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Shippers Navigating an Evolving LTL Marketplace

Blue Grace Logistics

BlueGrace Logistics sought to learn more about this dynamic and teamed up with FreightWaves to survey shippers about the state of the LTL market and their approach to LTL shipping in today’s environment. Shippers shared their thoughts about shipping and consumer demand in our survey. The following is a recap of what we learned.

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What Shippers and Retailers Need to Know for Peak Season Planning 2022

The Logistics of Logistics

The survey also found that although many companies have arranged international shipments early this year, most continue to rely on the spot freight market to move goods.”. The app also helps handle the mounting pressure for more middle-mile moves when a distribution center or warehouse needs to get goods to a store for customer pickup.

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The Essential List of Logistics Acronyms and Abbreviations for Retailers

Locus

A recent survey forecasts that retail sales will soar to $32.76 This method is significant for retail businesses as it allows for faster delivery of bulk items and can be more cost-effective when shipping large volumes of goods directly to stores, consumers, or distribution centers. Impact of Mega Distribution Centers in Logistics 8.

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What Lessons a Table Fable Teaches About Supply Chain Orchestration

Logistics Viewpoints

The distribution center (DC) hadn’t released the order, but customer service didn’t have access to the right systems to see exactly what was wrong. Even if their solution demos impressively, look past the shininess for proof ensuring your solution will go live in the time frame you expect. that made OTIF fail repeatedly at scale.

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Brand Spotlight: Turvo is All About Connecting the Supply Chain

Parade

Turvo helps provide visibility across the supply chain, from suppliers to the warehouse to distribution centers to over-the-road to the end customer. Recruitment and Retention Nearly three-quarters of employers said they were having trouble attracting new talent in a survey conducted in 2021 , and those numbers don’t seem to be improving.

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Potential solution for drone collision avoidance

Logistics Business Magazine

These include security surveillance tasks at ports, critical infrastructures, border control and oil and gas industry as well as (intra)logistics, surveying, and asset inspections. ship-to-shore delivery), environmental monitoring and surveying grounds and buildings. structured and repeatable data collection), to delivery (e.g.

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Revenge Festivities: How To Power Up Your Retail Last-Mile Fulfillment To Meet Soaring Demand

Locus

According to McKinsey’s latest consumer pulse survey, Spending in March 2020 was down by 18% as compared to two years later. And then plan some more : Leverage data and insights to forecast festive season consumer behavior and plan your distribution networks, sourcing locations, and additional fleet requirements well in advance of the season.