Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 26, 2021

Fifty-two percent of respondents are working on individual digital projects but lack an overarching strategy that links all these efforts. In fact, IT spend as a percent of business capex crossed over the prior ~10 year average in 2019 and we see that trend extending in early 2020.”.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

What’s driving the change in ocean shipping and how does SONAR help shippers see the trends The import boom appears far from over, and it will have implications long after this wave of unprecedented orders subsides. And it’s critical to see what’s happening within the chart of the week.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Historically, as evidenced by a 2019 poll by the American Transportation Research Institute, turnover rates in the trucking business are substantially greater than in most occupations (ATRI). Let us check out some strategies you can deploy to decrease the driver churn rate for your trucking business. Connect with Turvo today. .

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The majority of respondents taking part in the 2019 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals/Penske Logistics Young Professionals Survey, which surveyed more than 100 supply chain professionals under age 30, said they enjoy working in the supply chain and that it makes them content.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 8, 2021

During times of high produce activity, the USDA surveys produce shippers in the areas they deem agricultural hubs. In the chart above, you are looking at the Reefer Outbound Tender Reject Index for this year, along with 2019-2020 in yellow and 2018-2019 in green. . SONAR USDA Produce Truckload Spot Rates (AGRATE).

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The majority of respondents taking part in the 2019 Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals/Penske Logistics Young Professionals Survey, which surveyed more than 100 supply chain professionals under age 30, said they enjoy working in the supply chain and that it makes them content.

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 24, 2018

The mood at the 3PL association’s annual conference was buoyant based on truckload demand, but concerns about brokers’ digital strategies floated. Macroeconomic trends, combined with intensifying supply chain complexity, means demand for 3PLs is increasing, Armstrong & Associates said, pointing out that the market grew 10.5

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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. In fact, 97 percent of manufacturers cite the IoT as the most important technology to impact the industry, explains a survey by Zebra Technologies, reports Macrofab.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 8, 2019

3 Supply Chain Trends to Track in 2019. However, this year hasn’t quite closed out yet (at the time of writing), so in the true spirit of just-in-time delivery, here’s a quick appraisal of three current trends that I believe will come on stronger, and perhaps become some of the most important to supply chain operators in 2019.

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Trinity Logistics

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Current trends point to the shortage growing to over 160,000 drivers by 2028. In a recent survey by the National Private Truck Council (NPTC), more than a third of all challenges private fleets face are driver-related, like aging drivers and their retirement, recruiting, turnover, hiring, and retention. CUSTOMER SERVICE.

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Airfreight Logistics

JULY 21, 2019

UPS have released the results of its 2019 UPS Industrial Buying Dynamics Asia Pacific Study , which finds B2B buyers in the region doing much of their purchasing online, and at the same time relying heavily on offline relationships and seeking out solid after-sales service.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

January 31, 2019 ·. Bureau of Labor Statistics on January 4, 2019 indicated an unemployment rate of 3.9 Louis FRED website shows the historical trends over the past decade indicating significant growth in jobs requiring a high school diploma or less. By Gurram Gopal. What’s happening under the employment hood? Let’s take a look.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Of course, all of this is easier said than done, but new challenges tend to require new strategies and new innovation. Just as few, if any, saw the severity of the current capacity crunch coming, it’s equally unclear just how long this trend will last. Freight Capacity Crisis: How Did We Get Here So Quickly? There are No Crystal Balls.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

According to McKinsey , the value of goods traded globally has tripled to more than US$10 trillion since 2000, and because of recent events, they are having to re-evaluate supply chain strategies. Unfortunately, the state of disruption to the current landscape has never been contemplated and very few strategies exist to navigate it.

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Automotive Logistics

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Some of this was to do with the ‘precision railroading’ strategy adopted by CSX last year, which suddenly removed 900 locomotives, 60,000 freight cars and 2,300 workers. The team is currently working through detailed process mapping to support smooth implementation in late 2018 and 2019.” . Telematics and better visibility.

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Logistics Bureau

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

million USD in 2019. And the trend towards online shopping continued, with the company reporting that online sales for the financial year ending June 2020 grew by 18.1 The survey noted that at least 80 percent of respondents plan to hike logistics outsourcing budgets beyond warehousing and fulfilment in 2020. percent over FY19.

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Turvo

JUNE 16, 2020

So it comes as no surprise that the biggest challenges for shippers, according to a 2019 survey, published by Inbound Logistics , revolve around lowering freight spend and e-commerce: “Nearly two-thirds of them—63%—cite cutting transportation costs as an important focus of their logistics efforts.

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Automotive Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2018

In terms of the driver shortage, ECG’s president Wolfgang Göbel presented figures showing that over the next 10-15 years in Germany alone, 40% of truck drivers would be retiring, which given current trends meant a shortfall of 150,000 drivers. It will apply to all vehicles from September 1, 2019. Asked whether the refiners of the 0.5%

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MAY 24, 2020

Recently, DCSA which is a nonprofit, independent organisation established in 2019 by some of the largest container shipping companies has accelerated its efforts for the standardisation of the Electronic Bill of Lading. 67% saying they would invest in technology as part of their recovery efforts post the pandemic. Conclusion.

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Logistics Bureau

MAY 8, 2019

This article, written by Mal Walker , Manager at Logistics Bureau, in the March/April 2019 issue of MHD Supply Chain Solutions. In early April I had the opportunity to visit Promat 2019 in Chicago. This may be hard to understand in a nation with over 330 million people, yet it’s top of the list in the Deloitte survey.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

I recently reviewed a survey from OpenText that took a look at this issue. The survey itself was much more far reaching than asking this simple question. OpenText surveyed over 25,000 consumers across 12 countries to look at consumer shopping patterns and behaviors and how the Covid pandemic changed consumer attitudes.

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247 Customs Broker

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

February 6, 2019 ·. This means a business will need to carefully develop a logistics strategy specifically for Canada. The key though is to develop a logistics strategy that will ensure delivery into Canada within a specific window of time. Canadian Warehouse Strategy. By Purolator. cannot simply be transferred to Canada.

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Logistics Bureau

AUGUST 2, 2020

The Coronavirus pandemic has raised concerns over China sourcing, accelerating the trend in businesses around the world seeking secondary sourcing countries. It’s more likely then, that smaller, more ‘nimble’ businesses will lead any accelerated trend away from China sourcing. Balancing Costs, Risks, and Resilience.

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247 Customs Broker

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Zvi Schreiber, CEO of Freightos , an online freight marketplace founded in Tel Aviv, says carriers may be hurting themselves by employing this strategy, especially if carriers try to “signal” rate information to keep them artificially high. Hamburg Süd, Hyundai Merchant Marine and OOCL were the three highest ranked carriers in 2018.

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Material Handling and Logistics

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Every year, in our annual MH&L Salary Survey , we ask readers to identify the biggest challenge they face in their jobs, and every year they tell us the same thing: finding, developing and retaining talent. They also agreed that the currently hot economic growth trend will cool down but not reverse its advance next year.

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