West Coast and California Logistics
MAY 27, 2021
If you weren’t already convinced of the value of overweight container logistics, 2020 and now 2021 should have made it clear. It’s one of shippers’ most reliable tactics in mitigating the headaches and extremely high rates associated with the current ocean shipping landscape. In this article, we’ll examine these overweight container shipping benefits, with a specific focus on U.S.
Kane is Able
MAY 27, 2021
About 53% of all carriers are private carriers, for a total in the U.S. of about 620,000 registered carriers, according to the ATA. Close to 70% of outbound freight moves on private fleet trucks. When a company decides to manage its own private fleet, it’s essentially creating a trucking company and assuming responsibility for everything from leasing the trucks to hiring and retaining the drivers to marketing backhauls to pay for the significant overhead investment.
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Conger
MAY 28, 2021
This is the ultimate guide to forklift safety training. By the end of this article, you’ll learn: Why forklift operator safety training is important. OSHA’s training requirements. Where to get forklift operator training. How to develop your own in-house forklift training program. Let’s dive in. Table of Contents. Why Is Forklift Operator Training Important?
The Logistics of Logistics
MAY 26, 2021
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Heico Sandee, CEO of Smart Robotics, explores how automation redefines warehouse culture. By shifting repetitive tasks to skill-based roles, automation improves safety, fosters collaboration, and makes warehousing more appealing to today’s workforce.
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 25, 2021
The global supply chain is routinely beset by challenges, both large and small, but the past couple of years have delivered a string of significant logistics disruptions that have threatened to upend the tightly choreographed dance of global freight transportation. The coronavirus pandemic is the most obvious of these hurdles, but everything from the threat of tariffs to the temporary blockage of the Suez Canal (and even the ongoing closure of the I-40 bridge in Memphis) could have had lasting r
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Supply Chain Brain
MAY 25, 2021
To achieve a reliable yet lean approach, supply chains must be simultaneously agile and resilient. But both qualities have historically depended on “clean” data.
The Logistics of Logistics
MAY 28, 2021
The Hole in the Supply Chain with Deema Adada. Deema Adada and Joe Lynch talk about the hole in the supply chain. Deema is the founder and CEO of GetSett a company that provided its customers with a complete, real-time snapshot of available inventory and location, labor resources and shipment arrivals to optimize dock appointments with greater accuracy.
Logistics Viewpoints
MAY 27, 2021
Five Forces Reshaping Logistics as We Know it. Because warehousing and transportation represent significant cost centers, intelligent logistics decisions are critical. And, more than ever, these decisions have to be made on the fly, in real-time. As logistics managers grapple with their own challenges, including labor shortages and emerging commodity marketplaces, the logistics function has never been under more pressure to deliver.
Amware Logistics and Fulfillment
MAY 25, 2021
When choosing a third-party logistics (3PL) partner to handle your order fulfillment, you probably consider factors like the company’s experience, technology, warehouse capacity and locations. But do you give any thought to its fulfillment warehouse customer service?
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Logistics Management
MAY 25, 2021
The company said that in order to provide its customers with the best possible service during this challenging time, these surcharge increases are being implemented
The Logistics of Logistics
MAY 26, 2021
The Supply Chain is Broken – How to Fix it with Jeff Dangelo. Jeff Dangelo and Joe Lynch discuss how the supply chain is broken and how to fix it. Jeff is the managing partner of Lighthouse , a company that offers dedicated trucking, logistics, warehousing and co-packing coupled with the best supply chain software to give everyone an amazing experience.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 23, 2021
Having successfully sidestepped the first Covid wave, the government now faces a health emergency — only about 1% of its population is vaccinated so far — with the potential to disrupt the chip industry that dominates the local economy, and which is critical to an already-squeezed global supply.
Shipsta
MAY 27, 2021
Your own data is your best resource for improving your freight procurement strategy. It gives you the most accurate insights into which carriers offer you the best quotes and meet your business needs.
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As early as next year, procurement and supply chain operations will begin to adopt AI agents, often called “agentic AI,” to work alongside employees to make and execute decisions with precision across procurement and even the most complex global supply chains. Unlike LLM-based generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, these AI agents do not require prompts from humans.
Logistics Management
MAY 25, 2021
For the week of May 24, the national average came in at $3.253 per gallon, edging out the week of May 17 by $0.004 cents and also topping the weeks ending May 10, and May 3, at $3.186 per gallon and $3.142 per gallon, respectively.
The Logistics of Logistics
MAY 25, 2021
The Quiet 3PF Story with Bruce Welty. Joe Lynch and Bruce Welty discuss Bruce’s entrepreneurial journey and the Quiet 3PF story. Quiet 3PF is a best in class fulfillment services company used by leading retail and digitally native vertical brands (including high growth and category-defining brands like Away). About Bruce Welty. Bruce Welty is the founder and vice chairman at Quiet 3PF.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 27, 2021
The paradigm of just-in-time supply chains has left many brand manufacturers ill-equipped to handle the impact of the pandemic.
Overdrive Online
MAY 24, 2021
As the movie debuted, the May 1977 Overdrive highlighted the magazine’s involvement in 'Smokey and the Bandit,' notably the inclusion of a truck race banner bearing its name.
Speaker: Eric Berdinis, Ran Sun, & Chris Chmielewski
Procuring freight can be cumbersome, time-consuming, and error-prone. If you’re frustrated with the complex and manual processes for obtaining bids for your contract and spot freight, you’re not alone. In today’s fast-moving supply chain environment, optimizing these processes is critical to staying competitive and cutting costs. Join this exclusive webinar with experts from Uber Freight to learn how the latest digital tools and automation can transform your freight procurement strategy by strea
Logistics Management
MAY 26, 2021
Entitled the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021, the Senate subcommittee said that the bill establishes a new historic baseline funding level of $303.5 billion, which would be allocated for Department of Transportation (DOT) programs for highways, roads, and bridges, and is 34% higher than the current surface transportation authorization, the FAST (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation) Act.
The Logistics of Logistics
MAY 24, 2021
Reducing Cost, Risk, and Carbon with Brad Guinane. Brad Guinane and Joe Lynch talk about reducing cost, risk, and carbon. Brad is Vice-President of Sales at FreightWaves , a leading freight intelligence provider, offering current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform. About Brad Guinane. Brad Guinane is the Vice-President of Sales at FreightWaves.
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 25, 2021
Long heralded as the clean energy fuel of the future that will play a key role in decarbonization, attractive hydrogen prices could finally be in sight.
Logistics Bureau
MAY 24, 2021
Among the universal challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has imposed upon the supply chain management profession is the question of inventory, specifically, “how much is enough?”. Not that it was ever an easy question to answer, but the Coronavirus crisis has perhaps turned it on its head, or at least, helped to do so. It wasn’t long ago that businesses were asking, “By how much can I reduce my levels of inventory?”.
Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.
Logistics Management
MAY 26, 2021
Less than one week after Class I railroads CN and KCS said they reached a deal and entered into a definitive merger agreement, with CN acquiring KCS for $33.6 billion, which they said will “create the premier railway of the 21st century,” the companies announced today that they have made a joint filing with the Surface Transportation Board (STB).
Trinity Logistics
MAY 25, 2021
The Trinity Foundation held its 11 th annual Heart and Sole 5K this past Easter weekend. Since its inception in 2010, the Heart and Sole 5K has benefited cardiac rehabilitation efforts for our local hospital, TidalHealth. Prior to this year’s event, we were presented with an opportunity to help the 1-year grandson of one of Trinity’s team members. .
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 25, 2021
How do you know when a collaborative tool will benefit your supply chain environment?
AIMMS
MAY 25, 2021
The post 3 Techniques You Can Use Now to Add Resilience to Your Supply Chain appeared first on AIMMS.
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Logistics Management
MAY 25, 2021
A piece of bipartisan legislation introduced in the United States House of Representatives earlier this month by Representatives Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Seth Moulton (D-MA) focuses on augmenting road safety through a requirement by the Department of Transportation (DOT) to enact a Safety Fitness Determination test for motor carriers, coupled with requiring manufacturers and shippers to make certain that trucking companies are licensed, registered, and insured.
Kuebix
MAY 26, 2021
The first half of this year has been filled with a number of challenges and new opportunities for supply chains. The pandemic has changed the volume and pace at which consumers are purchasing products. As a result, logistics professionals have been identifying ways they can pick up the pace of their operations without sacrificing quality. […].
Supply Chain Brain
MAY 26, 2021
The disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a greater demand for sophisticated supply chain technology that can accommodate increased demand for direct-to-consumer sales, bypassing physical storefronts.
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