FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 3, 2021

SONAR data show that the freight market for inbound Detroit loads is highly volatile based on auto production trends – inbound Detroit loads should be less expensive when OEMs are sourcing a lot of components as assembly volumes ramp up. The volatility in the auto industry has wreaked havoc on the Detroit freight market. .

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FreightWaves SONAR

JULY 24, 2023

As the industry struggles to recover from the unprecedented global events of 2020, recognizing budget limitations is essential for industry growth and success. In most industries, supply chain logistics account for 5% to 50% of a product’s total cost.” Transportation management depends on historical and real-time data.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Data and freight analytics platforms play a pivotal role in freight forecasting. Data and analytics platforms assemble and organize data for meaningful, actionable use. When the data is collected and made more available and accessible, carriers and logistics service providers (LSPs) can improve trucking operation decisions.

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Locus

JUNE 15, 2023

As supply chains move past the uncertainties of 2020, they are met with new challenges while continuing to meet demands for greater efficiency, reduced operational costs and memorable consumer experiences. Many firms are adopting a range of technologies to improve supply chain operations, including industrial automation.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 12, 2021

Yes, it has asked the industry for more in recent months, but what about before the pandemic? Political instability, Brexit, pent-up consumer demand, spot versus contract considerations, and more complicate freight managers’ duties and add more transportation data to the industry. Let’s hit pause for a moment. trucking market.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

But knowing what’s happening based on historic, peer and market data can help shippers figure out how carriers price freight loads. Here are a few things managers need to keep in mind when working with real-time freight data for pricing purposes. . Shippers may not track this data independently.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JULY 28, 2021

Despite revenue declines across the industry in 2020, we estimate that freight spend was as high as pre-pandemic levels due to growth in packaging demand and elevated freight rates. Request a SONAR Demo. Request a SONAR SCI Demo. Last year, FreightWaves estimated that the top five paper and packaging companies in the U.S.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 5, 2021

With the havoc 2020 caused, can shipping trends get any worse? And demands for 2021 already reveal strife in procurement in the shipping industry and visibility through all operations, including carrier troubles. But with the wave that was 2020, 2021 could show an exciting scenario for those applying. The short answer?

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FreightWaves SONAR

JULY 26, 2021

Despite the revenue declines posted by the industry in 2020, we believe that industry freight spend is just as high as pre-pandemic levels due to growth in packaging demand and higher freight rates. Like many industries, 2020 was challenging for the paper and packaging industry. Request a SONAR Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 21, 2021

This “SONAR highlight reel” freight market update report, which we plan to publish every other week, is intended to concisely hit data highlights in the truckload, intermodal and maritime industries. June is typically a strong period for truckload demand and this June is proving to be no exception. Request a SONAR Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

While the industry moves toward more cohesive programs to track performance, including profitability per load, the need to boost benchmarking through freight KPIs is absolute. The increased visibility of data for trucking fleets makes for an excellent resource that assists with trucking RFP accuracy and unnecessary rating losses.

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FreightWaves SONAR

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Therefore, the intermodal volume trajectory in the fourth quarter may more closely resemble 2020 (rising in November and December) rather than 2018-2019 (declining in November and December from October levels). Request a SONAR Demo. Request a SONAR SCI Demo. FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE WHITE PAPER.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The freight transportation industry has always been slow to adopt new advances in tools, software and automation. However, 2020 helped shed light on just how behind the industry is compared to others. Prioritizing moves based on inbound and outbound data trends. Industry expert guidance as a best practice.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 28, 2021

Surviving the tumultuous year of 2020 represented the most critical challenge shipping leaders had to face in years. Enterprise shippers are looking for ways to capture and analyze more data Making the most of available technology has always been critical for fine-tuning a supply chain. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 22, 2020

With that in mind, the trucking RFP has come into play as a more significant undertaking for 2021 contracts as the freight market saw volatility in 2020 on the spot market due to historic tender rejections and volumes adding to increased prices. A confident, data-driven trucking RFP undertaking can make a big difference in freight spend.

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Shipchain

JUNE 25, 2019

We must embrace the possibilities of Big Data, the Internet of things, blockchain technology, predictive analytics, and the growing unrest that these things bring to the industry. The Internet of Things (IoT) serves as a mean for connecting systems together, and Big Data analytics give supply chain leaders insight into granular data.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Many asset-based carriers utilize freight broker and data technology to recruit truck drivers and reel in new talent. It is considerably more important to find talent quickly to fill the ever-growing needs of the freight and shipping industry. The industry is growing and will only continue to suffer from finite trucking capacity.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The effects of the disruptions over the past year have likely forever changed the industry, requiring shippers to scale and evolve operations radically seemingly overnight. With all the pressure for more and faster service among shippers, dropshipping has seen a renewed focus within the industry.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 12, 2021

Going back to spring 2020, it’s easy to see where the problems began. However, peer, market and historical freight invoice data can help, and it’s essential to know why. Freight management parties still struggle with limited, outdated data. At the same time, data is not created equally. Raw data may sound universal.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 1, 2021

Contract rates account for a considerable percentage of trucking industry loads. Spot rates make up a minor part of the industry. These issues are easily avoided by using trucking data and analytics that provide real-time visibility. Request a SONAR demo by clicking the button below to get started. Request a SONAR Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Collect data and benchmark your carriers’ performance. Collect and benchmark carrier performance data. That might include collecting both internal data and using the resources available in SONAR, such as SONAR InGauge, to compare carrier data against the industry. . Request a SONAR demo online to get started.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

As reported by Business Wire , the freight brokerage industry “is poised to grow by $41.47 billion during 2020-2024, progressing at a compound annual growth rate of 4% during the forecast period.” Near real-time data. Near-real-time data in day-to-day operations keeps rates and capacity as accurate as possible.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In a changing industry, digital transformation often feels like a buzzword that leads companies to rush towards streamlining operational efficiency. Streamlining and digitizing data and automating internal and external operations increases the efficiency of the whole industry. Industry 4.0

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FreightWaves SONAR

AUGUST 18, 2021

Current market conditions are among the most difficult that the industry has faced in recent years. The current trends in maritime shipping data suggest increased shipment delays and further inflationary pressures on rates. has been trending higher since mid-June 2020, likely setting new all-time highs in the coming weeks.

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EazyStock

DECEMBER 13, 2020

You already know the biggest supply chain disruption of 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic. The prevailing effects of COVID-19 are uncertainty and disruption; the key to planning ahead for 2021 will be to analyze the effects of 2020. The pandemic has impacted industries differently across the board. But ‘back to normal’?

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

With all the disruptions in the supply chain since 2020, the last mile has been in a constant state of flux. Whether that is electric vehicles — FDC had hoped to be all electric by next year, but she said that will be delayed — or finding ways to recycle packaging materials, FDC is working to move the last-mile industry forward.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 19, 2021

As the industry settles following the biggest peak season in history, now is the time when shippers will start rethinking their annual contracts. Unfortunately, the trials of 2020 taught supply chain leaders that planning on the typical expectations will not always work. Request a SONAR Demo.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

Above-average holiday shipping seasons in 2020 and 2021 led to an above-average returns rate in the usual Quiet Season. Request a OneRail demo to learn more about how your team can be better equipped to handle surges in demand through all shipping seasons, not just peak season, and scale effortlessly through technology.

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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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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 26, 2021

Freight load balancing means capturing the data needed to make proactive decisions regarding where to send trucks, which moves have the strongest profitability opportunities, and when to reject a tender based on that data. Tips for applying data to balance freight load pressures on the network. Defining freight load balancing.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 27, 2021

The societal and economic challenges of 2020 have constructed a positive outlook for transportation in 2021. It would be an oversight to kick off a 2021 outlook without addressing the structural changes to supply and demand as a result of what 2020 materialized into. Request a SONAR Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Enterprise shippers have always been an integral part of the maritime shipping industry and its partnership with truck fleet management. New blood helps keep the maritime shipping industry-relevant and moving forward. However, it has no immunity to rising costs and fees, changes in taxes, mobile data expenses, and penalties.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 29, 2021

The pandemic has sent the retail industry on a K-shaped trajectory — the final straw that has sent many retail chains into bankruptcy while also contributing to a surge in sales for many of the leading chains. Using SONAR data in contract negotiations with carriers and 3PLs. . Evaluating freight flows for private fleet conversion. .

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CH Robinson Logistics

MARCH 12, 2020

As technology, predictive analytics, and artificial intelligence rapidly advance, we are leveraging our global network of 1,000 data scientists, engineers, and developers to build solutions that increase our customers’ efficiency, visibility, and reliability. Request a demo here or email info@mytmc.com.

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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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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 13, 2021

Ocean freight is a major part of the modern shipping industry and plays a role in a large percentage of overall shipping capacity. And part of that implies a need to recognize the value of real-time versus lagging data too. Each of these generates data. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Companies in various industries and regions often have very different needs that require a varying array of solutions. . Sifting through conference agendas for specific industries is another method for sourcing freight broker leads. Quite a few shippers and consignees are located in industrial areas. Request a SONAR Demo.

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