FreightWaves SONAR

JULY 24, 2023

Where freight managers go wrong with planning the transportation budget The biggest problem when planning a transportation budget is an inability to see actual versus projected costs across the network. Without excellent and clear communication, these trends will not be identified and acted upon until it is too late.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Market activity describes the nationwide and granular trends affecting available capacity, timeliness of transit and on-time, in-full deliveries. Of course, tracking overall detention across a carrier’s network can seem overwhelming. Of course, it helps to know how the trends are shaping up over days, weeks and even months.

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Freightos

JANUARY 15, 2024

It converged with a trend of both airlines and ocean liners investing far more heavily in their fleets over the past fewyears. Navigating the Storm: Strategies for SMB Importers in 2024 There is no golden ticket for solving these challenges. The regression in pricing wasn’t just due to lower demand. and bakes really good cookies.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Part of this requires an understanding of which shipping trends are being utilized by other carriers. In a changing market, carriers will find that these trends are incredibly beneficial in ensuring that they are up to date with which direction the market is moving and will assist with carrier revenue. . Request a SONAR Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 7, 2021

Poor tender acceptance strategies. They answer critical questions such as: how will a more responsive network enable growth? Will network investments lower operating costs? Analyze historical and recent trends to identify warming versus cooling markets, helping carriers avoid undervaluing services. Request a SONAR Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 23, 2021

How can retailers specifically leverage their network to help them deliver to their consumers more efficiently? What trends are you seeing for retailers in the use of technology to help optimize their supply chain and transportation networks? What’s the ideal carrier market strategy for different regions?

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 3, 2021

FreightWaves scientific rates are predicting a return to a slow downward trend after the impacts of the past month’s winter storms recede. The overriding trend prior to these storms was that of a slow loosening of the market, as indicated by existing predictive capabilities Remember that the need to stay strategic is paramount.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Freight intelligence tools help management develop a more unified freight strategy. Even the best, fully staffed transportation network will need help at times or in specific areas. Networking and forming partnerships with brokers, carriers and 3PLs directly affects profitability and recovery following a disruption.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 19, 2021

As a result, carriers found themselves at the heart of an in-demand crowd with finite capacity resources, facing a growing carrier trend for more and faster service. Expansion of your network through outsourcing is the only thing that can add capacity when demand suddenly soars. Request a SONAR Demo. Download the White Paper.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Even the most robust in-house strategies can turn to the value of logistics automation within analytics, such as the insights found in Lane Signal, to further refine their operations. The use of logistics automation means making it easier than ever to adapt and adjust to changing market trends and consumer demands.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Market volatility insight presents value to carriers that learn to recognize how trends lead to challenges and why those challenges represent opportunities for improvement. Beneficial technology for carriers appears in many forms, but it is bolstered with the inclusion of a diverse carrier network. Request a SONAR Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 19, 2021

Broad market assumptions are great for broad strategies, but as everyone knows, the supply chain is rarely that simple. How can an organization sum up contractual differences within a single source without considering individual nuances and unique trucking trends of each shipping lanes? Request a SONAR Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The state of logistics in 2021 continues to undergo transformation and disruption (continued from 2020), and while companies are looking for new logistics strategies to stay proactive, there comes a point at which supply chain leaders need a simple, fast way to view market conditions. These factors are further seen in top-industry trends.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Within the ever-changing shipping and freight management market, there is an underlying need to know and understand shipping data trends running throughout the industry. Four types of transportation data analytics are usually implemented in stages throughout the freight supply chain network. Get a demo of SONAR in action today.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Shippers need to prepare for this uncertainty and plan by using historic, peer and market data from across the network. For instance, here are a few KPIs that go into the overall strategy for how carriers price transportation: MILES PER TRUCK PER WEEK (MILTR) – Every driver in the fleet will come under scrutiny at some point.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 26, 2021

Supply chain leaders continue to focus their efforts on finding the right mix of assets used, market positioning and carrier freight pricing strategies. When the freight market meets expectations and is less volatile, it is easy for shippers and carriers to not look at inefficient processes or their transportation procurement strategy.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

Retail delivery solutions continue to change to keep up with market trends. The Last-Mile Needs a Sustainable-First Strategy. One rising trend is the continued focus on pharmaceutical and other temperature-controlled freight transportation. The Last-Mile in Retail Is More Costly Than Any Other Mode.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Yes, AI and machine learning build on algorithms to isolate historical trends and derive a likely transportation rate. And the past data trends are obsolete and rapidly becoming more so. However, AI can provide a pathway toward more proactive, responsive management strategies. Request a SONAR Demo. But this is 2020.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2023

Shippers have had to change their habits to cope with distribution network congestion, some of which may be influencing the decrease in consumer demand. Service levels are most impacted by distribution network congestion, which in turn is lowering shipper expectations. Consumers are paying the price.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This helps them reduce delays, dwell times, loading and unloading issues, and speeds up the entire shipping process by lowering tender rejections, increasing use of data during RFP processes and adding value across the network. Request a SONAR Demo. Working with the best of the best in the industry makes your freight a priority.

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Locus

JUNE 16, 2023

A recent analysis by the American Trucking Associations (ATA) indicates that if existing trends persist, we could see a potential driver shortage reaching up to 175,000 by 2024. In conclusion, the implementation of these strategies, backed by real-time data, can help businesses significantly trim their last-mile delivery costs.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 25, 2021

And the overall industry trucking trends imply an absolute need to grow more strategically. Within the freight load management area of the network, data is essential. And the only way to see these costs is to get real-time freight data across the full carrier transportation network. Request a SONAR Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 13, 2021

While most people think of fleets of trucks when they think about the supply chain network, another mode can be even more vital. Even those focused predominantly on truckload orders and routing guidelines must realize the impact ocean transportation has on the entire network. Request a SONAR Demo. Request a SONAR SCI Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Freight management teams spend many resources responding to delays, issues, customer needs, data and marketing trends and shifting conditions with supply and demand. Descriptive analytics track the existing network supply and use past data to realize what areas of improvement may exist. Request a SONAR Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 7, 2021

Poor tender acceptance strategies. They answer critical questions such as: how will a more responsive network enable growth? Will network investments lower operating costs? Analyze historical and recent trends to identify warming versus cooling markets, helping carriers avoid undervaluing services. Request a SONAR Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Even the most robust in-house strategies can turn to the value of logistics automation within analytics, such as the insights found in Lane Signal, to further refine their operations. The use of logistics automation means making it easier than ever to adapt and adjust to changing market trends and consumer demands.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 15, 2021

This lane-level intelligence provides insight into specific markets, origin/destination stability and contracted rates to inform both short-term and long-term (annual) trucking RFPs , freight network optimization decisions and more. Knowing the trends of the lanes can help widen their margins. . Request a SONAR Demo.

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FreightWaves SONAR

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

What’s driving the change in ocean shipping and how does SONAR help shippers see the trends The import boom appears far from over, and it will have implications long after this wave of unprecedented orders subsides. Restructuring supply chains will have a lasting effect on logistics networks. Request a SONAR Demo.

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EazyStock

APRIL 18, 2023

Our eGuide, Supply chain and logistics management trends for 2023 , looks at potential issues facing supply chain managers this year and how to respond. When demand fluctuates, and costs rise, it can be tempting to throw out long-term strategies to react to these changes. How will higher prices impact customer demand?

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 5, 2021

Using these tools can allow carrier representatives to book more loads and maximize the full potential of your carrier networks. With the port congestion issues we have been dealing with in LA, and the lack of outbound and inbound shipments in Dallas due to recent weather trends, these signals are not surprising. .

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Locus

MAY 4, 2022

Despite all these strong digitalization trends, there is one intense, on-ground task that we have not covered: delivering consumer packaged goods (CPG) from manufacturing plants to the hundreds, if not thousands of retail stores and outlets. Often, you have an extensive network of distribution centers and a large fleet of trucks.

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Ship Monk

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

An advertising strategy and budget Financial projections Demand forecasting Growth strategy (see our guides to growth and scaling your ecommerce business). 2 Analyze Your Past Data and Compare It to Current Trends. For a truly successful ecommerce business strategy, you have to dig a little deeper. Slice of cake.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 12, 2021

A successful freight pricing strategy is not as simple as it sounds. How to leverage data to future-proof your trucking company pricing strategy. In that case, it is possible to derive a few best practices that allow carriers to future-prove their carrier freight pricing strategies. Think about it. What are you waiting for?

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 29, 2021

That has also increased the pressure on retailers to keep other freight and logistics costs low with more capital and expense being dedicated to the development of new omnichannel strategies. . Pressure to develop an omnichannel strategy with strong customer service levels. Identify surface transportation trends being driven by U.S.

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EazyStock

APRIL 13, 2022

What is a supply chain strategy? A supply chain strategy explains how a company will bring goods into the business and get them out to customers as effectively as possible. Considering every phase in the supply chain, such as sourcing goods, logistics and delivery, the strategy optimizes operations to reduce costs and maximize profits.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Shipping Networks (WSJ – sub. As the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday, “Resurgent demand in the long-stagnant industrial sector and a big seasonal boost in e-commerce are pushing more goods through shipping networks on the land, water and air, say operators who expect the strengthening U.S. economic output grew at a 3.3%

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 14, 2023

As a result, data security and compliance have become a critical component of logistics operations, although implementing adequate controls can present numerous challenges in these complex networks. In fact, courier delivery networks that operate independently of an integrated platform have been flagged as a significant SOX risk.

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