In this Issue:
- 34th State of Logistics Report: Great Logistics Reset
- 2023 Truckload Roundtable: Stuck in neutral
- Steady march into the cloud
- Software helps robots play nice
Logistics Management Magazine Archives
August 2023 Logistics Management
August 14, 2023 · Which carriers, third-party logistics providers and U.S. ports reached the pinnacle of service excellence over the course of the past year? Our readers have cast their votes, and now it’s time to introduce this year’s winners of the coveted Quest for Quality Awards.
August 14, 2023 · Stellar service steady through the storm
August 14, 2023 · High-level service through unsteady volumes.
August 14, 2023 · High-flying service prevails in turbulent market
August 14, 2023 · Top-notch service remains front and center
August 14, 2023 · Service levels rise in tandem with investment
August 14, 2023 · World-class service emerges from operational squalls
August 14, 2023 · World-class service prevails amid sharp falloff in demand.
August 14, 2023 · As always, the entire staff of LM and PRG 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.
August 3, 2023 · In this webcast, learn how aThingz stitches the financial elements of Logistics, right from planning through the invoice process.
August 2, 2023 · With more companies focused on improving their supply chains, ERPs are playing a starring role in many of their supply chain management software implementations—and diving deeper into AI to improve decision-making and personalize the user experience.
August 2, 2023 · Do you think you already have enough to worry about with the obvious and known risks and have no time to address hidden risks? Rethink that approach. The risk of doing nothing could be disastrous to your business.
August 1, 2023 · From labor shortages to demand for ever-improved operational flexibility, this typically ignored class of trucks offers a chance to rethink your processes and even how you approach materials handling.
August 1, 2023 · While there are several sides to this, and there will most assuredly be major issues to overcome, a tectonic shift is coming.
August 1, 2023 · After experiencing substantial growth in its e-commerce business, master distributor FORTPRO USA/World Truck Parts LLC called on a third party to help it get more out of its existing warehouse space, improve fulfillment throughput, and increase revenues.
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FTR’s Trucking Conditions Index falls to lowest level since last September
May 17, 2024
For March, the most recent month for which data is available, the TCI came in at- 7.25, following February’s -5.31 reading.
U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes are mixed, for week ending May 11, reports AAR
May 17, 2024
Rail carloads, at 209,319, fell 7.0% annually, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 254,429 units, rose 7.7% annually.
Cass Freight Index points to annual shipments and expenditures declines
May 17, 2024
April’s shipment reading, at 1.098, decreased 4.0% annually, and expenditures, at 3.227, were off 16.8% annually.
ALAN opens up its nominations for 2024 Humanitarian Logistics Awards
May 16, 2024
The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) has officially opened nominations for its eighth annual Humanitarian Logistics Awards.
U.S.-bound import growth remains intact in April, reports Descartes
May 16, 2024
From March to April, the report found that U.S.-bound container import volumes were up 3.0% compared to March and were up 9.3% annually, coming in at 2,208,849 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). Descartes explained that the 3.0% gain was downwardly impacted by the effects of the Chinese Lunar Year, adding that when compared to pre-pandemic April 2019, volumes increased 15.1%.
Looking at a reshoring history lesson
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A three-decade expert in supply chain, the Reshoring Institute’s Rosemary Coates explains how the reshoring trend has progressed.
NTSB: Ship lost power twice before slamming into Baltimore bridge, closing port
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Twice the huge container ship Dali lost power and slammed into one of the bridge's support columns, causing the Francis Scott Key Bridge to fall into the waters outside Baltimore, killing six and causing the closing to maritime traffic of one of the busiest ports on the East Coast.
ISM May Semiannual Report points to growth in 2024, at a reduced rate
May 15, 2024
As was the case in its previous edition in December, the manufacturing and services sectors remain on diverging paths, to a certain extent, in May. One common theme the sectors share, according to the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM) May 2024 Semiannual Economic Forecast, which was issued today, is that growth is expected over the balance of the year, albeit at reduced rates.
April retail sales are mixed, reports Commerce and NRF
May 15, 2024
Commerce reported that April retail trade sales were up 0.4% over March and were up 2.7% annually. And the National Retail Federation reported that NRF reported that February’s core retail sales, which it bases on Census data and excludes automobile dealers, gasoline stations, and restaurants, fell 0.2% on a seasonally-adjusted basis compared to March and were up 3.9% on an unadjusted basis annually.
LM Podcast Series: S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Rogers assesses 2024 import landscape
May 15, 2024
In this podcast, Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Chris Rogers, Head of Supply Chain Research for S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Following USTR review, White House announces tariff increases on certain U.S.-bound imports from China
May 14, 2024
The impetus for the increase in tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 on $18 billion worth of imports from China is due to various actions China has taken, according to the White House, including unfair trade practices concerning technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation threatening American workers and flooding global markets with artificially low-priced exports.
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Inflation continues to have a wide-ranging impact on supply chains, notes Blue Yonder survey
May 14, 2024
Blue Yonder’s annual survey finds cost of materials and transportation being impacted; disruptions remain.
National diesel average decreases for the fifth consecutive week, reports EIA
May 14, 2024
The national average, at $3.848 per gallon, dropped 4.6 cents from the $3.894 average, for the week of May 6, which was off 5.3 cents from the $3.947 average, for the week of April 29.
New Union Pacific service connects Southern California and Chicago
May 14, 2024
New route promises three-day delivery, enhancing supply chain efficiency
