GlobalTranz

JUNE 15, 2015

The 2014 winter weather triggered a trucking capacity problem. In 2014 utilization was 100% of capacity, a crisis phase. However, based on Perry’s estimates, by 2016 that rate is likely to escalate to the 2014 rate. Strategies for Surviving the Capacity and Trucker Shortage. Currently, the U.S.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 2, 2014

We wanted to bring you some quick strategies and tips that can help your holiday shipping woes or at any time of the year where you experience an increase in shipping volumes. Holiday shipping prices for 2014 are pretty similar to what they were last year, only a bit higher. Thursday, December 25, 2014 – Closed. Duie Pyle™.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 13, 2015

Riding a rising five-year trend, retail juggernaut Walmart® grossed $476 billion in the fiscal year that ended in January 2014, up from $408 billion in fiscal 2010, according to The Wall Street Journal’s MarketWatch. The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2014.” Top 100 Retailers Chart 2014.” Top 100 Retailers Chart 2014.”

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 9, 2015

We wanted to bring you some quick strategies and tips that can help your holiday shipping woes or at any time of the year where you experience an increase in shipping volumes. Holiday shipping prices for 2014 are pretty similar to what they were last year, only a bit higher. Thursday, December 25, 2014 – Closed. Duie Pyle™.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 1, 2014

2014 is coming to a close and as we herald in the New Year, shippers (manufacturers, retailers, and distribution centers) around the country are busy gearing up for the holiday season and have holiday logistics best practices on the brain. Be it Christmas, the New Year and New Orders, a new budget, Thanksgiving returns, etc.,

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 12, 2015

On October 2nd, 2014, President Barack Obama issued a presidential proclamation declaring October 3, 2014 National Manufacturing Day. In just three years, National Manufacturing Day has achieved more than 1,600 manufacturing plant tours and events with an estimated 100,000+ attending.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 27, 2015

UPS now applies dimensional weight pricing, also known as “DIM” Pricing, to ALL packages as of December 29, 2014. This matched a similar announcement made by FedEx last year on May 2, 2014. Currently, dimensional weight pricing is only applied to packages measuring three cubic feet or greater.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 12, 2015

The data published by MAPI in December 2014 shows that industrial production increased at an annual rate of 3.9% in the third quarter of 2014 and is expected to grow by 3.5% With an increasing number of foreign-based US manufacturers looking homeward, the future of manufacturing is already looking upbeat in the US. in 2015, 3.9%

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC] Top 10 Logistics and Supply Chain Facts of 2014. Top Supply Chain Blog Posts from 2014. Top Supply Chain Blog Posts from the First Half of 2014. >>> Read More and view the Infographic. Top Supply Chain Blog Posts from 2013.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 24, 2015

In his 2013 and 2014 State of the Union Addresses, the President called for the creation of a Nationwide Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI) to scale up advanced manufacturing technologies and processes. On December 16, 2014, the President signed the Revitalize American Manufacturing Act, into law.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2015

UPS now applies dimensional weight pricing, also known as "DIM" Pricing, to ALL packages as of December 29, 2014. This matched a similar announcement made by FedEx last year on May 2, 2014. Top Freight Blog Posts from 2014. Top Freight Blog Posts from the First Half of 2014.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 14, 2015

It is surprising then that despite the hundreds of millions of RFID tags sold this year alone that, according to results from the 2014 GS1 US Standards Usage Survey, finally saw the technology living up to the hype in the logistics industry in the last few years.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 2, 2017

For example, even since 2014 online retail sales have seen good improvement. In 2014, they represented 5.9% of total retail sales furthering the case for shippers to adopt an omnichannel strategy. Even in the last couple of years, the number of people shopping online has continued to rise. We hope that you find it interesting.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 6, 2015

BONUS: INFOGRAPHIC: Supply Chain & Logistics Trends from 2014. Author information Adam Robinson Adam Robinson oversees the overall marketing strategy for Cerasis including website development, social media and content marketing, trade show marketing, email campaigns, and webinar marketing. 6) Rethinking Workforce.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 7, 2015

Yesterday we had said we concluded our most popular blog posts by category for the blog posts written from our major categories for 2014. We featured out of our 200 plus blog posts in 2014, over 50 blog posts in the manufacturing category. Top 11 thru 20 Most Popular Manufacturing Blog Posts of 2014.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2015

Top Manufacturing Blog Posts from 2014. Top Manufacturing Blog Posts from the First Half of 2014. Author information Adam Robinson Adam Robinson oversees the overall marketing strategy for Cerasis including website development, social media and content marketing, trade show marketing, email campaigns, and webinar marketing.

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Locus

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

billion parcels in 2014. Our Senior Vice President for developed markets, Walter Heil will take you together in his observations on the solutions to CEP logistics challenges, customer expectations from CEP businesses, and what it takes to fulfill them in this detailed webinar. The volume of parcels shipped in the US increased to 21.6

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 4, 2015

The program has evolved into one of national prominence with recent rankings by leading organizations and mediums including Gartner (2014 and 2011), US News & World Report (2012) and Bloomberg Business Week (2011).

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GlobalTranz

MAY 8, 2015

Only 35 percent of shippers use TMS to manage operations, according to the Logistics Management’s 2014 Technology Usage Study. Many companies are beginning to realize their potential but are failing to implement a TMS system. Those who do have a TMS often use older versions without the latest value-adding enhancements.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

The annual surveys, which this year included the CEOs of 30 of the world's largest 3PLs, found that more than 80 percent of the companies surveyed were profitable in 2014. The findings analyze responses from 30 major 3PL CEOs across North America , Europe and Asia-Pacific whose companies generated more than $40 billion in revenue in 2014.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 9, 2016

Despite decades of expanded opportunities for women in the workforce, as late as 2014, the three most common occupations were the more traditional avenues of secretaries and administrative assistants, grade school and middle school teachers, and registered nurses. In 2014, $1.9 Source: TWS.

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Parade

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The data collected from Parade has helped them refine their sales strategy, opening lanes they didn’t previously focus on since they know they have the capacity to cover new loads there. You can still watch the webinar on-demand and see how Parade is turning the tide in the peak season battle and how it could help you too.

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Parade

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The data collected from Parade has helped them refine their sales strategy, opening lanes they didn’t previously focus on since they know they have the capacity to cover new loads there. You can still watch the webinar on-demand and see how Parade is turning the tide in the peak season battle and how it could help you too.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 30, 2015

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposed a ruling in 2014 titled the Coercion of Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers. These hours-of-service rules were instated in 2014 in order to curb the amount of sleepy truckers on the road, which increases road hazards and the strain on truck drivers.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Warehouse management rests at the heart of an effective transportation management strategy, and an inefficient, error-laden system results in poor shipping procedures, poor customer satisfaction, and deviations from best practices. INFOGRAPHIC] Top 10 Logistics and Supply Chain Facts of 2014. Read the full article here. .

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 31, 2015

We have also now published an e-book , put out several white papers , and held several webinars. INFOGRAPHIC] Top 10 Logistics and Supply Chain Facts of 2014. Marketing in Logistics: 4 Elements of the Market Research Phase in a Sound Digital Marketing Strategy. 50 Most Read Articles of All Time From the Cerasis Blog.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 11, 2017

The same held true after Superstorm Sandy and the unyielding winter of 2014, reports Lawrence J. Another strategy that is working the past to keep carriers from putting forth outrageous rate hikes is appeasement. Some of the tightest of the previous capacity crunches have occurred within the last two decades.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 9, 2015

After a lackluster 2014, optimism is back in the market. Markets clearly change, and as a leader, we must have flexibility to even change our own strategies to meet the demands of customers. Cautious Optimism Abound in the Logistics Outsourcing Outlook. It’s simply our core value to continuously improve.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 28, 2015

This strategy became famous in 1995 when Jack Welch implemented it at GE. 2014 to Today and beyond: The Rise of Industry 4.0. This adds more efficiency to the workplace and more manufacturing competition. 1981: Six Sigma Developed by Motorola. The quality system seeks to remove defects and minimize errors. Read the full report here.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 7, 2015

According to the International Federation of Robotics : In 2014, robot sales increased by 29% to 229,261 units, by far the highest level ever recorded for one year. China has considerably expanded its leading position as the biggest market with a share of 25% of the total supply in 2014. Let us know in the comments below!

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 6, 2015

million manufacturing jobs would have been created through the third quarter of 2014. Author information Adam Robinson Adam Robinson oversees the overall marketing strategy for Cerasis including website development, social media and content marketing, trade show marketing, email campaigns, and webinar marketing.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 3, 2017

The following graphic details how this investment has increased since 2014. Author information Adam Robinson Adam Robinson oversees the overall marketing strategy for Cerasis including website development, social media and content marketing, trade show marketing, email campaigns, and webinar marketing.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

I think 2016 and 2017 will make 2014 look like child’s play,” Albrecht said. Author information Adam Robinson Adam Robinson oversees the overall marketing strategy for Cerasis including website development, social media and content marketing, trade show marketing, email campaigns, and webinar marketing.

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 10, 2015

Top Transportation Blog Posts from 2014. Author information Adam Robinson Adam Robinson oversees the overall marketing strategy for Cerasis including website development, social media and content marketing, trade show marketing, email campaigns, and webinar marketing. Other Top Transporation Blog Posts from The Past.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 28, 2015

But, absolute gains in LTL freight volumes have been decent, such that tonnage in 2014 passed the pre-recession highs. Larkin calculates that LTL revenues are down to just 12% or so of the truckload market, for example. Larkin expects tonnage to grown in the 3-4% range over the next couple of years, before falling back to about 2.5-

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 15, 2016

As we said in a 2014 post, 2015 was to be the year of the mobile app for manufacturers as they look to go omni-channel in order to offer more options to their customer base. By 2015, mobile shopping will account for $163 billion sales worldwide (12% of global e-commerce turnover).

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 28, 2016

While the State of Logistics 2014 report is slowly giving way to what will be the State of Logistics 2015 report, we couldn’t help start thinking about what will happen. The economy had been hit hard, and 2014 saw a great climb from the recession. The economy had been hit hard, and 2014 saw a great climb from the recession.

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