in both the warehouse and in transit. ? to avoid significant supply chain disruption.

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The Changing Landscape of Real Estate in the Logistics Industry

Logistics Bureau

This article delves into the changes that new commercial business models, customer expectations, and technology are bringing about in the logistics environment, focusing particularly on how those changes are impacting the planning, procurement, design, layout, and operation of distribution centres. The Changing Face of the DC.

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

BlueYonder

Focus on warehouse automation has come full circle since the last big automation movement of the ‘90s, but today with a significantly better set of tools and technological improvements enabling more robust digital transformation and warehouse automation. Brief highlights of logistics investments over the last three decades.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 30 – May 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

Warehouse vacancy rates sink to 27-year low. In early April, employees at an Amazon warehouse on New York’s Staten Island made history by becoming the first Amazon warehouse to vote to join a union (JFK8 fulfillment center). Do other warehouses follow suit and join a union?’ Demand for piece-picking robots gains steam.

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How a 3PL Empowers Shippers With LTL Transportation Stability

GlobalTranz

For shippers, understanding what’s impacting the LTL market and how it affects traditional approaches to LTL transportation management is critical to maintaining supply chain efficiency. Fewer labor resources are available to meet the rising demand in both the warehouse and in transit. Managed Supply chain solutions.

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June 2023 US Logistics Managers Index Drops to a Revised Low

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters provides highlights and added perspectives on the release of the U.S. Consequently, the warehousing capacity metric increased a reported 6.8 Similar trends were highlighted in our Supply Chain Matters summary of the May 2023 LMI report. The June value of 45.6 declined 1.7 and a significant 5.3

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4 Considerations for Planning a Greenfield Site

Locus Robotics

Order demand is increasing at continued record volumes, leaving fulfillment companies with the realization that they have insufficient warehouse space to store, pick, and pack orders. There’s no way to plan supply chain trends for five to 10 years down the road with the industry evolving as rapidly as it currently is.