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The Transportation Revolution: Takeaways from CLX Logistics’ 6th Annual Customer Conference

Talking Logistics

Last month, I had the opportunity to speak at CLX Logistics’ 6th Annual Customer Conference in Philadelphia. Mark Chrencik, Director of Operations at CLX Logistics (a Talking Logistics sponsor), kicked off the conference with a market update where he covered various trends in the industry, including fuel prices and linehaul rates.

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Is the Transportation Market Heading into Unprecedented Territory?

Talking Logistics

If you’ve attended any logistics conferences lately, or just tried covering a load in recent weeks, you know that the tide is turning in the transportation market. Those of us in the transportation industry can always tell when the economy is really [strengthening],” said Finn. Capacity is tightening and rates are going up.

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Keynote: McAfee stresses power of platforms and the crowd

247 Customs Broker

The business rules and thinking of the industrial age won’t serve us well in the digital age, Andrew McAfee, co-founder and co-director of the Initiative on the Digital Economy, said at Tuesday’s keynote at the MODEX conference in Atlanta. He has been a contributor to MMH since 2004. By Roberto Michel ·. April 10, 2018.

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Women in Supply Chain – Imposter Syndrome – with Alma Arzate

Logistics Bureau

Alma has over 25 years of supply chain experience across Mexico, the US, and Canada in industries like automotive, electronics, and pharmaceuticals. And you know, as you were talking there, I’m thinking about 2025 years ago and what such a male dominated industry supply chain was. I mean still to this day, still to this day.

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Trust in Turkey

Automotive Logistics

As the fortunes of the logistics industry rise and fall with the automotive sector it serves, Turkey looks on the face of it to be a gloomy place to do business right now. Despite the financial setbacks, exports will rise slightly this year, predicts the local Automotive Industry Exporters’ Association (OIB). “We Investment doubts.

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The Origin of Freightera’s Green Mission: DotCom Magazine’s Interview with Zhenya Beck

Freightera

Their California dream was over, and in 2004 they decided they were going to move to Vancouver to protect their son’s health. By being in the midst of the transportation industry we actually could do something meaningful about it. Ten years later, they founded Freightera. ‘’By It is our vision.

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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

I’ve been an industry analyst for over 20 years, which is hard to believe sometimes. I remember speaking a few years ago with Art Mesher, Descartes’ CEO from November 2004 through November 2013, and he attributed the turnaround to Descartes’ shift from a “culture of selling” to a “culture of serving.” Takeaways from Evolution 2019.