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3PL Outsourcing Trends with Ben Steffes

The Logistics of Logistics

Ben Steffes and Joe Lynch discuss 3PL outsourcing trends. His primary goal has been leveraging Coyote’s proprietary technology, people, and capacity to solve pressing customer challenges. For the study, Coyote worked with a 3rd party research firm to survey over 500 supply chain decision makers.

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Today’s Freight Capacity Crisis: Where Do We Go from Here?

Talking Logistics

More than a year into a freight capacity crisis that shows little sign of weakening, it’s time for all parties involved in logistics and freight transportation to meet this issue head on. Freight Capacity Crisis: How Did We Get Here So Quickly? The seeds for this current market were sown in the aftermath of the Great Recession.

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[Chart of the Week] Spot market rates set to resume slow downward trend after wild winter: Carriers, brokers have a duty to reduce risk of financial losses

FreightWaves SONAR

FreightWaves scientific rates are predicting a return to a slow downward trend after the impacts of the past month’s winter storms recede. The winter weather events of early 2021 have aided in keeping spot rates elevated through what is normally a slow season for trucking. Trucking rates have been on a roller coaster since 2016.

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LLMs, Optimization and Automation: Supply Chain’s Defenses Against Market Swings

Blue Grace Logistics

It can be a direct reflection of current market trends, as many publicly traded companies operate within the global supply chain. By harnessing the power of LLMs, supply chain professionals can: Enhance demand forecasting: Predictive models can analyze historical data and market trends to provide more accurate demand forecasts.

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Why Strategic Partnerships Enable OTR Freight Management

GlobalTranz

With demand for drivers often exceeding availability, shippers find themselves forced to pay more to secure capacity and drivers across many industries. Leveraging a 3PL’s relationships, people, processes and technology helps businesses balance supply and demand volatility and secure reliable and consistent capacity. Learn More.

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The Transportation Execution and Visibility Market Heats Up

Logistics Viewpoints

I recently completed my latest study on the transportation execution and visibility solutions market. When looking at the market, technology is at the forefront of the major trends. Capacity Fluctuations. However, the bigger issue is the continued shift in available capacity, which continues to be fragmented.

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3PLs’ Role in Getting Fresh Produce Farm to Fork

Blue Grace Logistics

The value of a third-party cannot be overlooked when getting fresh products to market, particularly in times of limited capacity and excess product. In fresh logistics, timing is everything, much like truckload capacity. All indicators point to similar truck capacity from 2021 for grower-shippers for this year. Food Logistics.