In this Issue:
- E-commerce Boom: Welcome to the NEW REALITY
- Cloud-first WMS
- Leveraging the reverse "loop"
- WDC Equipment Survey: Preparing for post-pandemic volumes
- State of LTL 2021: Bull market
- ProMatDX 2021
- The lasting power of the container boom
Logistics Management Magazine Archives
March 2021 Logistics Management
March 30, 2021 · The top carriers learned how to adapt, improvise and improve over the pandemic-dominated year. While harmful for some, the situation has proven to be transformative for others. Here are the secrets of how top carriers are staying ahead of the pack.
March 29, 2021 · The six building blocks of customer-centric fulfillment.
March 29, 2021 · Air cargo providers need to be creative and agile in order to demonstrate their professional abilities to shippers across the globe.
March 9, 2021 · The increased e-commerce volume generated by the pandemic has no end in sight—and signals a permanent behavioral shift of an indeterminate magnitude. In fact, it has provided an opportunity for carriers, vehicle manufacturers and tech companies to research, test and invest in alternative ways to provide pick up, transport, sortation and delivery.
March 9, 2021 · Three of our top parcel industry sources provide updates on one of the fastest moving, most dynamic service sectors in logistics. They suggest that the time is now for shippers to explore every available option.
March 8, 2021 · As the transportation management systems market continues to evolve in the wake of the pandemic, more shippers are finding new ways to use the technology to meet their customers’ continually evolving expectations—and save time and money in the process.
March 8, 2021 · An overall push into the Cloud—along with the development of more flexible, scalable software—is making more logistics operations rethink their warehouse management software delivery options.
March 8, 2021 · With the ongoing growth of e-commerce, the volume of returned inventory continues to rise for logistics managers in a variety of industry sectors. Finding warehousing space for this flood of goods will be a major challenge, say analysts.
March 8, 2021 · In this year’s annual survey, the disruption of the past year certainly influenced some short-term trends, but respondents are optimistic going forward.
March 8, 2021 · When we look back on this time in history, we can say with some certainty that the pandemic acted as a great accelerator.
March 8, 2021 · Shippers need to brace for stiff rate increases as more disciplined carriers benefit from tight capacity, lack of drivers, new market concentration and mounting COVID-related demands.
March 8, 2021 · Over the course of 2021, ocean carriers will continue to operate at high capacity utilization levels, and ocean rates will remain high. Moreover, along with the need for elevated container circulation, high demand will continue to favor the Pacific Coast ports for Asian imports destined for the Midwest.
March 8, 2021 · How autonomous vehicles will bring value in a truly intelligent supply chain.
March 8, 2021 · The barriers to entry are generally low, as we’re now seeing deliveries in private cars and leased vans. Sure, it can seem that starting a delivery service is easy, but forgetting any of the seven operational must-do list items will result in constraints on the success of the logistics entrepreneur.
March 3, 2021 · With the theme of “Power Up,” ProMatDX 2021 will take place in April in a fully virtual format that showcases the latest solutions that supply chain professionals need to improve the resiliency and agility of their operations.
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SEKO Logistics’ executives address Peak Season potential amid economic backdrop
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The intersection of Peak Season prospects, managing inventories, and economic indicators were some of the key themes highlighted on a recent media call hosted by Itsaca, Ill.-based third-party logistics (3PL) services provider and global freight forwarder SEKO Logistics.
FedEx and union-represented pilots reach terms on a tentative agreement
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FedEx officials declined to comment on the agreement, outside of a brief statement issued by the company on May 30, which stated: “We are pleased to have reached a tentative agreement with our pilots as we continue delivering outstanding service to our customers around the world.”
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Ocean shipping returns to pre-pandemic status
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Following a year of record revenue for carriers, shipping analysts see the pendulum swinging in the other direction, as rates are decreasing, volumes are falling, and new capacity is coming online.
GEODIS expands drayage presence with acquisition of Southern Companies
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A purchase price for the transaction was not disclosed. Southern Companies provides various import and export services, including warehousing and trucking, to ensure customer goods are moving swiftly through the supply chain.
Schneider Electric leads the Gartner Global Supply Chain Top 25
May 30, 2023
Four companies make the annual list for the first time, including Tesla.
Q&A: Jared Weisfeld, Chief Strategy Officer, RXO
May 30, 2023
Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently spoke with Jared Weisfeld, Chief Strategy Officer, for Charlotte-based RXO, the fourth-largest full truckload broker in the United States, and asset-light transportation services provider. Weisfeld provided Berman with a broad overview of how RXO views current market trends, including inventories, what may be in store for Peak Season, and capacity management, among others. Their conversation follows below.
FTR Shippers Conditions Index remains on a growth track despite sequential decline
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For March, the most recent month for which data is available, the SCI reading fell to 4.5, following February’s 5.1 reading and January’s 5.4. These readings are nearly half of December’s 10.3, to finish 2022. November’s 3.0 reading was preceded by -3.1 and -0.3 readings in September and October, respectively.
Descartes acquires Melbourne-based Localz as part of final-mile expansion
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Taking steps to continue to invest in its final-mile service offerings, Waterloo, Ontario-based Descartes, a provider of logistics based on-demand, software-as-a-service offerings, recently announced it has acquired Melbourne, Australia-based Localz, a technology platform to help engage with customers on the day they’re having goods or services delivered.
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LM Podcast Series: Examining the global trade market with Chris Rogers, Head of Supply Chain Research for S&P Global Market Intelligence
May 26, 2023
In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor, for Logistics Management and Peerless Media, interviews Chris Rogers, Head of Supply Chain Research for S&P Global Market Intelligence.
U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes are down, for week ending May 20, reports AAR
May 26, 2023
Rail carloads, at 225,093, were off 0.4% annually, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 245,601 units, fell 9.3%.
New FedEx offering aids U.S. customers with emissions-tracking efforts
May 25, 2023
Entitled FedEx Sustainability Insights, the company said this new cloud-based tool, which was created by FedEx Dataworks, leverages near-real time FedEx network data to estimate CO2e emissions for both individual tracking numbers and FedEx.com accounts.
Teamsters union overwhelmingly OKs strike vote against ArcBest LTL unit
May 25, 2023
The Teamsters union has come out guns blazing in the first of four separate negotiations with freight companies in the United States and Canada over the next year. In what is likely merely a negotiating ploy, the Teamsters negotiating committee said a strike authorization had been approved by members covered under ABF Freight’s National Master Freight Agreement (NMFA).
Bloomberg analyst Klaskow provides detailed analysis of key freight themes on Tucker Company Worldwide webcast
May 24, 2023
The topic of recessions—both for the general United States economy and the freight economy—was a key theme in a webcast hosted earlier this month by Jeff Tucker, president of Haddonfield, N.J.-based Tucker Worldwide, the nation’s oldest freight brokerage, which featured Lee Klaskow, Senior Global Transportation & Logistics Analyst and Sector Head, for Bloomberg Intelligence, a division of Bloomberg LP.
