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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. Ben is Vice President of Managed Services at Coyote Logistics , a leading global third-party logistics provider.

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Top Five Transportation Trends

Logistics Viewpoints

In my presentation, I highlighted five key transportation trends that are changing supply chains from a technology standpoint. The first of the transportation trends is the network effect is at the heart of supply chain transformation. The second of the transportation trends is innovation in TMS. The Network Effect.

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Carrier Capacity Management Levels the Playing Field in a Carriers’ Market

Logistics Viewpoints

Carrier capacity tops the list of parcel shippers’ challenges. Most shippers currently face a long list of challenges thanks to some well-known trends. E-commerce order volume keeps climbing, straining carrier capacity with shippers sending more parcels outbound and receiving more returns inbound.

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Global Trade Trends for 2023

Now, That's Logistics

Three More EU Trade Trends to Watch Three additional EU global trade trends that shippers should be paying attention to in 2023 include: Global trade may slow in 2023 as global economic growth also softens. Climate change has also become a key factor in international trade policy, with the EU emerging at the forefront of this trend.

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Echo Global Logistics CEO Waggoner takes a look at key 2023 industry trends and themes

Logistics Management

Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently spoke with Doug Waggoner, CEO of Chicago-based Echo Global Logistics about various topics, including: the freight economy, how Peak Season went, and rates and capacity, among others.

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Private Investors Looking to Capitalize on Nearshoring Trends Turn to Mexico

Blue Grace Logistics

billion in 2022, according to data from the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America, a trade group now part of the Global Private Capital Association. Mexico-Canada Agreement, according to Jill Raker, a managing partner at longtime logistics investor Greenbriar Equity Group. That was down from a record $5.6

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Minimize Holiday Capacity Crunch With the Right 3PL

Blue Grace Logistics

Consumer purchasing is spiking weeks earlier than historical levels, and increased demand for last-mile delivery has put pressure on capacity, service and pricing. A trending shift from “just in time” to “just in case” inventory management is further straining capacity as shippers order goods earlier and in greater quantities.