Logistics Bureau

JUNE 15, 2020

When I first began planning this article, the most significant impacts of COVID-19 were primarily limited to Mainland China. Air Freight Transportation Trends 2020. In the two years or so before 2020, capacity growth had been outstripping the rate at which demand was rising, keeping air freight rates down.

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Logistics Viewpoints

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The survey results provide a cross-industry perspective on last-mile logistics including delivery methods used, the extent of customer real-time visibility, and average vehicle capacity. When it comes to delivery efficiency, whether it is first mile, middle mile, or last mile delivery, capacity is at the heart of the issue.

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Morai Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2019

According to expert forecasts on future trends in supply chain management , …over the next five years about 80% believe ‘digital supply chain’ will be the leading industry model. However, what trends will be at the top of the list this year? However, what trends will be at the top of the list this year? Capacity Crunch.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 21, 2020

This week, learn how freight market participants are predicting shifts in the freight market that may occur with changes in retail sales trends using the SONAR index, Retail Sales with the ticker name of RESL. The RESL index is a monthly measurement of retail sales trends provided by the U.S. for year-over-year breakouts): .

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Turvo

JULY 15, 2021

In the logistics and shipping industry, capacity refers to the amount of space secured on trucks and other vehicles to carry shipment loads. This generally gets referred to as trucking capacity, and it remains one of the most critical aspects of dealing with supply chain disruptions. On normal days, this can be challenging enough.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 3, 2018

It’s that time when idle chatter at the office Christmas lunch turns to debating what next year will bring, especially among logistics and supply chain professionals, for whom it seems every New Year brings new challenges, trends, and disruptive innovations. The 7 Trends for Supply Chain Pros to Watch in 2018.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

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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Trinity Logistics

APRIL 18, 2025

This is concerning when you look at the trend over the last three months regarding consumer revolving credit. A port like Savannah ( blue line ) shows the impact of a fragile capacity balance, and even a slight uptick can be needle moving for rejection of freight tenders. As you can see below in Figure 1.1,

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Bulk Connection

JUNE 1, 2021

In the first four months of 2021, bulk freight shippers have seen tight capacity and high rates for bulk trucking services. Both of those trends have continued in May and show no signs of letting up as we head into summer.

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Logistics Bureau

OCTOBER 1, 2024

So the topic for this week is warehouse capacity. Understanding Warehouse Capacity Challenges So it seems to be a particular challenge at the moment, people running out of warehouse capacity and we’ve been seeing this trend in the Logistics Bureau, a consulting business for probably the last three or four years.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 12, 2025

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 BlueGrace SVP of Managed Services Jason Lockard said that the 5.9%

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Trinity Logistics

APRIL 16, 2024

below shows that since the end of March, right around the time of the bridge collapse, outbound volume, and freight tender rejection rates, have trended upward. SOME BALANCE SEEN Overall, freight volumes have trended slightly above 2023 (Figure 2.1). On a more granular scale, flatbed freight seems to be more optimistic.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Truck capacity is stretched tight and motor carriers are heading into peak retail season with a full head of steam. An internal metric used by logistics service providers (LSPs) daily to gauge capacity is their percentage of pre-booked loads. Transportation and logistics providers that can bring capacity are in high demand.

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Trinity Logistics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Capacity Declining To further illustrate the impact of freight volumes on capacity, Figure 1.2 shows how capacity responds, almost in lockstep, with increases and decreases in freight volumes. the need for capacity waned and began the downward trend (as shown by the white line) regarding carriers in the market.

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Trinity Logistics

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

COULD WE LOSE CARRIER CAPACITY….WITHOUT WITHOUT LOSING ACTUAL CAPACITY? If we don’t have a decline in the number of operating authorities, or available trucks, then how could we lose capacity? So how could this impact capacity? Certainly, this question could cause one to scratch his head. As you can see in Figure 1.1,

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Trinity Logistics

OCTOBER 16, 2023

in the past 90 days, outbound volume from this market has increased almost 23 percent and the rate of carrier rejections has also shown an upward trend by over 50 percent. Capacity Declining Six months ago, I would have taken a bet with anyone that the spread between contract and spot rates would not be greater than $0.50

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Trans Global Auto Logistics

MARCH 23, 2020

The introduction of emerging technologies and business processes has restructured the way logistics and transportation has operated, and this trend will likely continue beyond 2020, especially as technological innovation will lead to sustained growth. Artificial Intelligence and Big Data. Electric and Green Logistics.

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Logistics Bureau

JANUARY 16, 2025

4) Create Redundancy An expensive and inefficient option, redundancy in this context means keeping excess capacity or back-up across the entire supply chain in case of shock events, such as natural catastrophes and epidemics. Typically it involves carrying extra inventory and hiring more workers than absolutely necessary.

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The Logistics of Logistics

JUNE 23, 2022

Original Article: 10 Reasons the Retail Industry Should Invest in a Last-Mile Delivery Solution. Retail delivery solutions continue to change to keep up with market trends. One rising trend is the continued focus on pharmaceutical and other temperature-controlled freight transportation.

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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. Walmart is also investing pickup and delivery capacity. Amazon Supply Chain Innovation Continues ; Chris Cunnane.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Often times at Logistics Viewpoints, we like to look to the future and highlight the key trends that we see in a given market, or make predictions about what technologies will emerge as game changers in the new year. Here are some highlights from these trends in 2023 and implications on supply chain planning. in December 2021.

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The ability to make data-driven decisions and forecast future trends accurately can make all the difference in surviving a bear market’s turbulent waters. The ability to make data-driven decisions and forecast future trends accurately can make all the difference in surviving a bear market’s turbulent waters. READ THE FULL ARTICLE

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Trinity Logistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

This can be attributed to capacity continuing to shrink slightly (Figure 2.2) While it may not feel like it, volumes are trending close to 2022 levels as seen in Figure 3.1 Almost in lockstep has been the tender rejection index. It has continued its slow upward movement as seen by the green line in Figure 2.1. blue vs. green line).

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Trinity Logistics

AUGUST 15, 2024

The slight upward trend continues with volumes and rejection rates (Figure 3.1). This has yet to manifest itself in the way of increased freight rates, as capacity still exists in the market.Shippers and carriers should anticipate little change in conditions (although hurricane season is looming) until early 2025.

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Kanban Logistics

JANUARY 26, 2023

When it comes to warehousing costs and capacity, we start the year with a bit of good and bad news. The bad news is that warehouse capacity remains tight, with demand still exceeding supply. The post Warehouse labor costs trending downward appeared first on Kanban Logistics.

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Freightos

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Here’s our pick of last month’s news, especially where they plug into broader trends. This is our personal take on logistics news trends. Freight Rates News that rates for freight and logistics trends – October 2015. Most articles on this are doom and gloom but some are more circumspect.

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Freightos

AUGUST 26, 2015

The newest addition to the scene, the WSJ’s Daily Logistics Report combs through the business and logistics articles published by the WSJ team, providing a daily email at 6am EST with key information. UK-based logistics website with exceptional content and unique opinion pieces, often centered around shifting technology trends.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 4, 2023

I provided a glimpse of the study content in an article in October that lists the top 20 warehouse automation suppliers , based on ARC’s estimates of 2021 revenues. Together, these two articles provide a substantial quantitative and qualitative overview of the global warehouse automation market. percent four-year CAGR.

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3PL Links

JULY 17, 2024

This is because trends and technologies are created to keep up with shifts in consumer behavior, new sustainability criteria, better efficiency, and decreased errors among many other factors that spur innovation in logistics systems. A reality that employs innovation and new technologies to become far more feasible. Read on for more.

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Logistics Viewpoints

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Integrating external factors like consumer price indexes, GDP trends, climate change, and others into the forecast can improve signaling for supply chain design. Supply chain design can help identify and flag such capacity and capability gaps. Identify Capability Gaps – Detect weaknesses in transportation or supplier capacity.<br>-

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FLS Transport

MARCH 3, 2021

For shippers, this means capacity is tight and rates remain high… Check out what’s driving the rebound. And many expect the problem to spill over into Q2, as it doesn’t look like there’s any relief in the ports or on in ground transportation relative to capacity. Digitization trends are and will sweep the trucking industry by 2030.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 1, 2024

This article explores how adaptive supply chains can help businesses thrive. In this scenario, by adopting an adaptive supply chain, the retailer uses real-time data analytics to identify emerging trends and collaborate closely with suppliers to quickly adjust production and inventory levels to meet customer demand.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 6, 2023

As we step into the unknown of 2023, here are some key trends and issues affecting supply chain management to help you prepare your strategies. Demand forecasting software can integrate with your ERP or business system to automatically generate a demand forecast that considers demand variance, seasonality, trends and promotions.

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EazyStock

JANUARY 6, 2023

As we step into the unknown of 2023, here are some key trends and issues affecting supply chain management to help you prepare your strategies. Demand forecasting software can integrate with your ERP or business system to automatically generate a demand forecast that considers demand variance, seasonality, trends and promotions.

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RPA Labs

APRIL 14, 2022

In every mode of transportation, 2022 has revealed a rate trend that continues to increase. Logistics Management released an article on the topic, sharing that, “Matching capacity to need is going to be the key concern for shippers in 2022—almost regardless of price.” Challenges in Sourcing Transportation Capacity.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 21, 2021

What’s in the article: This blog covers the following topics : How the price rise has impacted businesses during the pandemic . Through this article, we explore the reasons for these rate increases and the correlating scenarios where the freight rates would potentially drop. . This trend has been on the rise ever since the pandemic. .

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Shipping and Freight Resource

MAY 23, 2021

A few years ago, if I were to suggest constructing and sailing a containerized vessel with a carrying capacity of 24,000 TEU, I would not take offense to the assumption by others that I may have been exposed to something other than a strong sea wind. This begs the question is bigger always better and what alternatives exist? Conclusion.

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