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The Weekly Freight Report for February 11th, 2021

FLS Transport

Data shows contract rates up 12% year over year. Turns out the wild rate swings of 2020 and record-setting peak rates have led to shipper bid fatigue… As we enter a new market dynamic for 2021, many are asking how best to handle their RFPs… should they delay bids while the market fleshes itself out? What’s the play?

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2024 Supply Chain Predictions – Relative Stability and a Migration to the Mean

Logistics Viewpoints

Here are some data that support my view. However, GEP And S&P Global publish the GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index based on data derived from S&P Global’s PMI surveys. Most notably, item shortages (purple) and stockpiling (red) were large contributors to 2021-2022 volatility. I view this as a welcome occurrence.

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2021 Strategies for Inventory Management and Supply Chain Recovery

EazyStock

A vaccine won’t magically eradicate the coronavirus; instead, it will take the vaccine coupled with additional widespread safety measures to usher in a ‘new normal’ – optimistically, by Q3 of 2021. The prevailing effects of COVID-19 are uncertainty and disruption; the key to planning ahead for 2021 will be to analyze the effects of 2020.

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2021 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Trends

EazyStock

2021 Supply Chain and Inventory Management Trends for the US. Here we are, one year later, trying to determine the 2021 supply chain and inventory management trends to adopt. With that in mind, here are a few trends for 2021 that could help your business outlast the pandemic: Supplier Diversification. Automation.

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How Many Warehouses Does the US Have? Nobody Knows

Logistics Viewpoints

The Department of Commerce lists warehousing companies, but of course, most warehouses are not owned by third party logistics or public warehousing companies. Statista is a German online platform that specializes in data gathering and visualization. The CAGR numbers for Statista cover 2010 to 2021. However, this is old data.

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REPOST: What Will Tomorrow’s Freight Broker Do with Ben Buchanan

The Logistics of Logistics

He earned his logistics stripes at GlobalTranz, learning the business and riding the fast growth wave to impactful leadership positions, and under Buchanan’s leadership at Loadsmart the account sales team has grown in headcount by 860% and in revenue by 578% (1H YoY 2020 – 2021).

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What Will Tomorrow’s Freight Broker Do with Ben Buchanan

The Logistics of Logistics

He earned his logistics stripes at GlobalTranz, learning the business and riding the fast growth wave to impactful leadership positions, and under Buchanan’s leadership at Loadsmart the account sales team has grown in headcount by 860% and in revenue by 578% (1H YoY 2020 – 2021).

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