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2024: Planning for Success Amid the Uncertainty

Logistics Viewpoints

As Alan Amling at the University of Tennessee put it, “2024 is riddled with uncertainty.” The top three trends, innovations, and developments anticipated to impact supply chains by 2027 are: Big data and advanced analytics —For the third year in a row, this trend is in the top spot.

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Why Freight Tech Fails with Mike Wolf

The Logistics of Logistics

Mike earned his BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The University of Tennessee. Freight Tech Trends with Mike Mulqueen. About JBF Consulting. JBF Consulting is a supply chain execution strategy and systems integrator for logistics-intensive companies of every size and any industry. Learn More About Why Freight Tech Fails.

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Experts Reveal Top Transportation Trends to Watch

Supply Chain Opz

In this article, leading experts from various sectors in transportation industry will discuss transportation trends you should take a closer look. Lastly, air freight has been increasing rapidly over the past decade - a trend I suspect will continue. Are there other transportation trends to watch and why? Holcomb, Dept.

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Supply Chain Shortages Hit the Customer Where it Hurts

Logistics Viewpoints

Zero marks the historical average, and changes in either direction mark standard deviations from that trend. To avoid a full-on outbreak, all farms within six miles of the affected farm in Tennessee were quarantined. Actually, when looking a bit closer at the numbers, supply pressures actually fell below normal. in December 2021.

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Package Theft Season is Here

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Based on data from the FBI and Google Trends, package theft is big business. Eight US states have made package theft a felony: Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. This makes the season a prime target for package theft. Since 2020, online shopping has hit $1.7

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La Nina’s impact on the food supply chain

Resilinc

Northeast see less snow and rain than usual as La Niña causes storms to dump more precipitation over the Great Lakes, Ohio and Tennessee River valleys? Will drought persist in California, as La Niña shifts storm tracks northward? Will the U.S. How much will La Niña increase precipitation in Asia?

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This Week in Logistics News (April 8 – 14)

Logistics Viewpoints

The manufacturer’s private fleet has deployed a fleet of Einride EVs to haul freight between GE Appliances’ inbound warehouses and manufacturing facilities in Kentucky, Georgia, and Tennessee. In Tennessee, some of the EVs are also humanless Pods that use Einride’s artificial intelligence technology to haul goods.