Logistics Management Magazine Archives

November 2019 Logistics Management

In this Issue:

  • LANXESS: Embracing the future
  • Trucking Regulations: More red tape
  • Compliance and Complexity
  • LS2 Cranks up speed of delivery
  • 2019 Warehouse/DC Operations Survey: Tight labor and space pressures drive technology surge
  • Quarterly Transportation Update: Truckload is in search of seasonality
November 11, 2019 · How the world’s second-largest motorcycle helmet manufacturer put a scalable, on-demand warehousing and fulfillment platform to work to get product to dealers quickly and efficiently—and witness triple-digit revenue growth in the process.
November 11, 2019 · While we continue to use our pages to beat the drum that a digital approach offers the promise of a fully connected network with access to real-time visibility to capacity and warehouse space, this year’s findings suggest that there has been a slight shift to a more passive “wait-and-see” attitude.
November 11, 2019 · Most countries impose legal control on the export of goods from their jurisdictions, while international trade agreements often include additional regulations. However, failing to observe new laws and sanctions can have severe consequences for importers as well.
November 11, 2019 · How one manufacturer leveraged its long-term managed transportation relationship to gain access to top-of-the-line transportation management systems, carrier options, real-time cost data and end-to-end supply chain visibility.
November 11, 2019 · New HOS tweaks top the list of regulatory changes heading into 2020. Carriers say flexibility is key to effective industry regulation covering the niche sectors that make up this dominant, $700 billion industry.
November 11, 2019 · Even with trucking volumes down in 2019, digital freight matching (DFM) remains hot on the radar of shippers as a way to secure space and improve visibility.
November 7, 2019 · Volumes are firming, rates are improving and shippers are enjoying plenty of truckload capacity—for now. However, this environment has left the market wondering what effect the recent bankruptcies and the economy will have on trucking efficiency heading into 2020.
November 7, 2019 · Shippers and carriers involved in hazmat—and in many areas regulated in transportation and distribution—need to be periodically updating themselves on any additional changes.
November 7, 2019 · Coping with growth and change is never easy, but it’s particularly challenging in a tight labor market in which the cost of industrial real estate has spiraled upward. As this year’s survey results show, respondents are rolling up their sleeves and coping with change by leveraging additional technology, as well as by increasing attention on training, pay rates and data quality.
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USPS cites continued progress in fiscal second quarter earnings despite recording another net loss
Operating revenue, at $19.7 billion, were up 2.1%, or $410 million, annually, and total quarterly volume, at 28.011 million pieces, fell 2.1% annually. USPS also reported a quarterly net loss of $1.5 billion, compared to a $2.5 billion quarterly loss a year ago.

U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes are mixed, for week ending May 4, reports AAR
Rail carloads, at 213,410, fell 5.1% annually.Intermodal containers and trailers, at 249,696, were down 4.9% annually.

New Ryder analysis takes a close look at obstacles in converting to electric vehicles
The analysis, entitled “Charged Logistics: The Cost of Electric Vehicle Conversion for U.S. Commercial Fleets,” takes a deep dive into the myriad challenges related to converting to EVs, including what it called evolving state and federal legal requirements focused on transitioning to zero-emissions vehicles.

Norfolk Southern shareholders sign off on 10 board of directors nominees
Facing questions about its leadership in advance of its Annual Meeting of Shareholders today, due to a proxy bout and attempted management takeover by activist investor Ancora Alternatives LLC, Atlanta-based Class I railroad carrier Norfolk Southern is likely breathing a collective sigh of relief today.

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Port Tracker report is bullish on import growth over the balance of 2024
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
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.

National diesel average falls for the fourth consecutive week, reports EIA
The national average, at $3.894 per gallon, fell 5.3 cents, below the $3.947 national average, for the week of April 29.

New Descartes’ study examines consumer preferences, changes, and shifts in e-commerce home delivery preferences
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
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
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
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
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
The proposed legislation aims to regulate the use of productivity quotas and improve safety for workers.


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