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The four factors that impact freight trucking revenue and profitability

FreightWaves SONAR

Of course, measuring revenue through the growing demands for both contract and spot freight transportation is never simple addition and subtraction. Market activity describes the nationwide and granular trends affecting available capacity, timeliness of transit and on-time, in-full deliveries.

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Supply Chain Intelligence: The Value of AI and Machine Learning to Predict Freight Rates

FreightWaves SONAR

Of course, no disruption comes close to those that have been experienced to date in 2020. Yes, AI and machine learning build on algorithms to isolate historical trends and derive a likely transportation rate. And the past data trends are obsolete and rapidly becoming more so. And 56% experience supply chain disruptions annually.

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The American trade imbalance and port congestion

Shipping and Freight Resource

However, port information from San Pedro Bay ports, which handles 40% of US trade, shows that this trend of empty container outbound movement has been going on for a few years and is not a new phenomenon. Source : project44.

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Where Is the Freight?

FreightWaves SONAR

The core SONAR tender indices — Outbound Tender Volume Index, Outbound Tender Reject Index, Outbound Tender Market Share and Headhaul Index — are four primary data sets you can use on a daily basis to make better decisions. The OTRI data set shows the percentage of freight that is being rejected outbound from a given market.

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Manufacturing Supply Chain Constraints and How to Overcome Them

FreightWaves SONAR

Seeing that trend indicates increased manufacturing or distribution activity, typical for the flurry of activity that accompanies spring. And lane-by-lane insights are critical to account for that disruption among raw material suppliers and the flow of outbound freight. It is what sets manufacturing supply chain companies apart.

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No Supply Chain Strategy? Here’s How to Develop One

Logistics Bureau

Step 2: Gap Analysis – Customer Requirements and Supply Chain Trends. Now you know what your customers genuinely expect from your outbound and reverse supply chain, so it’s time to undertake a gap analysis. Naturally, the first part of this task will be to research and clarify those key trends.

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5 Tips for Writing a Transportation Management Plan

GlobalTranz

The Freight & Transportation Management Trends to Know in 2018. Only those people who have duly completed the advanced traffic management course or its equivalent should write it. It further contains all the traffic control diagrams that will be used, including road furniture, traffic flow, etc. Download White Paper.

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