article thumbnail

2021 Logistics Outlook: LTL Industry Trends

GlobalTranz

Many LTL industry trends, such as capacity constraints , rising rates, and changing consumer buying patterns, will continue through 2021. Let’s look at top LTL industry trends for 2021. Four LTL Industry Trends Shippers Should Prepare For in 2021. Increase in LTL Shipping Rates.

Trends 62
article thumbnail

3PL Warehousing Trends for 2022

Camelot 3PL Software

As we chug along into the first quarter of 2022, the trends we observed last year continue to play out. The impacts of these trends can be significant. Warehousing has been hit harder than other industries. The adage Speed, Quality, Cost – Pick two is an everyday exercise. It’s everywhere. But 3PLs need workers.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Editor’s Choice: 8 Supply Chain Planning Challenges Retailers Will Face In 2022 And Tips To Overcome Them

Logistics Viewpoints

The ongoing chip crisis since last year affecting 100+ industries is the best example: supply couldn’t meet the increased demand, which led to rising prices and shortages in computers, cars, and pretty much any other electronics product with chips. Changing trends in lifestyle and impacts on fashion retail.

article thumbnail

Inventory Management in Service Logistics Industry

Talking Logistics

Is there a common trend in inventory management? Not really because each industry is different, and so are organizations within the same industry and even different divisions within the same organization have their own unique drivers and constraints. Inventory Management: There’s No One-Size-Fits-All Approach.

article thumbnail

Build Resilience in Volatile Freight Environments

FreightWaves SONAR

The key is to take a more long-term and targeted approach to pricing. We have come through several years of extremes in the transportation industry. From a shipper’s perspective, transportation is a cost center, and the exercise of sourcing trucking capacity is not much different than that of procuring raw materials for production.

article thumbnail

Reimagining Logistics: Focusing on What’s Ahead, Not What Happened

Logistics Viewpoints

Across many of our industries, conventional wisdom about best practices for supply chain operations and logistical networks is being challenged. The percentage of purchases made and fulfilled through digital commerce has exploded in the past two years, advancing a pre-pandemic trend by as much as 10 years according to some industry watchers.

article thumbnail

Walking Ramp in Air

20Cube Logistics

Fashion industry is associated with a lot of glitz and glamor. New trends come up in the markets in a very rapid succession and sometimes multiple times in a season. Manufacturers need to cater to the customers in accordance with the trends and for that reason the supply chain needs to be extremely agile and resilient.