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The Weekly Freight Report for August 6, 2020

FLS Transport

Shippers… tight capacity, increased rejections and inflated carrier prices will continue into August. And analysis shows the odds of a significant dip are unlikely. And as carriers have options… they are exercising them in search of margins. Read the article here. Freight Volumes Continue to Soar. Get the details here.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

Of course additional funding and attention can improve the capability and capacity of any military force to sustain itself in peace and on operations. These articles might suggest to some that any attempts to devote time to addressing logistics readiness are likely to fail. I described the interplay between logistics and readiness.

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Preparing for preparedness – how should we begin?

Logistics in War

Of course additional funding and attention can improve the capability and capacity of any military force to sustain itself in peace and on operations. These articles might suggest to some that any attempts to devote time to addressing logistics readiness are likely to fail. I described the interplay between logistics and readiness.

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The Power of Outsourcing for Supply Chain Improvement

Logistics Bureau

In this article, I will redress the balance by exploring outsourcing from a more holistic perspective, focusing on ways to consider outsourcing partnerships for improvement throughout the supply chain. However, I can’t recall writing a general guide about exploiting outsourcing opportunities to improve your supply chain.

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‘The furthest, the weakest’ – how logistics creates national power

Logistics in War

This article follows-up last week’s post on logistics in deterrence. . 1] It gives a point of reference between two or more nations in their capacity to exert influence upon one another. This article examines military power from the position of a theorist who saw geography and logistics as central to his vision of national power.

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Sales and Operations Planning: The Interpersonal Element

Logistics Bureau

In this article, we’ll explain why that should be and how your company can avoid S&OP problems by investing correctly in the people and their interrelationships , without which it’s simply impossible to tie the moving parts of S&OP together. Warehouse capacity utilisation. The Executive Sponsor. Inventory turns.

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Happy New Year: Here’s the 7 things shippers need to know about the Q1 2021 freight market

FLS Transport

And some capacity was expected to leave the market after a really tough 2019 for carriers. DATs Load-to-Truck Ratio chart provides some context to available capacity over the year: Note: We went from wildly available capacity in week 15, to a capacity crunch reminiscent of ’17 – ’18. Capacity is tight everywhere.

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