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Transportation cost analysis: Going beyond benchmarking for improved carrier pricing

FreightWaves SONAR

From a financial standpoint, transportation cost analysis remains focused on determining the value of the resources used to execute a given shipment and goes well beyond benchmarking. Moreover, this kind of analysis does not focus on who ends up paying which expenses in the end. The challenges of limited transportation cost analysis.

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5 Most Popular Transportation Blogs of 2015…So Far

GlobalTranz

We have made it to the end of the "Most Popular Blog Posts of 2015.So We've already featured all the other popular blog posts from logistics , manufacturing , supply chain , and freight over this week. The most popular blogs are centered around Infographics, reports, facts, and trends.as Top Transportation Blog Posts from 2014.

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Guest blog: With the Truck Driver Shortage, How Many More Drivers will be Enough?

CH Robinson Logistics

This begs the question: Even if the industry gets more truck drivers, just how much is enough to relieve the strain on trucking capacity? The answer is not simple and involves research and analysis across a number of factors. How many more truck drivers are needed to balance demand for truck transportation with the supply of capacity?

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An Overview of the Resin Market and Long-Term Analysis

MTS Logistics

We take a look at these questions and more in this blog post. Despite increasing their capacity, U.S. chemical and plastics manufacturers struggled to reach overseas markets last year due to rising shipping costs, port congestion, equipment shortages, and capacity constraints. The Logistical Position.

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SONAR Indices & Insights: Plan and Measure Refrigerated Shipping Capacity & Rates

FreightWaves SONAR

In this article, you learn what are the various reefer freight data indices available in SONAR, who in the freight market relies on these indices, what the indices tell freight market participants, and real-world scenario analysis of using SONAR refrigerated shipping indices to better understand the freight market.

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Shipsta by Freightos Introduces Rate Refresh: The Future of Agile Procurement in 2025

Freightos

Recent research across 50+ procurement professionals found them most concerned with the impact of external factors on operations, with rising costs ( 55% ), geopolitical disruptions ( 45% ) and capacity constraints ( 38% ) at the top concerns. Why Rate Refresh?

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Nine Key Steps to Enabling Resilient Supply Chains

Logistics Viewpoints

Doing so helps organizations detect market shifts and makes supply chain decisions more forward-looking than an analysis of the past, present, and at best, a tactical view of the future. Supply chain design can help identify and flag such capacity and capability gaps. <br>- Organize sourcing events to address gaps.