FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Agile freight management is another go-to supply chain execution strategy Throughout 2020 the value of adaptability and flexibility within logistics was proven. Throughout the years to come, accurate data analysis will remain essential for effective truckload shipping. It’s that simple.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 7, 2023

That’s a deeply negative spread: In all of 2019 and most of 2020, spot rates were only 25 to 50 cents per mile below contract rates. That’s exactly what SONAR Supply Chain Intelligence (SCI) does: granular analysis of opportunities and risks in complex truckload transportation networks based on lane-by-lane transaction data.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Bureau of Economic Analysis, the American trade deficit on goods and services went up 4.2%, rising from $70.3 However, port information from San Pedro Bay ports, which handles 40% of US trade, shows that this trend of empty container outbound movement has been going on for a few years and is not a new phenomenon. Source : project44.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

The issue with recruiting and retaining truckers is that it is difficult to do so without understanding actual market trends and volatility. . It was predicted the industry would be down approximately 200,000 drivers by the end of 2020. According to MH&L News , “Recruiting is still the top challenge [for asset-based carriers].

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

If 2020 and if 2021 proved anything, it’s that the omni-channel selling environment is here to stay. These e-commerce trends are placing increasing pressure on logistics teams to keep up with demand volatility, provide incredibly fast delivery, and reliably fulfill all their promises to customers and consumers.

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Freightos

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

2020 was a critical year for small importers. Of course, COVID-19 has accelerated this trend, with more consumers working from home and ordering online, while it’s also become easier for sellers to source on Alibaba, import, and then sell on Shopify or Amazon.com. How does this help importers? Now for the details.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

If leveraged effectively, game-changing trends such as digitalization, e-commerce and the Belt and Road Initiative to increase infrastructure between China and the EU—the exact impact of which is yet to be fully understood—have the potential to add wind to the sails of global seaborne trade,” concludes Youssef. “If Rate uplift.

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Logistics Business Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

According to the Centre for Retail Research (CRR), 2020 was the most troubled period for the UK high street in over 25 years. Analysis by real estate advisor, Knight Frank , indicates that the continued rise in online shopping could drive demand for an additional 92 million square feet of industrial storage space across the UK by 2024.

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FLS Transport

AUGUST 20, 2020

As we entered 2020, it was supposed to be a year of moderate growth. The wild swings in volume and capacity since March have been shocking even for those that follow these types of trends. Rates were low and it felt like 2020 might be a repeat of 2019 with a capacity glut. The 2020 Peak Season is going to be brutal for shippers.

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MTS Logistics

MAY 22, 2023

Due to freight rates skyrocketing in 2020-2021 and in the beginning of 2022, Asian polymers have been dropping in price to be able to compete with the other regions of the world. The best course of action in the polymer market is to wait and see what will happen, with a strong emphasis on global conditions.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 24, 2021

For example, if your cost of goods sold for 2020 was $250,000, and your average inventory on hand was worth $25,000, your inventory turnover ratio would be $250,000/$25,000 = 10, meaning your entire stock of that particular SKU turns over around ten times per year. Perhaps it’s time for your company to take a more scientific approach.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

DECEMBER 19, 2021

If 2020 heralded the serious onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, then 2021 was the year that the after-effects and side-effects of the pandemic really hit home and boy did it hit hard, sparing no one globally, least of all global supply chains. 2021 saw widespread disruptions in the industry globally, characterized by. trillion growing 0.7%

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 17, 2017

So, let’s take a look at how our predictions for the first four manufacturing technology trends (Predictive analytics, 3D Printing, and VR) to watch for in 2016 stacked up. Of course, reports Predictive Analytics Times , analytics also possess potential to change how companies obtain the raw materials for their products.

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CH Robinson Logistics

JULY 8, 2021

The number of small packages shipped in 2020 is estimated to have been 132 billion, which is a 32% increase over the 2019 volumes. One estimate suggests that during the 2020 holiday season, demand for small parcel exceeded available capacity by nearly 7 million packages a day. What are the critical trends emerging from the data?

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FLS Transport

JANUARY 4, 2021

It seems most everyone is ready to put 2020 in the rear-view mirror. 2020 will certainly be a footnote in all our lives. It will be one of those times where we say, “well, in 2020…”. No one could have predicted the 2020 freight market. According to the FMCSA, 2020 saw the largest drop in drivers ever.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In the course of updating our annual research on the supply chain planning market , I talked to executives across the industry. Since then, virtually every supplier I talked to in the process of updating this year’s Supply Chain Planning Market Analysis Study has said they are investing in this area.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 21, 2020

In the final analysis then, it would appear that Amazon’s financial-performance blip is neither a hint that the company is running into difficulties, or that there is any sign of a slowdown in online retail growth. Of course, Walgreens and CVS both sell other commodities in addition to pharmaceuticals.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 29, 2021

Of course, during that same period, many retailers performed extremely well. The retailers that performed the best over the past year were generally the ones that sold essential goods, such as food, or benefited from the trends of the hour, such as home repair. Identify surface transportation trends being driven by U.S.

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Conger

JULY 28, 2022

million reported warehouse injuries and illnesses in 2020, down from 5.7% million to warehouses and storage facilities between October 2020 and September 2021. million for warehouses and storage facilities who were cited between October 2020 and September 2021. For instance, the U.S. Furthermore, there were 2.7 Crush injuries.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 23, 2018

billion in operating cashflow by 2020, compared with the $700m forecast for Delphi Technologies over the same period. According to Richards, this has changed with developments in technology and the accurate analysis of complex data sets, or ‘big data’. Another trend affecting the supply chain is the emergence of autonomous vehicles.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 5, 2018

And of course most can’t. Of course, consumer brand companies are especially at risk from being tarred with an anti-sustainability brush. Of course we all need to up our game. There is a need to optimize every component of logistics by following the latest trends and technologies.

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 19, 2018

An off-cited analysis from McKinsey in late 2017, for example, found automation could destroy as many as 73 million US jobs by 2030, about one third of all jobs in the country. Of course we all need to up our game. There is a need to optimize every component of logistics by following the latest trends and technologies.

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