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

Logistics Viewpoints

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. Based on this context, a shipper will send a parcel to Group A, Group B, etc.,

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Making strategic investments in digital supply chain in a downcycle

FreightWaves SONAR

When we added grocery and supercenters, we built a perishable supply chain — with buildings to handle cold and frozen items. The Outbound Tender Reject Index measures the percentage of load tenders rejected by carriers. “So we built an ambient supply chain that served stores. As our store footprint grew, that network grew.

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KPIs to assist manufacturers and distributors with supply chain challenges

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

Another methodology is the Porter’s Value Chain Framework, which comprises of inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, sales, and service. This is usually accomplished by using statistical sampling of all incoming materials that can produce charts to show the quality trends over time. Outbound KPIs. Manufacturing KPIs.

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Opel tasks Gefco with further cost reduction

Automotive Logistics

Gefco’s 4PL Solutions division provides services for Opel/Vauxhall across Europe and Turkey, including the management of 220 separate logistics providers (140 for inbound and 80 for outbound). Savings are also being made on the outbound side of the business as part of the PACE plan.

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Retail disruption and K-shaped recovery highlight importance of freight data

FreightWaves SONAR

The retailers that performed the best over the past year were generally the ones that sold essential goods, such as food, or benefited from the trends of the hour, such as home repair. have the confidence of knowing the exact volumes that each port handled to identify key market-share trends across U.S. containerized imports.

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Hanging in the balance

Automotive Logistics

The big questions now are whether the current downward trend will last and if new approaches in the outbound logistics segment can help support the domestic finished vehicle industry. . The Central Port that is being built in the port of Gdansk should allow for over 1m vehicles a year to be handled. mpu_ad]A challenging period.

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Reduced trucking capacity – the shortage of drivers and its impact

Transporeon

Demand for both outbound and inbound freight remains highest in the Southeast, Texas and Upper Midwest regions, with demand outpacing available carrier capacity. Key Trends in Transport Logistics , RWTH Aachen University & Transporeon). Adapt the freight allocation strategy to handle scarcity . Nearly half of U.S.