FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

from 2020 to 2027.” It always goes back to using data as a best practice for all aspects of freight management. Logistics automation continues to benefit from the increased viability of advanced analytics Data analytics provide a wide range of benefits for shippers that can properly harness logistics automation.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

from 2020 to 2027.” It always goes back to using data as a best practice for all aspects of freight management. Logistics automation continues to benefit from the increased viability of advanced analytics Data analytics provide a wide range of benefits for shippers that can properly harness logistics automation.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In that study, FourKites 2021 revenues were estimated to be $65 million. FourKites believes they have the largest repository of supply chain data in the world. I attended my first Visibility conference in 2020. In 2020, the visibility had just expanded beyond tracking shipments to providing yard visibility.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

OCTOBER 4, 2021

A 2020 SYSPRO survey showed that 60% of manufacturing and distribution businesses were impacted by supply chain disruptions during the pandemic. Here are examples of the tangible return-on-investment (ROI) ERP can bring to your business: Maintain competitive advantage with ERP. Use ERP to improve operations and efficiency.

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2020

How has the pandemic impacted warehousing and logistics operations in 2020, 2021 and beyond? This acceleration will continue in 2021 and beyond. Data is an invaluable asset and its power is only unlocked if it is actioned at the right time to the right person to drive an improved outcome.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

APRIL 6, 2021

This article introduce 10 Logistic Companies that have applied innovation in their procesess, products or services, to provide solutions during 2020 -a challenging year even for innovators- and at the same time, gives interesting examples of how logistics can be applied in a wide variety of industries in different stages of the value chain.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Prior to 2020, they were paying around ten cents a mask. During 2020, Cooper was paying up to a $1.50 While getting personal protection equipment was difficult, 2021 was an even more challenging time for the supply chain team. 2020 it was just a scramble for PPE,” Dr. Runkle explained. “We

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CH Robinson Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Robinson’s own technology and data from the largest network in the freight industry, help our customers stay on top of the trends that influence their supply chains. As a researcher at Michigan State’s Broad College of Business, I will explain how I arrived at this figure, based on available data. for Q2 2021, relative to Q2 2018.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 3, 2022

I had just reviewed KION Group’s financials that showed the Supply Chain Solutions segment (Dematic) grew by 44 percent in 2021. Similarly, a Honeywell investor presentation stated that its Intelligrated business grew by approximately 50 percent in 2021. There are many other similar growth examples in warehouse automation.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 11, 2024

Using the past five years of tender rejection rates as examples of the various market types, there have been no scenarios where we’ve seen a relative balance between carrier capacity and shipping demand. Once the market tightens and rates move higher as they did in 2020, carriers abandon these agreements for more lucrative moves.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MARCH 22, 2021

Rostock, March 23, 2021 — With shipping rates at historic highs, ocean shipment data collected by ocean freight intelligence company Ocean Insights ( a project44 company ) spotlights ongoing shipment delays at major shipping ports. A striking increase from February 2020, when LA posted a modest 0.5 days in February 2021.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2022

For example, in a recent CNBC interview Ben Bernanke noted that the Federal Reserve likely looked at the unemployment rate and total employment in early 2021 and inferred that there was plenty of slack in the labor market. For example, interest rate hikes tend to deter lower priority investments and those that require debt financing.

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Freightos

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The global economy has gone through an incredibly tumultuous time since 2020. Between May and September of 2021 alone rates tripled. the Fed’s 2% per annum target, with the rate of inflation nearly doubling from September 2021 to June 2022 following the freight rate peak. CPI rate in October 2021. Sources: U.S.

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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. For example, they might browse products online, but visit a brick-and-mortar store to finalize their selection. of all e-commerce sales in the US during 2021. The mega online retailer accounted for a staggering 41.4%

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Now, That's Logistics

JULY 27, 2021

If 2020 was the year for pandemic-driven disruption for organizations around the globe, then 2021 is the year when those interruptions trickled down into the world’s supply chains. Container availability dropped at the three southern China ports, the publication adds, citing data from Container xChange. 5 Steps to Take Now.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Sunlight , a member of the international investment Olympia Group, has published strong financial results for H1 2021 with an 180% increase in EBITDA and 68% increase in turnover, compared to H1 2020. Turnover for Sunlight in H1 2021 amounted to €126m compared to €75m during the same period last year, i.e. a 68% increase.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The Journey to Improve Service When Mr. Masters joined the company in August of 2020, the company had three business units each using its own carriers. Any shipment moving from Siloam Springs to Bentonville, Arkansas, for example, would be one lane. An RFP is a data intensive exercise. This made the data analysis easier.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 8, 2021

This was just the latest of several omnichannel fulfillment enhancements from Walgreens, including nationwide rollout of same-day delivery with Instacart , launched February 2021, and nationwide same-day curbside pick-up , launched July 2020. Critical data to track. Carrier invoice data (actual costs).

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Knight Frank ’s preliminary data shows that take-up of UK warehouse space in Q3 2021 totalled 15.7 This is 27% above the Q1-Q3 2020 total and puts the UK industrial & logistics sector on course for a record year, as the unprecedented levels of occupier demand looks set to ensure that the industry will beat the 51.6m

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Now, That's Logistics

MAY 11, 2021

More threats could emerge in 2021 as countries around the globe rush to get their citizens vaccinated against the persistent, pervasive virus (and the new variants that continue to surface). “As Nuspire’s John Ayers points to security awareness training, proper data classification (i.e.,

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MTS Logistics

APRIL 15, 2022

Despite all these issues, cargo handled has rose a whopping 22% in the period of December 2021/January 2022/February 2022 compared to the December 2020/January 2021/February 2021 period according to data from the Port of Houston. East Coast ports, especially Savannah and Charleston due to proximity.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

This week, learn how freight market participants, especially trucking carriers , rely on both the Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel Rack (ULSDR) data index and the FUELS index to measure diesel fuel price volatility and to understand its impact on their operations and the freight market at large. What are the ULSDR data and FUELS indices?

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ShipLilly

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

For example, the Freightos Baltic Daily Index (FBX) indicated that the China-West Coast rates were $1,378 per 40-foot equivalent unit on Monday. Indeed, its current rates are down 93% compared to the all-time high achieved in September 2021. This is a fall of 87% compared to the peaks that the same route achieved in September 2021.

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Now, That's Logistics

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Retail ecommerce increased by 75% in 2020 in Canada and is on track to expand by another 12% in 2021, according to eMarketer. For example, retailers are investing in digital platforms to reach consumers dispersed over a vast land mass while responding to competition from global e-tailers.

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FreightWaves SONAR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Major weather storms have been prevalent throughout the years and 2021 is no exception – the major winter storm that swept the nation in February, multiple hurricanes with the latest, Hurricane Ida, ravaging the Gulf Coast. For example, the Outbound Tender Volume Index (OTVI) is a 7-day moving average of shippers’ requests for capacity.

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Locus

MAY 25, 2022

Take last-mile deliveries for example. The American customer satisfaction index customer experience benchmarks for timeliness of delivery fell drastically from 82 in 2020 to 76 in 2022. The American customer satisfaction index customer experience benchmarks for ease of tracking shipment fell to 81 in 2022 from 83 in 2020 in the US.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

The interface standards allow carriers, ports, terminals and other service providers involved in a port call to exchange event data in a uniform way, enabling automated data exchange. DCSA Port Call Data Definitions can be freely downloaded from the DCSA web site. Pilot boarding place arrival and service planning.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 9, 2023

For example, in the future, staff scheduling need not be handled by employees, but rather can be carried out by intelligent software tools via data processing. Keywords like full data transparency, self-learning and self-recovery are hallmarks of TGW’s Future Fulfillment Center.

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Freightos

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Since early 2020, global trade has been buffeted by waves of increased customer demand, supply chain challenges, and constant uncertainty and volatility. Since early 2020, the supply chain ramifications of COVID have been a rollercoaster for businesses of all shapes and sizes. What Goes Up, Must Come Down. So what does it mean?

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ShipLilly

OCTOBER 26, 2021

For example, we know that Walmart and Home Depot have resorted to chartered vessels to ensure that their supply chain is not disrupted. By 2020, transportation costs accounted for over 5% of GDP. This is the highest level recorded in the last 10 years according to data from the annual State of Logistics report.

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Turvo

DECEMBER 7, 2021

According to the Shanghai index (SCFI) , freight is around $2,900 for twenty-foot containers (TEUs), almost three times the $1,000 registered in the first week of January 2020 and 3.6 Maersk, which pre-announced record second-quarter 2021 results last August, estimated that global container shipping demand grew only 2.7%

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

MARCH 21, 2022

SCM solutions provide oversight of materials and products, and their associated data, as they move through the supply chain from supplier to consumer. By gaining access to the data in these processes, businesses are better able to coordinate workflows, improve efficiencies, and ensure that customers get the product they ordered.

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Stord

APRIL 11, 2022

in July 2020 and bottoming out at 1.07 in April 2021. Source: Federal Reserve Economic Data ) The reason for the lack of inventory is complex. For example, while consumer goods production recovered from international closures last summer, those goods would not reach the U.S. in January 2021). months of sales.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 2, 2022

To bring transparency and structure into the supply chain, the company has been relying on the SCM software OSCA since 2021. In 1989, for example, the company obtained the license for JOOP! Between 25 and 30 suppliers work for the company, which has been based in Schwaebisch Hall since 2020.

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ShipLilly

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

For example, scheduled places in the lines are lost. Examples include sleeping in their trucks near the lots of the plants. The Labor Department Data in the USA for example indicates that the sector added 74,500 jobs between April 2020 and September 2021, bearing in mind seasonal adjustment.

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CLX Logistics

JULY 26, 2021

Let’s look at the facts – the percentage of supply chain managers using new analytics tools and services to develop better bidding strategies has increased from 17% in 2017 to more than 30% in 2020. Soon, it’ll almost be a guarantee that if you’re not leveraging modern data analytics properly, you’re losing money or leaving it on the table.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 13, 2022

Nearly two-thirds of businesses responding to the 2020 Gartner Sustainability Survey said they were pressured by customers to invest in sustainability initiatives while 48% said pressure was coming from investors and 48% cited regulators. Leaf Logistics Inc. CEO Anshu Prasad compares what his firm is creating to a power grid. DROP AND HOOK.

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