Topic: 3PL

Rail carloads, at 1,338,037, rose 1%, or 12,598, annually for the month, and intermodal containers and trailers, at 1,443,914, saw a 4.2%, or 58,546 units, annual increase.

Under the terms of this agreement, the companies said that Preferred will sell LSO’s services, including same-day, next-day, scheduled, and day-definite guaranteed deliveries up to 150 pounds.

Earlier today, global freight and logistics services provider XPO Logistics said it has rolled out four new technology efforts that serve as the “core” of its LTL (less-than-truckload) 2.0 optimization plan.

Industry insider shares a few observations and insights, while providing a brief forecast for supply chain managers preparing for the year ahead.

Earlier this week, Chicago-based project44, a technology services provider offering standardized, secure Web service API (application programming interfaces) integrations enabling 3PLs and shippers to connect with carriers in real time, said that its advanced visibility offerings are now available within the Oracle Transportation Management Cloud and Oracle Transportation Management version 6.4.2 or higher.

FedEx said that rates for FedEx Express are heading up by an average of 4.9% for U.S. domestic, U.S. export, and U.S. import services. And FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery rates are each going up by an average of 4.9%, with FedEx SmartPost rates also rising.

In a world that is becoming increasingly commoditized, brand recognition is particularly important to the third-party logistics (3PL) industry, observes Armstrong & Associates.

The index ISM uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI–dropped 1.3% to 60.3 (a reading above 50 indicates growth), while still growing for the 105th consecutive month. The October NMI is 1.8% above the 12-month average of 58.5.

Earlier this week, FedEx Express, the air cargo subsidiary of FedEx, announced it has rolled out a new dedicated flight that four times a week that will move between Sydney, Australia and Singapore. Company officials said that this new offering is past of FedEx’s continued investment to boost its operational network and help Asia Pacific-based shippers expand globally.

The report’s key metric, the PMI, fell 2.1% to 57.7 3 (a reading of 50 or higher indicates growth), with this index showing growth for the 26th consecutive month and the overall economy now having grown for 114 consecutive months.

Third quarter revenue was up 11.5% annually to $4.34 billion, and quarterly net income attributable to common shareholders coming in at $100.8 million, which topped $57.5 million for the same period a year ago.

Green Bay, Wisconsin-based Schneider National, a provider of truckload, intermodal and logistics services, announced this week that President and CEO Chris Lofgren will retire after the company’s April 2019 annual shareholders meeting.

运动,第三季度联运总量t 4,843,308, headed up 4.7% annually.

老板和另一个有趣的交流的一个关键区别ronym, BOPS (buy-online/pickup-in-store) cited by CBRE is that with BOPS online orders are picked up in store, whereas with BOSS, retailers ship items to stores that are not regularly stocked in stores.

UPS正在街上的交付过程s. While that does not sound like anything major in itself, it comes with a caveat in that it is taking delivery to the streets on two bicycle wheels, rather than the customary four via its much more commonly used delivery trucks and vans. This is happening through a partnership between UPS and the City of Seattle, Washington, which was announced last week, in the form of a downtown Seattle delivery pilot...

Freight shipment and spending levels trended down from the second quarter to the third quarter according to the most recent edition of the U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index, which was recently released by Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank.

DHL officials said that through this deal Deutsche Post DHL Group and S.F. Holding will enter into a ten-year strategic partnership to expand supply chain operations in China, with Deutsche Post DHL Group’s supply chain business in China to be incorporated into S.F. Holding and subsequently operate as a co-branded organization.

Earlier this week, UPS said it has made additional investments towards attaining further investment to attain full ownership in its India-based express services unit. UPS formerly held a majority position in an express services joint venture that solely served its international express small package shipping business in India.

FTR’s most recent edition of its Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) showed some gradual improvement, the freight transportation consultancy reported this week.

While today’s supply chains are fairly mature and most organizations have implemented visibility, tracking and analytics solutions, their ability is often limited to tracking transactions within their organization boundaries.