In this Issue:
- 39th Annual Quest for Quality Awards: Winners announced
- Navigating ocean cargo unpredictability
- ERP gains ground
- Risk assessment tools
Logistics Management Magazine Archives
August 2022 Logistics Management
August 31, 2022 · Focused on resiliency and adaptability, companies are increasingly turning to software platforms that help them tackle their current supply challenges and also plan for the future.
August 31, 2022 · While there have been recent changes in temperature-controlled logistics, known as “cold chain,” there are many of the same players remaining in the sector, but with some new people skills, processes and technologies.
August 15, 2022 · Which carriers, third-party logistics providers and U.S. ports reached the pinnacle of service-excellence during the most complex period in modern history? Our readers have cast their votes, and now it’s time to introduce this year’s winners.
August 15, 2022 · Less than Truckload (LTL) is equal to the e-commerce task.
August 15, 2022 · Again this year, winners in this TL category posted some of the strongest overall weighted scores of our survey.
August 15, 2022 · While rail freight and intermodal volumes waver, service stays steady.
August 15, 2022 · Infrastructure vital to service success.
August 15, 2022 · Ocean freight carrier service stars on the high seas.
August 15, 2022 · Third Party Logistics (3PLs) providing world-class service through highly-uncertain conditions
August 15, 2022 · Air cargo companies provide world-class service despite strong headwinds.
August 12, 2022 · Managing lift truck safety is daunting in today’s hectic materials handling environments, but safety-related technology is advancing rapidly, with sensor-driven solutions available that promise to avoid incidents before they happen.
August 8, 2022 · The entire staff of LM would like to thank the thousands of readers who took the time to respond this year. It’s your time and insight that drives the Quest for Quality and keeps it the purest snapshot of carrier and service provider quality available in the market.
August 8, 2022 · Shippers now need to reconsider how they position operations in a changing ocean market, how to plan and secure capacity, and how to develop long-term relationships with the most reliable ocean carriers. These are discussions focused on balanced, mutual commitments from all parties in an effort to mitigate future shipping chaos.
August 8, 2022 · On track to hit $78.4 billion in revenues by 2026, the global enterprise resource planning market is increasingly making its way into the supply chain management sector, where companies are leveraging their ERPs to both manage the current uncertainty and plan for the future.
August 8, 2022 · Now that the worst of it seems to be over, it’s time to take action to mitigate any future risk of supply chain disruptions. Developing a tool or using an existing software tool for assessing risk will help identify the weak links in your supply chain—but a tool alone is not enough.
August 8, 2022 · U.S. agencies are getting wake-up calls from Congress and shippers.
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Port Tracker report is bullish on import growth over the balance of 2024
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For March, the most recent month for which data is available, Port Tracker reported that import volume, for the ports covered in the report, came in at 1.93 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEU), down 1.4% compared to February and up 18.7% annually, a period when Asian export activity was slow on the heels of Lunar New Year shutdowns, it noted.
Varying opinions on the tracks regarding STB’s adopted reciprocal switching rule
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Feedback regarding the recent adoption of the reciprocal switching rule by the Washington, D.C.-based Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers, could be viewed as mixed.
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New Descartes’ study examines consumer preferences, changes, and shifts in e-commerce home delivery preferences
May 7, 2024
A new study issued today by Waterloo, Ontario-based Descartes, a provider of logistics based on-demand, software-as-a-service offerings, showed some disparities in the intersection of online buying and home delivery processes. The study, entitled “Online Buying Grows But Too Many Customers Still Experiencing Delivery Woes,” was based on feedback from 8,000 consumers surveyed by Descartes and SAPIO Research, across Europe and North America over the first quarter. This is the third annual edition of Descartes’ e-commerce home delivery report.
Potential Canadian rail strike could damage the country’s economy
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Over 9,000 rail workers poised to walk off job, disrupting critical transportation routes used by various industries.
C.H. Robinson highlights progress of its AI-focused offerings with a focus on automating shipping processes
May 7, 2024
Taking steps to leverage Artificial Intelligence (AI) in order to automate various types of shipping transactions conducted over e-mail, Minneapolis, Minn.-based global third-party logistics (3PL) services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson (CHR) today heralded the progress it has made on that front, calling the utilization a key step in breaking “a long-standing barrier to automation.
UPS announces CFO Newman to leave company, effective June 1
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Atlanta-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider UPS said that effective June 1, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Brian Newman will leave the company.
Preliminary April North American Class 8 net orders are mixed
May 6, 2024
FTR reported that preliminary April net orders, at 14,400 units, were off 25% compared to March and 12.5% annually. And it added that over the last 12 months, total Class 8 orders were at 267,700 units. ACT reported that April Class 8 orders, art 15,600 units, were off 1,800 units compared to March, while posting a 30% annual gain, in what it called a very easy year-ago comparison.
Senators take a close look at Amazon with Warehouse Worker Protection Act
May 6, 2024
The proposed legislation aims to regulate the use of productivity quotas and improve safety for workers.
Despite American political environment, global geopolitical risks could be easing
May 6, 2024
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Maryland DOT: $1.9 billion and up to four years to rebuild bridge sunk near Baltimore port
May 6, 2024
It will take just over four years and up to $1.9 billion to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge after it was hit by a cargo ship and fell into the Patapsco River, according to an estimate by the Maryland Department of Transportation. The state plans to build a new span by the fall of 2028, spokesman David Broughton said. He also said it will likely cost anywhere from $1.7 billion-to-$1.9 billion to rebuild the span after the container ship Dali lost power...
April Services PMI contracts after 15 months of growth, reports ISM
May 3, 2024
The Services PMI, at 49.4 (a reading of 50 or higher signals growth) fell 2.0%. The last time the index contracted was in December 2022, when it came in at 49 and prior to that the last month seeing contraction was in May 2020, when it came in at 45.4.
2023 industrial big-box leasing activity heads down but remains on a steady path, notes CBRE report
May 3, 2024
In the report, entitled “2024 North America Industrial Big-Box Review & Outlook,” CBRE said that Food & Beverage was the third most active occupier for big-box leasing activity, at 8.6%, with Automobiles, Tires & Parts, E-commerce Only, and Building Materials & Construction rounding out the top six, at 7.0%, 5.4%, and 5.3%, respectively.
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U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes are mixed in April, reports AAR
May 3, 2024
Rail carloads, at 848,882, were down 6.5%, or 58,751 carloads, annually. Intermodal containers and trailers, at 1,018,569 units, increased 8.6%, or 80,471 units, annually.
