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2017 Manufacturing Outlook Report: Despite Barriers, Manufacturers Expect Growth

GlobalTranz

According to a recent survey conducted by KLR one of the largest accounting firms in New England, manufacturers are largely positive about where their industry is heading.  KLR discovered that more than half of New England manufacturing executives expect continued revenue growth in 2017.

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Are You a Buyer of Logistics Services? Take the 3PL Survey

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Editor's Note: Our friend, Jim Bierfeldt with LogisticsMarketing.com , came up with a 3PL Survey for buyers of logistics services. Take the survey below. Over the past few years, we have surveyed about 350 different buyers of logistics services. Three themes emerged from survey results : YOU DON’T KNOW MY BUSINESS!

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Back to Logistics Tech School, 2022: the Lost Peak Season, the lingering COVID impact and more

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The low rates that triggered Hanjin’s bankruptcy in 2017 quickly became a thing of the past, as surging demand, congestion, and a litany of global shipping catastrophes pushed ocean freight rates into the stratosphere. Watch Peak Season Webinar. Logistics tech in 2022 has been unavoidably shaped by the two years that preceded it.

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Will 2017 Drive a Higher TMS Adoption for Small to Mid-Sized Shippers?

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2017 is projected to be a year in which more shippers break out of the mold, embracing newer transportation management systems ( TMSs ). Unfortunately, this means predictions for adoption rates in 2017 would be likely to remain in this range. It is in your best interest to implement a TMS now, and 2017 is the year to do it.

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Numbers Don’t Lie—Demand is Driving Industry Growth

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That figure is doubled as compared to the same time period in 2017. In a Truckstop.com survey, 83% of respondents said they expected demand to increase over the next 6 months; that is a strong measure of confidence in the need for trucking capacity. Yet the current discrepancy in capacity remains. What do all these numbers indicate?

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Blockchain in Supply Chain: 2 Ethereum-Based Projects That Demonstrate How Blockchain Can Improve Supply Chains

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2017 was the year that blockchain technology finally made world headlines, but it was mostly for the wrong reason. Author information Adam Robinson Adam Robinson oversees the overall marketing strategy for Cerasis including website development, social media and content marketing, trade show marketing, email campaigns, and webinar marketing.

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The 5 Key Reasons Why Data Quality Is So Important

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There are no old surveys to throw out or extra printing costs. And certainly, no one left using an old version of the survey. There is a pressing need to eliminate the lag time between when a survey is completed in the field and when it is received. Solution: REAL TIME DATA.

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