Topic: Magazine Archive

As the need to secure capacity quickly and efficiently grows, DFM continues to build market share and investor interest—and put increased pressure on traditional brokers.

我们每年深入货运的世界regulations and explore what’s happening and what could lie ahead for both carriers and shippers as they attempt to stay afloat in the jetsam of acronyms and agencies.

American Eagle Outfitters has long been a leader in e-fulfillment inside its distribution centers. The next step: Move outside the four walls with a distributed fulfillment network that is shared by other like-minded retailers to compete with the big guys.

Capital expenditure expectations for the coming year declined, though there are still signs of sizable automation budgets and interest in warehouse technology. The bigger picture revolves around continued struggles with upstream supply chains, inventory management and space.

“In a recession, the pressure will be on to cut costs for shippers and to maintain margins for providers.”

Over the past 10 years we’ve used the November issue to fix the spotlight on the trucking market, what is by far the most utilized mode of freight transportation—as well as the most analyzed and scrutinized.

Logistics experts reveal the top motor freight trends that shippers and carriers should be watching over the next few years.

三个国家的高级市场分析师检查the current state of the freight railroad and intermodal markets, including a look at pricing, service levels and competition with other modes.

As e-commerce sales volumes continue to climb, third-party logistics providers are offering an expanded portfolio of services aimed at this segment of the market.

Inventory control at the warehouse level is simple, right? Follow WMS processes, set some minimum SKU levels, be diligent about scan verifications to track consumption, and you’ve nailed it. While that worked 20 years ago, in today’s more complicated world with automated storage and fulfillment systems that hold inventory, you may need WES capabilities.

Due to mounting disruptions, free zones and economic zones are gaining in popularity all around the world—which is causing some confusion about the specifics of the U.S. Foreign Trade Zone program. Our FTZ consultant shares some of the basics and the overall benefits these zones can bring to your supply chain operations.

Operations are deploying autonomous lift trucks to offset pressures like rising order volumes and the inability to secure enough skilled operators. The ironic tinge here is that even though industry needs robots, it turns out the robots need people.

This year it didn’t take us long to realize that the need to improve strategies to attract, hire, and apply the technology necessary to retain a workforce should be top of mind for logistics and supply chain management professionals.

The push by global forwarders toward purely digital, end-to-end transparency is proving to be crucial amid frequent disruptions that are likely to continue through 2023.

Schedule reliability remains a significant headache for carriers. Meanwhile, seaports remain flooded with containers, labor negotiations on the West Coast are ongoing, and issues regarding congestion are slow to be resolved as ports continue to look for answers.

While the industry is still caught in the wake of the pandemic and the subsequent string of unprecedented events, profits for the top carriers has never been better.

While the turbulent market has created headaches for shippers, carriers, and service providers, our study also focused on one of the most critical threats facing today’s logistics and supply chain leaders: people.

For the first time, respondents were asked to consider a series of job factors and then share their perception of how logistics and transportation jobs compared to jobs in other industries for each of those factors.

Shippers and 3PLs can’t risk delaying a strategy to reimagine their future-proofed supply chain networks. With the role of the modern 3PL quickly expanding, it’s more important than ever for these partnerships to drive frictionless communication, unparalleled visibility, and two-way innovation amongst ecosystem partners.

Gone are the days when cold chain shippers could rely on consistent, reliable supply chains and solid customer import forecasts. Today, temperature-controlled service providers are making massive investments in facilities, locations and automation to ease the strain and bring back a level of dependability.