Trinity Logistics

JULY 22, 2021

It’s not a secret that capacity remains tight and freight rates stay high. Yet, produce shippers that take the time to think about the situation and what they can do to push through will have a better chance at finding capacity and keeping costs manageable. The challenges with finding capacity during produce season aren’t new.

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FreightWaves SONAR

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The SONAR Lane Score is now available in Descartes Macropoint Capacity. Direct access to SONAR Lane Score within MacroPoint Capacity helps brokers maximize efficiency by bringing in useful data into one platform. Descartes’ MacroPoint Capacity allows a broker to see assets throughout the U.S. freight markets by lane.

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Logistics Business Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Growing businesses will sooner or later need more capacity in their supply chain to fulfil larger sales volumes. Using WMS to increase factors such as occupancy, throughput, and data and task accuracy can all help to increase the capacity of an existing warehouse. Some businesses find that creating a new warehouse is the best option.

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Kanban Logistics

OCTOBER 28, 2022

In this article, we’ll take a look at North Carolina warehousing capacity and tell you why a more rural location may be right for your business. North Carolina Warehousing Capacity in the Metro Areas. Rural North Carolina offers greater warehousing capacity. Partner with a 3PL provider for North Carolina warehousing capacity.

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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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Parade

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Parade’s approach to capacity management is different from the rest in several ways. Parade is considered the top capacity management solution by most of the supply chain industry. What they don’t say in so many words is that that wider capacity network may come from access to the networks of other brokerages on the platform.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JUNE 10, 2021

FreightWaves SONAR is releasing new indices – Capacity Trend Market Scores and Capacity Trend Market Direction – to help shippers, carriers and brokers prioritize specific routes daily. Capacity Trend Market Scores Capacity Trend Market Scores are divided into two perspectives – shipper/broker and carrier.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 7, 2024

0–25 = Most Difficult to Cover 26–40 = Difficult to Cover 41–59 = Neutral 60–75 = Easy to Cover 76–100 = Easiest to Cover Think of it like your confidence in whether to be aggressive or not (like asking for another card in our fun blackjack example). But a score of 5 should bring extreme caution. Chat with us today at bd@freightwaves.com.

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FreightWaves SONAR

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The reasons for a carrier to reject the load tender are: 1) lack of trucking capacity; and 2) the rate is too low. A change in reefer trailer capacity can also help explain why capacity, in general, has changed, as those reefer trailers are not available for other types of freight. As load volumes increase, capacity tightens.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 20, 2023

Finding available trucking capacity is often a challenge, especially when demand is high. The sad truth, however, is that a lot of capacity gets wasted too. We see this, for example, in the number of empty backhauls that happen every day. Finding available trucking capacity is often a challenge, especially when demand is high.

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ShipLilly

JANUARY 25, 2021

From an operational point of view, the 2020 holiday season was more difficult than usual because businesses had to deal with the reality of limited carrier capacity which reduced their speed in processing orders. Inevitably, the rationing of delivery capacity created chaos throughout the holiday season. As the U.S.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 12, 2019

In today’s challenging transportation environment, the more avenues shippers have to find and secure capacity, the better. While there is currently considerable investment and effort to add capacity to the market, there’s also a lot of wasted capacity such as empty private fleet backhauls. Underutilization of capacity.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Consumer buying behavior has tightened capacity in all modes of transportation. In a 2021 study by Inbound Logistics, logistics technology providers said that 58% of their shippers were concerned with capacity constraints, triggering 68% of shippers worried about how they were currently optimizing their transportation resources.

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Parade

JUNE 8, 2021

This post will cover four questions: 1) What is the 3PL agent model, 2) What have the challenges in the past been with building systems for agents, 3) Why it is critical for capacity systems to build separate features for this business model and 4) How to get Agency Support configured for your 3PL agents. Agent Models.

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Parade

JUNE 8, 2021

This post will cover four questions: What is the 3PL agent model, what have the challenges in the past been with building systems for agents, why it is critical for Capacity Systems to build separate features for this business model and how to get this configured for your 3PL agents. Agent models. 1) Set up a user with a revenue code.

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FreightWaves SONAR

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Shifts in freight volumes tend to cause changes in capacity, applying upward or downward pressure to carrier rates. An increase in freight volumes on a particular length of haul could tighten capacity for that lane, increasing carrier rates, whereas a decline in freight volumes could loosen capacity, causing carrier rates to fall.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 16, 2021

However, those hopes are at risk due to the severe capacity reductions plaguing regions across the US. However, producers that take the time to think about the reality of the situation are better equipped to recognize the value of a strategic partnership to find capacity. What Are Shippers Doing to Find Capacity in a Tightening Market.

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FreightWaves SONAR

MARCH 22, 2021

In this edition of “SONAR Indices & Insights,” readers will learn about FreightWaves SONAR’s Weighted Rejection Index (WRI) to monitor trucking capacity in the freight market and the impact rejections have on shipping rates. For example Atlanta’s OTMS value is 4% and outbound rejections increased from 3% to 5% over the past seven days.

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ShipLilly

MARCH 13, 2023

‘Shiplilly Reinvention’ adding more capacity to our fleet sailing in the Caribbean Press Release “Shiplilly Reinvention” starts operations Shiplilly has just announced the commissioning of “Shiplilly Reinvention”, a new addition to its Caribbean fleet. Expanding capacity and options is an ongoing goal of Shiplilly.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Unbelievably, the capacity crunch is back the shipping headlines. Cassidy of the Journal of commerce (JOC) noted shippers were expecting a forthcoming slight capacity pinch, but that was before hurricane season arrived. Capacity Crunch Factors Include Increased Deadhead. Fewer Drivers Reduce Available Capacity.

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Conger

JANUARY 7, 2022

This article is all about forklift weight capacity. The difference between a forklift’s rated capacity and its actual capacity. OSHA’s rules on forklift capacity. How to calculate your forklift's actual capacity. Forklift Capacity Plate: What It Is and How to Read It. Load capacity. And much more!

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 22, 2021

Freight capacity demand continues to congest delivery schedules, putting global supply chains in a state of strain today. What’s covered in this article: Port congestion exacerbating capacity shortage. Economic activity has felt the effects of border closures, capacity demand and industry halts resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Transporeon

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Shippers are feeling the effects of scarce carrier capacity. The driver shortage is affecting available trucking capacity. With luck, the shipper may find and contract with another carrier that has available space despite the driver shortage and scarce capacity. Scarce available trucking capacity leads to higher shipping costs.

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CLX Logistics

JANUARY 12, 2021

To help our customers, we have created an ISO Tank Capacity Guide to help with your Intermodal needs. This ISO Tank Capacity Guide describes the formula and procedures we use to identify optimal ISO tank sizes for given quantities of liquid chemical products. The post ISO Tank Capacity Guide appeared first on CLX Logistics, LLC.

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Penske Move Ahead

JUNE 18, 2021

A continued increase in demand coupled with carrier constraints and a driver shortage has strained capacity, and carriers are getting more selective with the freight they will haul. Capacity is there, but it takes collaboration and planning, and shippers need to focus on being a shipper of choice," Coulter said.

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MTS Logistics

JANUARY 22, 2020

The Erie Canal project is a great example in this regard that made New York the Empire State by reaching Midwest’s Belt regions. The post Can Cargo Transport Capacity in the Danube River Be Increased? Today, water transport of cargoes is considered to be the cheapest and cleanest transportation method.

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CH Robinson Logistics

APRIL 21, 2021

Air freight has been in nonstop peak-season mode despite pandemic-induced capacity decline, while other disruptions, such as the Suez Canal blockage, drove even more demand to air. Though vaccine distribution is increasing, and we are seeing a spike in passenger travel, capacity relief is not on the horizon. Flex your creative muscles.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 1, 2024

Top Challenges Faced by Companies: Customer Preferences: Example: An online fashion retailer faces the challenge of constantly changing customer preferences. Supply side shifts: Example: A global coffee manufacturer experiences disruptions due to a natural disaster affecting one of its key suppliers in Brazil due to dry weather.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 5, 2021

For example, the transportation of high-value goods such as mechanical engineering products, electronics, and computer equipment was minimally affected. The post Tight container market creating capacity issues for shippers appeared first on Turvo. Over this year, this process can take between one and two weeks on average.

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ShipLilly

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

For example, there is an expectation that October has been a strong month. Due to capacity cuts among the main container lines, rates have also accelerated. For example, China to US West Coast rates were $3,863 per FEU by the 30th of September. Tight Capacity. Capacity remains tight according to many shippers.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2017

The electronic logging device (ELD) mandate compliance date is around the corner, and shipping capacity is tightening at a phenomenal rate. As the shipping industry prepares to face these challenges, figuring out how to take advantage of available shipping capacity can be challenging. Click Here.

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The Lean Thinker

APRIL 20, 2020

From an industrial engineering standpoint, takt time is an expression of how much capacity you need. The whole goal of an ideal “Just-in-Time” system is that we have only the capacity required to meet the demand. If the system is even able to run faster than the takt time, we have excess capacity. Why Takt Time?

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 4, 2021

Here are 10 shipper of choice tips to help enterprises secure capacity and improve relationships with carriers, not to mention transportation brokers. The best examples of shippers of choice provide services along several trucking routes. Focus on dock experiences for drivers. Provide driver shipping route choices.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2018

Visibility Enables Faster Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash processes : for example, you can leverage Electronic Proof of Delivery (ePOD) and geofencing to initiate invoicing and payment process. . Real-time Capacity Matching: The Second Wave of Demand and Value. Understand the location the carrier wants a truck to go next.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 22, 2018

Capacity is a very real problem impacting companies in all verticals, especially those who ship density-based freight that present further challenges. It’s no secret that the growth in the economy coupled with shortage of drivers and the ELD mandate has led to a serious capacity crisis in Less than Truckload and Full Truckload freight.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 20, 2023

Finding available trucking capacity is often a challenge, especially when demand is high. The sad truth, however, is that a lot of capacity gets wasted too. We see this, for example, in the number of empty backhauls that happen every day.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 25, 2018

Last year Cerasis covered the capacity crunch in great detail, culminating in a helpful and educational e-book titled “ The Great Capacity Crunch: The Current State, Future Outlook, and How Shippers Can Thrive in Any Capacity Crunch.” So, as a shipper, what are your options? Download Here.

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