Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 6, 2023

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. Furthermore, 2022 peaked out with values above 5, indicating extremely high levels of supply chain volatility. Today these factors appear insignificant.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt of a research report published this week, “Transportation Pulse Report 2022 – Building a Better Tomorrow in Transportation: On Trust, Relationships, Networks, & Sustainability.” Read more The Past 20 Months in Supply Chain: What Have We Learned?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2022

Last week, Clint Reiser published an article highlighting our 2022 supply chain predictions. While we have published predictions about supply chain technology trends at the beginning of the year in past years. Three Logistics Imperatives for Managing Uncertainty in 2022 ; Terence Leung ( Blue Yonder ). How can this be?

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CH Robinson Logistics

MAY 10, 2022

According to a 2020 survey by ATRI , 20.6% Robinson offers drop trailer programs that over the past four months (January 2022-April 2022) has averaged over 40,000 available loads and in 2021, moved nearly 500,000 power only loads. Additional references: For information on oil price trends, visit the U.S.

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Locus

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Enterprises that did not adapt to new trends faced the brunt of COVID-19 pandemic. This was majorly due to their inability to understand and adapt to the changing logistics trends. Welcome to 2022: Top 10 Supply chain logistics trends to watch out for 2022. Rewind to 2021!

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Freightos

JUNE 6, 2023

As Conor told us in a podcast episode from 2022: Pretty quickly we realized our costs were going to be about 30% higher than we thought. The following data is from a survey we conducted last month (May, 2023) across hundreds of small business importers who tap Freightos.com’s global freight marketplace. The key takeaway?

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The evolving crisis and measures taken worldwide to contain the spread of the pandemic accelerated certain long-term and emerging trends. Digital transformation emerges as a key trend throughout 2021, with a large drive from across all industries towards the ERP and Cloud Computing spaces. 2021 has been a year of transition.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Logistics tech in 2022 has been unavoidably shaped by the two years that preceded it. This shaped the way BCOs approached 2022 and will likely continue to see supply chain; a new drive to ensure global freight shipping reliability at all costs. So without further ado, here’s your: Key Reads Logistics Tech Research and Updates for 2022.

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Trinity Logistics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

In this blog, we’re going to dive into some of the latest trends in the food and beverage industry. billion in 2022. SUSTAINABILITY Growing climate issues are making sustainability a common trend in almost all industries. This makes sustainability one of the top trends in the food and beverage industry.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Calls are increasing for a return to just-in-case (JIC) policies, with some citing this trend as a risk. A year later their survey revealed that companies were more likely to have increased inventory than originally planned and less likely to have made other planned changes to suppliers and networks.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 31, 2023

As we turn the page on 2022 , I’d like to make five supply chain predictions about what to expect for 2023. 2022 saw China’s economy grow at a historically low level of 3%, owing to the zero-COVID policy and slowing export volumes. Organizations will be pressured to reduce costs and do more with less. As the U.S.

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Now, That's Logistics

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Here are six contract logistics trends that all shippers should be watching in the year ahead: More companies are realizing the value of contract logistics. Citing Ti’s Global Contract Logistics 2022 Report, AJOT says the global contract logistics market expanded by 8.7% The trend of nearshoring.

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Now, That's Logistics

DECEMBER 27, 2022

billion loss for 2022 and that industry-wide profitability will emerge at some point in 2023. “We Christoph Hemman, EVP Head of Airfreight Americas Region, DB Schenker said, “These trends directly impact the airfreight industry, which relies on both passenger and cargo planes to get goods from point A to point B. below 2019 levels.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 30, 2021

New Survey Highlights Confidence in Supply Chain Operations Despite Challenges. Anticipating a rebound from COVID-19, this blog post highlighted insights into how supply chain leaders were thinking about their supply chain in the context of the pandemic, macro industry trends, and as they planned for the year ahead. #2.

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3PL Links

APRIL 26, 2023

Revolutionizing the Industry: Discover the Top 3 Logistics Trends for 2023! We’ve created this list of the top 3 logistics trends for 2023 to help you on your way to supply chain sustainability. According to a survey, 71 percent of those involved in the supply chain agree fully with this observation.

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ShipLilly

JANUARY 13, 2022

Experts are of the view that this trend of shortages is bound to continue. However, there are opportunities for businesses that prepare for the trends and take advantage of them. Key challenges that might mark 2022. Unfortunately, 2022 could be as challenging or even more challenging than its predecessor.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 27, 2023

And it follows the company’s announcement in April 2022 that it would bump up annual salaries for truck drivers to up to $110,000 and launch the 12-week development program for supply-chain associates in Dallas, Texas, and Dover, Delaware, to earn their commercial drivers licenses.

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ShipLilly

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The same patterns were reported regardless of whether one used August 2022 or August 2021 for comparison. American ports managed 2,220,331 twenty-foot equivalent units of imports in October 2022. The trends in Savannah were even more striking. Nevertheless, the trends indicate interesting patterns. Volumes were 7.2%

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

It adds that by analyzing revenue forecasts, inventory levels, and order volumes, the index provides industry stakeholders with valuable insights into what to expect in the next quarter and how these trends reflect the freight market. READ THE FULL ARTICLE

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 29, 2019

The future of the UK’s fast expanding subscription box market (subcom) looks bright if trends in the US are anything to go by – according to a new State of Subscription Commerce survey. The post Subcom Market Showing Positive Trends, Says Survey appeared first on Logistics Business® Magazine.

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Freightos

JANUARY 15, 2024

It converged with a trend of both airlines and ocean liners investing far more heavily in their fleets over the past fewyears. It took time for the situation to normalize, especially for complex products like semiconductors that require a lot of moving parts in the global supply chain.

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Ralf Duester, board member of the Bochum-based SCM software specialist Setlog, shows which trends will be important in 2024. At a glance: The top ten SCM trends in 2024 1. Open-source software is increasingly convincing In detail: The ten most important SCM trends in 2024 1. Skilled labour shortage forces action 2.

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TransAudit

MARCH 15, 2023

Early 2022 was a time of incredibly high trucking demand and prices to match. Year over Year: Compared to February 2022, spot load posts were 73.8% From December 2022 to March 2023, flatbed rates have dropped each month, going from $2.77 Reefer trends have been similar, but the drop has been more dramatic.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 24, 2024

The bank said Friday that it is launching new “Supply Availability Indexes” via a blog posting on Monday that going forward will feature as part of its regular monthly surveys of regional business activity. The indexes will feature in future Empire State Manufacturing and Business Leaders surveys, the bank said. Import prices surged 0.9%

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Logistics Business Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2022

While it’s imperative to focus on budgets and business initiatives that will take precedence over the next year, it’s just as important to keep an eye on the big-picture trends that are shaping the industry. o9 Solutions’ supply chain experts and leaders are sharing their insights on the trends that could become prevalent in 2023 and beyond.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2023

A larger share of freight forwarders and supply chain professionals this year in 2023 are expecting disruptions owing to COVID outbreaks in China and the Chinese New Year factory closures as compared to the last year (2022). “We We are looking at three different Chinese Years in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Driver shortage eases slightly in 2022 but relief likely temporary. The truck driver shortage eased slightly in 2022, after more than 90% of TL carriers raised pay last year, but the industry still faces its second-largest number of vacancies on record, American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello said Tuesday.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 20, 2023

The LCI surveyed a diverse portfolio of shippers across different verticals, including consumer packaged goods (CPG), industrial and manufacturing and direct-to-consumer business to examine three primary metrics going into the next quarter. The latest LCI forecasts an upwards trend for Q2. This was seen in the survey.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 13, 2023

A new survey commissioned by ProGlove, leader in wearable barcode scanners , has identified the ongoing struggles of warehouses trying to predict demand patterns accurately. Of those surveyed, just 39 per cent of respondents felt they could accurately predict trends and activity for the holiday season.

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CH Robinson Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Robinson’s own technology and data from the largest network in the freight industry, help our customers stay on top of the trends that influence their supply chains. Even if the pace of job gains slows, this suggests by early 2022 that carriers will have closed the approximate 25,000 worker gap.

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Penske Move Ahead

MAY 9, 2022

In the third annual State of Sustainable Fleets Market Brief , released today and available at no cost, transportation fleets continued to report a resounding trend — their use of clean fuels and advanced vehicle technologies is rapidly progressing. Report authors surveyed nearly 250 U.S.-based By 2025, U.S.

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Penske Move Ahead

MAY 20, 2024

Renewable diesel (RD) consumption increased by 68% in 2023 compared to 2022, with most consumption occurring where favorable carbon credit markets ensured price parity with diesel. Fleets using CNG met 70% of their fueling needs with renewable natural gas (RNG) on average in the annual State of Sustainable Fleets fleet survey.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 12, 2024

According to a survey by McKinsey, 93% of supply chain executives plan to increase their investments in resilience, and 47% of them consider automation and digitization as the top priority. The Yara Birkeland is an electric autonomous 80 m 120 TEU Norwegian-flagged containership launched in Spring 2022.

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Freightos

MAY 22, 2017

Discussing this with Cathy Roberson of Logistics Trends and Insights , she partially attributed the trucking advances to the deregulation in the 1980s, which triggered fierce competition, as well as more accessible communications across individual truckers. What do forwarders think will happen to freight service by 2022?

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Stord

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

The retail-to-industrial trend is still small -- the report covered just 24 conversions since 2016 -- but it’s growing as a solution to low warehouse vacancy. billion in 2022, creating lots of opportunity for companies that design and manufacture these systems. Warehouse robotics could be worth $30.8

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