Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Last month, I had the opportunity to speak at CLX Logistics’ 6th Annual Customer Conference in Philadelphia. Mark Chrencik, Director of Operations at CLX Logistics (a Talking Logistics sponsor), kicked off the conference with a market update where he covered various trends in the industry, including fuel prices and linehaul rates.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

If you’ve attended any logistics conferences lately, or just tried covering a load in recent weeks, you know that the tide is turning in the transportation market. Will these trends continue in 2018? Capacity is tightening and rates are going up. What impact will the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate have on the market?

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247 Customs Broker

APRIL 10, 2018

The business rules and thinking of the industrial age won’t serve us well in the digital age, Andrew McAfee, co-founder and co-director of the Initiative on the Digital Economy, said at Tuesday’s keynote at the MODEX conference in Atlanta. He has been a contributor to MMH since 2004. He can be reached at [email protected].

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 3, 2018

However, this was not a broad-based trend. But it noted the individual carriers that belong to the alliances “continue to compete on price while operational efficiency and capacity utilization gains are helping to maintain low freight rate levels. “In an oversupplied market, consolidation is expected to continue,” the report said.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 10, 2019

I remember speaking a few years ago with Art Mesher, Descartes’ CEO from November 2004 through November 2013, and he attributed the turnaround to Descartes’ shift from a “culture of selling” to a “culture of serving.” A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Descartes Evolution Global User & Partner Conference 2019.

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Automotive Logistics

APRIL 11, 2019

The biggest parts supplier operating in Turkey is Bosch, with revenue of $901m in 2016, largely derived from locally produced brake systems, according to figures published by the country’s investment agency. And the OEM’s operation in Izmit is fairly small anyway, having made 38,319 Civic sedans last year, largely for the local market. .

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