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2024 Freight Market Survey Results

Trinity Logistics

Trinity Logistics wanted to get answers to these questions for you, so we asked a random sample of our shipper and carrier relationships to gauge the effect 2023 had on their business and what their expectations for 2024 in our first Freight Market Survey. Low rates and increasing operating costs were the main challenges facing carriers.

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Industry Outlook: Manufacturing Trends

Trinity Logistics

Many of today’s manufacturing trends are in line with the industry’s goals to improve processes, create more efficiency, and meet consumer demand. Let’s dive into the latest manufacturing trends. WHAT ARE THE LATEST TRENDS IN MANUFACTURING? Diversifying the workforce is a trend that goes in hand with employee recruiting.

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Trends Shaping the Chemical Industry

Trinity Logistics

Adapting to trends is crucial for chemical manufacturers to stay successful. The most profitable companies will be ones that work with business partners who keep them updated on these trends and embrace any changes that may come their way. Moreover, they feed AI algorithms this data to forecast better and optimize their operations.

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Analyzing the cost of container scarcity and port congestion on freight operations – market survey & results

Shipping and Freight Resource

The weight of COVID-19 saw supply chains buckle, as stakeholders had little visibility into end-to-end logistics operations. The congestion also has to do with a trend reversal in economic trade activity. A report will be developed based on the survey responses and will be sent out to the respondents’ email addresses upon release.

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Demand Forecasting: How It Enhances Ecommerce Operations

Ship Monk

The process usually includes analyzing historical data for seasonal trends and product performance, as well as gathering current data on competitors, marketplace trends, future marketing plans and promotions. Creating graphs and pie charts out of your numerical data can make it easier to spot trends and gain insights.

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New Gartner survey takes deep dive into global sourcing and supply chain resiliency

Logistics Management

A new survey released this week by global research and advisory company Gartner examines how the trend of moving sourcing and manufacturing operations out of China is on the rise, for global supply chain leaders.

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Top Ecommerce Trends for 2024

Ship Monk

We can’t predict when joggers will go out of style (never, we hope) but we are pretty good at predicting ecommerce trends. Here are a few of the trends we think are going to be big in 2024. Competing with Amazon A Criteo survey found that when all other things are equal (i.e., Mobile Takes the Lead Of the $9.8