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2021 Logistics Outlook: LTL Industry Trends

GlobalTranz

Many LTL industry trends, such as capacity constraints , rising rates, and changing consumer buying patterns, will continue through 2021. Let’s look at top LTL industry trends for 2021. Four LTL Industry Trends Shippers Should Prepare For in 2021. E-commerce sales boomed in categories such as groceries and retail.

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Build Resilience in Volatile Freight Environments

FreightWaves SONAR

From a shipper’s perspective, transportation is a cost center, and the exercise of sourcing trucking capacity is not much different than that of procuring raw materials for production. Carrier networks tend to be relatively congruent with national trends.

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Flexibility in the Face of Uncertainty

Freightos

Blog " * " indicates required fields Email * Name This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. While COVID did see some modal shifts of everything from wheat to Peloton exercise bikes, there are certainly products that are less likely candidates for shifts.

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New year’s resolutions: Accelerating digital transformation with ERP

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

For your business, converting to digital means you will be able to identify trends around things like customer preferences as well as define an optimal future direction for your organization from a technology perspective. The post New year’s resolutions: Accelerating digital transformation with ERP appeared first on SYSPRO Blog.

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6 challenges facing medical device manufacturers and how ERP analytics can provide a cure

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Manufacturers can exercise better control over the return and exchange of items bought from suppliers, ensuring smooth operations. ERP analytics also provide insights into trends and patterns related to rework, enabling manufacturers to identify and address quality issues promptly.

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Logistics Challenges Involved in Home Services and How to Overcome Them

Locus

A trend that is likely to stick. The trend is likely to continue in the new year. This can prove to be a daunting exercise without the right software and tools. The post Logistics Challenges Involved in Home Services and How to Overcome Them appeared first on Locus Blog. High demand comes with high expectations .

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Leverage freight data for confident demand planning

FreightWaves SONAR

In this blog post, we’ll walk through some of the obstacles to medium-term demand planning, consider how high-frequency supply chain data can help fill the informational gaps that companies are grappling with, and then look at a real-world example of how the data in FreightWaves SONAR can give insight into the goods economy.