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Logistics Evolution: Some Interesting Trends

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It's an exciting, yet challenging, time to be in the logistics business. Keeping up with the trends will help logistics professionals keep pace with current demand while making informed decisions on everything involved in your organizations e-commerce supply chain strategy to meet future demand.

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Shippers, 3PLs Work Together to Meet Supply Chain Challenges

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Logistics Costs Overall, business logistics costs in the United States in 2020 fell 4% to $1.56 According to the State of Logistics Report, the drop was primarily driven by a 15% decrease in inventory carrying costs. Costs have continued to fluctuate throughout 2021 and are currently trending up. trillion, or 7.4

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The State of the Trucking Market in 2021

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Fewer labor resources are available to meet the rising demand in both the warehouse and in transit. ? Download the White Paper: Over the Road Freight Management Trends. A stimulus on the horizon further increases the risks of a higher trend in consumer purchasing. transportation management optimization ?to As highlighted by?

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CLX Logistics Named a Top 100 3PL Provider for the Seventh Year by Inbound Logistics

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Inbound Logistics’ (IL) Top 100 3PL Provider’s list is a qualitative assessment of the service providers deemed best equipped to meet and surpass the industry’s evolving outsourcing needs. Then, a set of analytical tools and algorithms transform the disparate data into trends and actionable insights.

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CSCMP State of Logistics Report Fall 2023 Update: Resilience and Relationships Take Center Stage for Shippers

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Overall Logistics Costs Despite shifts in capacity, overall United States business logistics costs rose 19.6% The major ocean liners saw combined global operating profits of $215 billion in 2022, but the trend has lost steam, and 2023 profits are projected at $43 billion, an 80% year-over-year decrease.

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State of Logistics Report Released: 3PLs Continue to Foster Resilience and Drive Investments in Supply Chain

Penske Move Ahead

Overall Logistics Costs In 2022, the market swung back sharply in shippers’ favor, and supply and demand largely rebalanced across all modes of transit. However, costs increased, with overall United States business logistics costs rising 19.6% trillion in 2022, representing 9.1% of the national GDP. trillion, up from $1.3

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Six strategic challenges – global logistics integration and the state of professional discourse

Logistics in War

Our key alliance partner (USA) published a Joint Concept for Logistics (JCL) in Sep 15. The JCL “considers how an evolving Joint Logistics Enterprise could better support operations in a future characterised by the challenge of meeting unremitting strategic requirements with constrained military resources”.