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
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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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Latest in Logistics
OnTrac announces service expansion into three key U.S. markets
August 14, 2023
This expansion follows the company’s 2022 rollout of a new transcontinental delivery service, which they said is focused on helping retailers reach consumers in the nation’s most populated regions with faster and more reliable home delivery at a cheaper cost, while connecting the companies East and West Coast delivery footprints to move packages from coast to coast in three days (in some cases).
July freight shipments and expenditures see declines, notes Cass Freight Index
August 14, 2023
7月出货大本营1.122——安下降了8.9%ually and down 2.2% compared to June. July expenditures, at 3.423, were down 24.4% annually, in line with June’s 24.5% annual decline and were off 2.8% compared to June.
NRF highlights an ongoing decrease in consumer spending
August 14, 2023
The decrease in consumer spending, which, as we all know, drives roughly 70% (give or take) of all economic activity, was a key theme in a blog posting recently issued by National Retail Federation (NRF) Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz, in the NRF’s Monthly Economic Review. The key thesis made by Kleinhenz was that even though U.S. consumers are buying more than they were a year ago at this time, growth in spending is slowing down, as does the economy...
40th Annual Quest for Quality Awards: Service stars in the new era of collaboration
August 14, 2023
航空公司,第三方物流供应商的d 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.
追求for Quality 2023: Rail and Intermodal
August 14, 2023
High-level service through unsteady volumes.
追求for Quality 2023: Air Freight Carriers/ Air Freight Forwarders
August 14, 2023
High-flying service prevails in turbulent market
追求for Quality 2023: Third Party Logistics (3PL)
August 14, 2023
Service levels rise in tandem with investment
追求for Quality 2023: Ocean Carriers
August 14, 2023
World-class service emerges from operational squalls
追求for Quality 2023: Less Than Truckload (LTL)
August 14, 2023
World-class service prevails amid sharp falloff in demand.
追求for Quality Awards: A steadfast tradition for 40 years
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.
Reinventing retail at Macy’s through inventory productivity and sustainability
August 11, 2023
The department store chain has doubled down on strategies it put in place before the pandemic. The result: Maximizing inventory and margins
U.S. rail carload and intermodal volumes are down, for week ending August 5, reports AAR
August 11, 2023
Rail carloads, at 222,199, were off 1% annually, trailing the weeks ending July 29 and July 22, at 230,511, and 222,454, respectively, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 249,739 units, were off 5.2%.
American Logistics Aid Network lines up logistics resources for Hawaii Fires
August 10, 2023
As fires on Maui and Big Island continue to burn, the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) is gearing up to provide support – and calling on members of the logistics community to be on long-term alert for opportunities to do the same.
