Month: April 2020

Volumes showing signs of life, but it doesn’t help the carriers much

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Article written by Andrew Cox This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 10 (Shippers) Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 15 (Shippers) Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 50 (Balanced) The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data contained in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for …

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Wall Street to C.H. Robinson: what happened to flexibility?

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Article written by John Paul Hampstead Wall Street transportation equities analysts weren’t surprised by narrower margins in C.H. Robinson’s (NASDAQ: CHRW) freight brokerage business when the company reported earnings on April 28 after the market’s close. After a year when revenue growth was hard to come by, Robinson management had made the decision to ‘take …

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Carriers’ right to review what the shipper paid for a brokered load

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Article written by Todd Dills The current market difficulties for owner-operators with the COVID-19 stall, to say the least, are no secret. Blood continues to boil over brokered-freight rates from a variety of quarters. Diane Marchand of Williston, Fla., wrote just yesterday wanting to know who the principal culprit in falling rates is. Have rates really been dropped …

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Chain Reaction: How Supply Chain Technology Impacts The Alcohol Industry

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Article written by Atal Bansal Photo: GETTY St. Patrick’s Day is a major celebration worldwide and is inseparable from alcohol, with the beer industry seeing some of the largest purchase increases. For large corporations, this involves simple adjustments to supply chain technology to make larger raw material purchases. Guinness, a moderate-size brewery compared to other …

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BIRD: The Technologies Taking The Supply Chain To New Heights

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Article written by Biju Kewalram Photo: GETTY Logistics is an industry of paradoxes. It’s both evolving rapidly and stuck with some old technologies and manual processes. It’s ripe for disruption yet difficult to change. The supply chain is inherently reliant on cooperation and collaboration, yet it also struggles with silos and a lack of industry-wide …

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How Maps And Data Are Helping Businesses Respond To COVID-19 Supply Chain Disruptions

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Article written by Yasaman Kazemi Business supply chain leaders are working to keep goods flowing to customers in need as the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) international public health emergency presents new challenges each day. So far, the impact of COVID-19 on global supply chains seems to mirror the pandemic’s impact on global health. For …

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Q&A: Mark Yeager, Redwood Logistics CEO and Senior Advisor with CI Capital Partners

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Article written by Jeff Berman Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with Mark Yeager, Redwood Logistics CEO and Senior Advisor with CI Capital Partners. Yeager provided insight into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on logistics and supply chain operations on myriad fronts. Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently …

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How Blockchain Can Solve Today's Medical Supply Chain Flaws And Improve Responses For Future Crises

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Article written by Steve McNew Photo: GETTY Right now, the world is reeling from one of the most dangerous and widespread pandemics in modern history. Our health, work and lives have been disrupted in countless ways, and healthcare systems are facing the ultimate test. People and businesses are rallying to care for the sick, support …

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A digital freight marketplace built by shippers for shippers

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The last several years — and particularly the last several weeks — have been rather volatile in the transportation industry. This roller-coaster ride of rates and capacity we’re on tends to move quickly from one extreme to the other.  Savvy shippers and carriers need to be able to take advantage of new technology and information …

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LaneAxis Aims to Disrupt the Massive Trucking Industry

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Article written by Tom Taulli The company’s cloud-based platform is focused on providing a sophisticated marketplace for the industry LaneAxis, which is a cloud-based freight logistics company, is currently running a crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine. So far, the company has raised $399,000 at a $7.97 million valuation. Source: Shutterstock The founder and CEO of the company, Rick Burnett, …

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