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How We Use Data to Better Plan for Produce Season

FreightWaves SONAR

Users of SONAR are then able to use the most up-to-date market data to react with pricing and capacity strategies faster to strengthen negotiations, compliance and relationships. Whether it is pricing one load or benchmarking a billion-dollar supply chain, you can trust SONAR to respond with more accuracy and confidence.

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The Great Divide: Understanding LTL and Truckload Market Shifts

Blue Grace Logistics

Analysts point to several macro trends buoying the LTL market, specifically e-commerce growth and the increasing impact of near-shoring since the start of the pandemic. Shippers and carriers must remain focused on long-term growth by negotiating fair pricing.

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Private Investors Looking to Capitalize on Nearshoring Trends Turn to Mexico

Blue Grace Logistics

China tensions and the pandemic-driven distribution crisis forced businesses to give priority to supply-chain resiliency over the cost-cutting that once sent that production to Asia, particularly China, consultants and deal makers say. along with a strong manufacturing-based economy, skilled workers and free-trade pacts like the U.S.-Mexico-Canada

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Managed Logistics Meets Five Challenges for Complex Supply Chain Operations

Blue Grace Logistics

The Logistics Blog®. Case Study. Poorly optimized networks can have many undesirable outcomes, including loss of customers, runaway freight and labor costs, and siloed — rather than integrated — supply chain management. Managed Logistics Meets Five Challenges for Complex Supply Chain Operations Show Submenu Resources.

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How 3PLs Are Building More Collaborative Supply Chains

Blue Grace Logistics

As supply chain disruptions have abated and truck capacity has loosened, negotiating power in the freight market has shifted from carriers back to the shippers. Earlier this year, RXO announced a program to provide rewards and cost savings to its carriers. RXO, based in Charlotte, N.C., 18 on the TT100 list of logistics companies.

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US LTL Market Softening, But Not By Much: 3PLs

Blue Grace Logistics

The Logistics Blog®. Case Study. The softening in LTL pricing noted by BlueGrace mirrors the decline in the long-distance LTL producer price index over the summer, but pricing remains historically high. Whether those GRIs survive contract negotiations is another matter. Whitepaper. BlueGrace Logistics.

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7 Key Supply Chain Leaders’ Skills and Why You Need Them

Logistics Bureau

What are the essential skills you need to possess or develop if you want to become one of tomorrow’s supply chain leaders? In any case, an excellent place to start is by knowing what the most vital supply chain leaders’ skills are and, of course, why you need them. Information Technology and Automation Knowledge.