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Could self-policing spell the end of Driver Inc.?

Truck News

In November, I was the guest speaker at the Windsor Transportation Clubs annual Highway Carrier Night. My topic?: The future of the Canadian trucking industry: Combating Driver Inc.

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California withdraws its Advanced Clean Fleets Waiver request

Commercial Carrier Journal

Facing the likelihood of repeal, California has withdrawn several emissions requests that would have effectively mandated electric trucks in the state.

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Owner-operators: Highway 'overstepping' with carrier onboarding?

Overdrive Online

Can today's digital carrier vetting protocols work for owner-operators running paper logs? Owner-ops' longtime data-privacy concerns are well-known and well-founded, but here Highway gives some answers and maybe even a solution.

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Best Practices for Maintaining Food-Grade Warehouses

Supply Chain Brain

Food-grade warehouse maintenance requires exceptional attention to detail, a commitment to strict regulatory compliance, and a proactive approach to quality management.

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How to Prepare for Proposed New Tariffs in 2025

The global trade landscape is shifting. If President Trump’s proposed tariffs come into effect, they will impact your logistics in significant ways. Our free guide provides essential insights for consumer brands and manufacturers. It is crucial to understand what these challenges mean for your logistics operations, and more importantly, how to prepare.

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Is Nearshoring the Solution to Rising Transportation Costs?

Logistics Bureau

The explosion in globalisation, and corresponding reduction in transport availability over the last decade or so, have together kiboshed some of the factors which once fueled a steady growth in offshore manufacture and procurement. Added to the transportation issues, is the fact that labor is no longer as cheap in some popular offshore manufacturing locations as it used to be.

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Transformation for Supply Chain Resilience: Engineering and Manufacturing's Crucial Role

Supply Chain Brain

Continued disruption is driving transformational change in industry supply chains. Companies are urgently evolving to new levels of technology and process maturity to address increasing challenges. But, what does supply chain resiliency look like and how do companies need to innovate to achieve it?

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AI-Powered Freight Fraud Detection Software for Shippers, 3PLs

Food Logistics

Overhaul launched Overhaul FraudWatch, a new solution that provides real-time data and alerts, equipping users with the insights needed to detect fraudulent threats like fictitious pick-ups and double brokering and take immediate action.

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CBP Looks to Increase 'De Minimis' Data Requirements

Supply Chain Brain

The proposal would require low-value shipments to include additional data to allow customs agents to easily and accurately verify the contents of each package.

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Reverse Logistics: Turn Returns Into Your Competitive Advantage

MercuryGate

The clock continues ticking as you untangle shipping costs, processing times, and rapid-fire decisions about what can be resoldall while your phone lights up with another notification. Welcome to the world of reverse logistics. The post Reverse Logistics: Turn Returns Into Your Competitive Advantage appeared first on MercuryGate International.

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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Starbucks: Buy Something or Leave

Supply Chain Brain

The move is part of the "back to Starbucks" strategy to push back against diminishing sales.

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Understanding Supply Chain Networks

Logistics Bureau

The supply chain has continuously evolved to meet increasing consumer demands. This is especially true for a global supply chain, which needs to consider distribution on a much larger scale – we sometimes refer to these as supply chain networks. What is a Supply Chain Network? Think of a supply chain network as a system that needs to adapt to serve your business effectively.

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How Will GRIs Impact Your 2025 Budget?

Supply Chain Brain

Download the 2025 GRI Guide today and take control of your shipping strategy for the year ahead. Dont let the rising costs of parcel shipping derail your budgetgain the clarity and confidence to make proactive, informed decisions.

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U.S. Blacklists COSCO Shipping Over Alleged Military Ties, Straining Greece-China Relations

MTS Logistics

COSCO Shipping, the Chinese country-owned shipping mammoth, has been added to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)s warrants list, alongside 130 other Chinese companies, over alleged links to Chinas military. Impact of the Blacklisting on COSCO and Other Companies The primary goal of DODs list, now involving 134 companies, is to limit their profitability and technological dealings in the U.S. and hamper Chinas military influence.

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

For years, you and your team have fought an uphill battle. Supply disruptions. Cost pressures. ESG compliance. You name it, and you’ve had to navigate it. In 2025, many challenges will persist, but procurement and supply chain teams have a powerful tool with rapidly advancing capabilities to tackle them — artificial intelligence (AI). The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic

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Retail Brands Want to Make Sales Associates Shine in AI’s Spotlight

Supply Chain Brain

The latest technologies offer a vision of the future where sales associates are empowered to make consumers feel they are seen and known, not impersonal data caches.

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Factory Gate Pricing and Primary Freight Strategies

Logistics Bureau

The Factory Gate Pricing (FGP) and Primary Freight (PF) strategies, as adopted by major grocery retailers, are causing a shudder up the spine of many retail suppliers. The reason for this concern is quite simple: many suppliers do not have a sufficiently detailed understanding of their Supply Chain costs, to confidently sit at the negotiating table with their major customers.

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U.K. Bars German Livestock Imports Over Foot-and-Mouth Outbreak

Supply Chain Brain

German officials first discovered the disease in a herd of water buffalo on January 10 outside Berlin in the Brandenburg region.

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January 14, 2025 Update

Freightos

Blog More Resources Home January 14, 2025 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data and anything else impacting the market. Judah Levine January 14, 2025 Weekly highlights Ocean rates – Freightos Baltic Index : Asia-US West Coast prices (FBX01 Weekly) stayed level at $5,924/FEU.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.

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Egypt Inks Deal with Medlog for New Dry Port and Logistics Area

Supply Chain Brain

Egypt currently has 22 dry ports and logistic zones, and has a goal to eventually increase that total to 32.

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ShipMonk Can Help Apparel Brands Avoid Mexico’s New Import Tariffs and Optimize Cross-Border Fulfillment

Ship Monk

The holiday season might be over, but the aftershocks of a major policy shift in Mexico are just starting to ripple through the apparel industry. If you’re an apparel brand importing goods into Mexico, you need to be aware of how these changes could significantly impact your bottom line. What Changed? On December 19, 2024, the Mexican government announced a substantial increase in tariffs on imported apparel and textiles.

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U.S. Bans Imports from 37 Chinese Companies Linked to Forced Labor

Supply Chain Brain

Among the new additions to the list is one of the world's largest textile manufacturers in Huafu Fashion, as well as 26 companies in the cotton industry.