Logistics Management Magazine Archives

June 2023 Logistics Management

In this Issue:

  • Logistics Labor: Increasing retention
  • Private fleet growth soars
  • Improving productivity with LMS
  • Cross-border business booms
  • Top 50 3PLs: Ripe market conditions
  • Transportation Market Update: Ocean shipping returns to per-pandemic status
June 5, 2023 · To better manage through the constrained labor market, logistics operations are courting more women and other diverse job candidates; ramping up their training programs; investing in automation; and ensuring that positions offer the work-life balance that many new recruits are seeking.
June 5, 2023 · Voice-directed solutions do more than translate pick lists in voice instructions. These solutions are multi-modal, using wearable scanners and Android device screens when appropriate, and have evolved to handle work execution functions and integrate with mobile robots.
June 5, 2023 · There were hordes of robots at ProMat 2023, but what are they doing for operations in terms of high-value applications, and how do they integrate to help material flow? To find out, we asked a few exhibitors about the top warehouse robotic apps and trends.
June 5, 2023 · We take a deeper dive behind the numbers to examine why private fleets have had eight consecutive years of consistent growth in four key metrics—shipments, volume, value, and miles-run.
June 5, 2023 · Companies of all sizes are leveraging labor management systems to detect workforce issues, improve asset utilization, and incentivize employees across a distributed network.
June 5, 2023 · What has been called “phenomenal” growth in near-shoring will only increase cross-border trade as manufacturers seek sites closer to their markets. While freight transportation providers are streamlining cross-border moves with strong data, partnerships, and expertise, there’s still a lot shippers need to understand before setting up a long-term strategy.
June 5, 2023 · This is a game-changing transformation for transportation, with much the same impact of the jump from sail to steam power and steam to diesel propulsion.
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Latest in Logistics Management

Prologis and Home Depot leadership address the capabilities of AI for logistics
The ongoing emergence, as well as the potential, of AI (artificial intelligence) was a major theme of the annual Groundbreakers thought leadership forum hosted by San Francisco-based real estate investment trust company Prologis in San Diego this week.

ShipStation report examines holiday season shopping preferences
The ongoing push towards online shopping, which was accelerated through the pandemic, was evident in the report’s findings, with 60% of U.S. consumers, and 57% globally, indicating they plan to do most of their 2023 holiday shopping online, coupled with increasingly adopting omnichannel behaviors.

UPS preps to acquire MNX Global Logistics
MNX has more than 800 employees in 190 countries, according to UPS. Its network includes more than 2,500 agent partners, more than 45,000 couriers, and more than 700 forward stocking locations.

Prologis research paper examines impact of various technologies on logistics real estate efficiency
The research paper, entitled “Future Proofing the Global Supply Chain:  How AI, Automation and Other Technologies Are Impacting Efficiency,” noted that logistics real estate investments outpaced revenue growth by 57% over the past decade despite advancements in automation and data analytics, which it labeled “the supply chain productivity paradox.”

Logistics services providers and shippers call out for seasonal help
A sure sign that the holiday season getting closer each day are the respective announcements made by carriers, transportation and logistics services providers, and shippers alike, announcing their “help wanted” signs have been hung, as they look for seasonal workers.

National weekly diesel average falls for first time in nine weeks, reports EIA
With a 4.7-cent decline, the national average came in at $4.586 per gallon. This came on the heels of a 9.3-cent increase, to $4.633 per gallon, for the week of September 18, and a 4.8-cent increase, for the week of September 11, to $4.50 per gallon.

FTR Trucking Conditions Index sees sequential improvements
For July, the most recent month for which data is available, the TCI reading was -5.34, faring better than June’s -6.29, the lowest TCI reading going back to November 2022.

UAW-Big Three strike is replete with supply chain implications
While the United Auto Workers (UAW) union strike against the "Big Three" of General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis has been ongoing since September 15, coupled with the number of employee walk-outs continuing to rise, the supply chain impacts and ramifications are likely to increase the longer the situation goes on, according various industry stakeholders.

OOIDA blasts FMCSA move to mandate speed limiters on heavy trucks
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) announced intention to mandate that commercial trucks have speed limiting devices is sharply dividing the trucking industry.

Combating Supply Chain Chaos: 13 Tips from the Camcode Barcoding Playbook
Camcode is offering a webinar on how to avoid delays and save money during the labeling and signage process for physical inventory move-in. They provide considerations for selecting the correct label, best practices for maximizing value from labels and signs, advice on where to cut corners and where not to, tips for formatting inventory data, and suggestions for seamless label and sign installations.

Q&A: Erin Van Zeeland, Schneider National Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Senior Vice President and General Manager of Logistics
Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with Erin Van Zeeland, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Senior Vice President and General Manager of Logistics, for Green Bay, Wisc.-based truckload, intermodal and logistics services provider Schneider National. Van Zeeland addressed various topics, including: Peak Season, intermodal, logistics technology, and near shoring among others.

DAT’s August Truckload Volume Index presents a mixed bag for volume and rates
The van TVI was up 8.0% compared to July, at 241, and down 8.0% annually; the reefer TVI was up 4% compared to July, at 175 and down 5% annually; and the flatbed TVI was up 9% compared to July, at 259, and down 0.4% annually;

U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes are up, for week ending September 16, reports AAR
Rail carloads, at 232,723, eked out a 0.2% annual gain. Intermodal containers and trailers, at 257,067 units, were up 3.3% annually.

Q&A: Cary Davis, American Association of Port Authorities President and CEO-elect
In late August, the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) announced that its Board of Directors announced that, effective October 1, Cary Davis will become its new President and CEO. Davis joined AAPA in November 2019 and has played key public policy roles for the organization in his roles as VP of Government Relations, General Counsel and Board Secretary.

Estes’ $1.52 billion bid beats ODFL’s bankruptcy offer for Yellow terminals
The first big winner in the bankruptcy dismantling of Yellow Corp. is less-than-truckload (LTL) rival, Richmond, Va.-based Estes Express, the nation’s fourth-largest LTL carrier.


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