Talking Logistics

JANUARY 29, 2018

The 2018 supply chain conference season kicked off for me last week. at the SMC3 Jump Start 2018 conference in Atlanta, GA. Tighter Trucking Capacity, Higher Rates Until 2019 (or Beyond). This aligns with what the conference attendees are feeling and expecting.

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The Logistics of Logistics

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Enterprise shippers need vetted carriers with a strong service footprint, lane synergies, financial stability, specialization, compatible technology, right equipment, drop-and-hook capacity, operational excellence, strong talent, and cultural fit.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Last month, I had the opportunity to speak at CLX Logistics’ 6th Annual Customer Conference in Philadelphia. Mark Chrencik, Director of Operations at CLX Logistics (a Talking Logistics sponsor), kicked off the conference with a market update where he covered various trends in the industry, including fuel prices and linehaul rates.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

MercuryGate’s User Conference 2014 was in New Orleans last week. At a conference sponsored by a TMS supplier, you would expect much of the talk to center on the freight savings that can be achieved with a TMS; and this was […]. MercuryGate, of course, is a best of breed provider of transportation management systems (TMS).

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2018

At the Descartes Evolution User Conference this past March, I attended several sessions about the MacroPoint solution and they were all standing room only , including the one where William Wehrle and David Bazzetta from BASF shared their case study. Real-time Capacity Matching: The Second Wave of Demand and Value.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MAY 8, 2024

all while protecting product quality and safety, reducing wasted capacity, keeping costs under control, and minimizing environmental impact. She frequently presents at industry conferences; and is a regular contributor to trade and business media, including Forbes Small Business Council.

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Logistics Management

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

If I were to share a single observation from this year’s CSCMP conference, it would be this: Nearly every conversation I had in Nashville touched on the motor carrier capacity crisis.

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The lack of ocean capacity is making traditional ocean shippers look for options to support the holiday season. Airfreight is an option, however it is more expensive and capacity is tight. Larger freight forwarding companies like Flexport have purchased additional airfreight capacity to support their customers.

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Now, That's Logistics

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Securing capacity for global air shipments has become more difficult this year as total freight volumes receded and as carriers reduced their flights as a way to offset that drop in volume. According to IATA’s most recent Air Cargo Market Analysis , August 2020 air cargo traffic is “recovering slowly amid insufficient capacity.”

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Talking Logistics

JULY 3, 2019

Interview with Shelli Austin, president of InTek Freight and Logistics, Inc, conducted at MercuryGate Velocity 2019 User Conference. Shelli shares highlights from her presentation at the conference titled, “How to Be Creative with Capacity as a 3PL.”.

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Carter Logistics

MARCH 12, 2019

64th Annual Food Shippers of America Conference. Sales Manager, Richard Kenney, was fortunate to attend the 64 th Annual Food Shippers of America Conference in Palm Desert, CA from March 3-5, 2019. Marriott Desert Springs Resort and Conference Center. Throughout the 2019 conference, there were plenty of networking opportunities.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Therefore, it’s not surprising that the question at the forefront of the most recent Leadership Roundtable meeting (held last month at the Command Alkon ELEVATE 2018 conference ) was, How do we get started? Getting Started with Digital Transformation.

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Talking Logistics

JUNE 29, 2017

The answers were revealed at the SummerCon 2017 conference a couple of weeks ago where LLamasoft introduced “Planning by Design” and SupplyChainPlanning.com, which the company describes as “building blocks to improve your current planning capabilities through design technology.”. What would this “next generation solution” be?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 21, 2023

We learned from the Conference Board C-Suite Outlook that rising inflation, labor shortages, and supply chain disruptions were high impact issues for CEOs in 2022. All of these issues remained relevant in 2023 as well (see Conference Board C-Suite Outlook 2023 ).

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Logistics Management

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

At last week’s “Groundbreakers 2021: Breaking New Ground” conference hosted by Prologis last week, the company’s CEO Hamid Moghadam explained that the need for warehouse availability and capacity, driven by ongoing levels of high demand, are also up against concerns of people and businesses not wanting warehouses in close proximity to their neighborhoods. (..)

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The Logistics of Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Erik has been a guest speaker for multiple companies and conferences, including the Denver Transportation Club, Landstar and most recently the 3PL & Supply Chain Summit: Atlanta. AI adds value by providing a greater degree of optionality to Loadsmart’s customers and allowing us to guarantee capacity. [08:12]

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Shipping and Freight Resource

AUGUST 1, 2021

Conference Line. When speaking of Liner shipping, I have also received questions as to what is a Conference Line. Conference Line was a service similar to a Liner Service in most operational aspects BUT the difference is that Conference Line operators agree to maintain a similar rate structure to all the advertised ports.

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Logistics Manager

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Our goal is to maximize capacity, create jobs and reduce the impact on our local communities.” Not only has TEU capacity been increased but also RoRo cargo which has seen a rise from 411,000 units to 640,000 per year with total cargo crossing all docks rising from 25 million tons to 35 million tons over the same seven-year period.

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Talking Logistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

As you read this, I will be flying home from project44’s Transform conference where I moderated a panel discussion on real-time freight visibility and I recorded several video interviews with project44 customers and partners. Ok, so did everybody else who attended the conference, but it was cool nonetheless.

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Logistics in War

MARCH 11, 2025

The following text is of a presentation given at a 2019 Wiliams Foundation conference, ‘Sustaining self-reliance’ As the original article cannot be found on other sites, it is provided here with some slight adjustments. It examined the threat to US interests from Russia and China as they applied to its capacity to project power.

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Trinity Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2024

Volumes increased drastically, and with such a rapid rise came decreased capacity. Shipping LTL got more expensive now that the carriers had to pick and choose who they serviced with their finite capacity. The LTL carriers have course-corrected their capacity concerns.

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Talking Logistics

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

If you’ve attended any logistics conferences lately, or just tried covering a load in recent weeks, you know that the tide is turning in the transportation market. Capacity is tightening and rates are going up. Will these trends continue in 2018? What impact will the Electronic Logging Devices (ELD) mandate have on the market?

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 3, 2024

The announcement came on May 15th at the company’s annual user conference, Momentum. A supply planning solution may only be able to achieve rough-cut capacity planning for a large, complex supply chain. Manhattan Associates (NASDAQ: MANH) announced the release of Manhattan Active Supply Chain Planning.

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Trinity Logistics

MARCH 22, 2023

A few weeks ago, we held our first educational and virtual Agent Conference of 2023. This conference focused on winning sales and growing strong customer relationships as a Freight Broker Agent. Sell Your Capacity Let’s say you have consistent capacity within a certain area. Here are a couple of ideas to get you started.

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FLS Transport

JANUARY 6, 2021

Optimism is in the air and 2021 trucking events are on the calendar Drivers look back at the top challenges in a tumultuous year The 7 things shippers need to know about the Q1 freight market 2021 outlook is positive, but there’s a big black capacity cloud looming Driver shortage is leading industry concern going into the new year.

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Freightos

MARCH 19, 2024

More Resources Home Navigating the Waves: Exploring Digital Booking in Ocean Logistics at TPM 2024 Judah Levine The sessions at this year’s TPM, the preeminent North American ocean freight conference, was more focused on the role of technology in ocean logistics than ever.

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Shipping and Freight Resource

AUGUST 30, 2020

Conference Lines were an important historic feature of ocean liner transport. I mentioned “was” because the conference liner arrangements are no longer in practice in the container shipping industry. Conference agreements were formal agreements between shipping lines engaged on various trading routes.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MAY 10, 2021

The SVP of Supply Chain at Walmart speaking at Blue Yonder’s virtual user conference. Brett Biggs, an executive vice president at Walmart, summarized the investments by saying the retailer is spending on increased fulfillment capacity, supply chain, automation, and technology.

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WorkWave

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

RealGreen by WorkWave has a strong presence at this year’s ELEVATE conference (September 10-12, 2023), informing current and prospective customers of the benefits of Dynamic Routing compared to its current Routing Assistant software. Time To Read: 2 minutes HOLMDEL, N.J., Dynamic Routing is set to launch later this year.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 10, 2024

Just last week, my colleague Clint Reiser wrote an article about the top logistics and supply chain conferences to attend in 2024. Best Logistics and Supply Chain Conferences to Attend in 2023 ; Clint Reiser Welcome 2023! And with the new year comes an increasing return to in-person supply chain conferences and trade shows.

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Shipchain

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The site highlights trucking concerns, such as the capacity shortage, the talent gap, and more. Its topics include upcoming supply chain conferences, warehouse technology innovation, logistics insights, and transportation cost control. Trucks.com. Logistics Management. Supply Chain Management Review. Talking Logistics.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The offering was unveiled this week at Amazon Accelerate, a conference that drew about 2,000 online merchants to Seattle. In other Amazon news, the company has adjusted its Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) seller capacity for the peak season. As part of its preparation, it offers most sellers higher estimated capacity limits for October.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MAY 21, 2024

It differs from traditional expo settings in that our delegates meet strict criteria and agree to having 6 meetings over the 2 days, in addition to attending the conference.” We’re still onboarding and almost at full capacity,” says Tomczak. 1-on-1 meetings, that’s what they’re buying,” says Tomczak. “It It’s a win-win.

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Carter Logistics

MARCH 10, 2021

I have been fortunate over the last several years to be an attendee of the Food Shippers of America Annual Conference, most recently held in Palm Desert, California, in 2019. Since the pandemic, the annual conferences have been on hold. For trucking, this construction increase will suck up truck capacity in 2021. overall.

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10xLogistics

JANUARY 7, 2018

At that time I had just read an article about the DOJ investigating the airlines concerning collusion on capacity and ticket pricing (The original article was on Bloomberg News and titled: What Does it Take to Prove Airline Collusion ). The example used in the lawsuit is, according to the article: ".airline Something is going on here.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

Further, as JOC.com wrote in a recent article about the Wall Street Journal an alysis: At the moment, shippers at the NASSTRAC conference said capacity is more balanced than a year ago, in the aftermath of the disruptive polar vortex cycle of winter storms. told the conference. Operating at Capacity.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 24, 2023

Raja Hammoud, EVP of Products at Coupa, speaking on the main stage at Coupa Inspire Coupa recently completed its Inspire conference. At this conference, I heard of a couple of companies using supply chain design in their planning processes in new ways. It ran from April 11 th through the 13 th at the Aria Resort in Las Vegas.

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