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Logistics Management. Getting creative with transportation: Cost cutting and service-level improvement. November 1, 2024 · These two companies are leveraging strong industry partnerships and technology to save money, improve service levels, and streamline their logistics and transportation functions for future success.
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33rd Annual Study of Logistics and Transportation Trends: Puzzling path forward. Logistics professionals navigating their path forward face challenging market conditions, an evolving regulatory environment, a rapidly changing technology landscape, and an increasingly competitive labor market. Our research team puts context around this year’s ...
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This white paper explores how companies are customizing warehouse racking solutions to meet diverse storage needs and safety considerations, moving beyond traditional selective racking systems. Check out our latest issue of November 2024 Logistics Management. Logistics operations are facing a human capital crisis that poses a threat to both ...
2023 State of Logistics Report: Great logistics reset
Jul 10, 2023 · 2023 State of Logistics: Third Party Logistics (3PL) According to the new “State of Logistics Report,” U.S. business logistics costs soared to $2.3 trillion over the course of 2022, growing 19.6% from 2021 and now representing 9.1% of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP). That’s the highest percentage of cost compared with GDP in ...
November 2024 Logistics Management Magazine Archive from
November 7, 2024. President-elect Trump said repeatedly on the campaign trail that he plans to increase the percentage of tariffs levied on companies importing into the United States, from where they have remained since they were implemented in 2018, during his first term in office. To that end, he has said he is committed to imposing a 10%-to ...
U.S. bound imports top the 2.4 million TEU mark for the fourth …
2 days ago · Descartes reported that U.S.-bound container import volumes, at 2,494,635 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), posted an 8.1% annual gain, representing the fourth consecutive month they have eclipsed the 2.4 million TEU mark, which the company said is a “threshold that has historically strained U.S. maritime logistics.”
2022 Supply Chain Disruptions Study - Logistics Management
Dec 8, 2022 · Source: Peerless Research Group (PRG) According to the 2022 Supply Chain Disruptions Study, 40.5% of companies have used a global 3PL in the past, while 37.1% have yet to enlist the help of a global 3PL. Over the last 2.5 years, more than 40% of respondents have increased their usage of and reliance on global 3PLs, while 53.2% have not.
State of Logistics 2024: Less than truckload (LTL)
Saia, the nation’s 8th-largest LTL carrier, is making a bet on growth and acquired several large terminals formerly operated by Yellow. Saia saw tonnage increase 6.2% in the first quarter. Its shipment count grew 15.7%, while weight per shipment fell 8.2% and length of haul fell 0.4%.
Global Logistics 2022: Is this the new normal?
Feb 2, 2022 · Global supply chain disruptions, port congestion, capacity shortages, increasing ocean freight rates and an ongoing pandemic have challenged shippers, ports, carriers and logistics providers during the past year. And looking ahead in 2022, experts estimate that the pressure on global supply chains will continue—and the light at the end of the ...
Top Logistics News Stories of 2022
Dec 5, 2022 · The Port Tracker report issued by the National Retail Federation and maritime consultancy Hackett Associates observed that retail container port volumes are expected to see declines off of record monthly volumes posted earlier this year. 8.) U.S. logistics business costs rise by 22.4% to $1.85 trillion in 2021, new report says.