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Nominations Open for Supply & Demand Chain Executive's 2023 Pros to Know Award

Are you or someone in your organization an outstanding leader, reinventing what it means to be a supply chain professional? Get them nominated by Dec. 30.

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Industry Leaders Urge Congress to Take Action to Prevent “Paralyzing” Rail Strike

The national rail strike, which could happen as early as Dec. 5, could threaten the nation’s coal shipments, supply of drinking water and shut down passenger rail.

Five Steps to Developing a Supply Chain Digitalization Strategy

Five Steps to Developing a Supply Chain Digitalization Strategy

DHL Supply Chain provides five steps to develop a supply chain digitalization strategy that leverage the value of innovation while managing the risks.

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Order Backlogs Lessen, Contract Rates Fall

With consumer demand stagnating and capacity loosening over the past 12 months, the spot market has continued to soften, causing owner-operators to enroll with larger fleets.

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Transportation Platform Streamlines Procuring Freight

This agile transportation procurement platform assists carriers and shippers in uncovering better ways to move freight together.

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Women in Supply Chain: Step Back and Understand the Big Picture

Amanda Hall, Director of Quality Assurance at DHL Supply Chain, North America and one of this year's Women in Supply Chain winners, advises newcomers to the supply chain industry to take a step back, understand processes and look for areas to improve.

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Kiosk for Supply Chain TMS Keeps Drivers In-Cab to Improve Safety

The IntelliTrans mobile app delivers driver’s GPS coordinates to confirm they are on-site, enables drivers to review and acknowledge gate agreements, safety requirements, shipment details and other information and e-sign.

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Virtual Job Assessment Tool for Commercial Drivers

VJT for Drivers enables recruiting teams responsible for large volume hiring to quickly, ethically and more accurately identify best-fit candidates based on job-specific content.

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Women in Supply Chain: Having Multiple Perspectives at the Table Generates Some Pretty Great Ideas

Kaitlin Rusbarsky, Managing Director, International Operations for NorthPoint Logistics and one of this year's Women in Supply Chain award winners, details why solutions-minded individuals bring opportunity for the company as well as its clients.

Five Steps to Developing a Supply Chain Digitalization Strategy

Five Steps to Developing a Supply Chain Digitalization Strategy

DHL Supply Chain provides five steps to develop a supply chain digitalization strategy that leverage the value of innovation while managing the risks.

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Vector.ai Rebrands to Raft

The rebrand to Raft points toward the greater need for forwarders to have a single platform for their day-to-day workflow.

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British International Freight Association, Manpower Develop Training Program to Recruit Candidates in Freight Forwarding

The Freight Development Pathway to help identify, attract and train suitable candidates from outside of the freight forwarding and logistics sector for career opportunities with freight forwarding and logistics companies.

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Maintaining Compliance Within Cannabis Logistics and Supply Chains

There are several key compliance areas to consider regarding logistics and supply chains in the cannabis industry.

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Keeping Trucks and Trailers on the Road Longer with Preventative Maintenance

Maximizing tractor and trailer uptime only benefits companies in the long run, as avoiding costly repairs on the road and increasing utilization improves the bottom line.

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How Companies can Successfully Retain Truck Drivers in a Competitive Market

In today’s labor market defined by phenomena like the Great Resignation and quiet quitting, keeping employees is challenging. These trends combined with unprecedented global supply chain issues make retaining truck drivers even more difficult.

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Optimizing the Supply Chain to Lower Fuel Costs

As supply chain woes continue and gas prices remain at record highs around the country, many businesses are looking for ways to cut down on fuel usage. Here's some options.

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Nearshoring, Autonomous Vehicles, Data Science to Create Seismic Shift in Future of Freight

Cloud services providers, megaretailers, vehicle manufacturers and tech startups are pursuing the transportation industry and its profit streams.

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Best Practices for Operating a Logistics Marketplace

If a brokerage is looking to introduce much-needed digitization via the marketplace model, here are some fundamental best practices for a successful implementation.

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Fuel Costs Overturn Driver Shortage as Top Trucking Issue: ATRI Study

Fuel prices were ranked as the top industry concern, replacing the driver shortage, which had been the No. 1 issue for five years in a row.

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Costly LCD Supply Chain Problems and How to Fix it

There are five problems that can greatly impact your supply chain, but delivery often tops the list.

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Decarbonizing Medium, Heavy-Duty Trucks

Not all technologies will work for every fleet. The key is to combine the solutions that work based on particular applications and needs, while investing in innovation for future technologies.

Five Steps to Developing a Supply Chain Digitalization Strategy

Five Steps to Developing a Supply Chain Digitalization Strategy

DHL Supply Chain provides five steps to develop a supply chain digitalization strategy that leverage the value of innovation while managing the risks.

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5 Strategies to Drive Down Costs Prior to Peak Season

U.S. parcel volume will continue to rise, expected to reach between 25-40 billion by 2027. While supply chains will continue to be stretched, these five strategies will help businesses cope with disruption, focus their investment and limit unexpected cost

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Biden-Harris Pledge $703M to Improve Port Infrastructure, Strengthen U.S. Supply Chains

More than 60% of the funds will benefit ports in disadvantaged communities and several of the projects will help reduce emissions at the ports through electrification.

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Digitalization, Who? 60% of Freight Brokers Still Use Paper Checks

Nearly 60% of those surveyed still pay carriers and shippers with paper checks, despite over two-thirds (68%) saying eliminating paper checks would improve their business operations.

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3PLs Look to Optimize Efficiencies: Study

18% of 3PLs performing omnichannel fulfillment saw a 50% increase in profitability over the prior year, which is 33% more than the average of other 3PLs, while 91% of 3PLs grew order volumes in 2022, up from 85% the year prior.

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Owners-Operators Facing More Challenging Conditions Ahead

About 33% of respondents expect load growth to decline over the next six months, the lowest reading since 1Q20 and significantly higher than 3Q21 at 9%.

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Driver Shortage Remains Near Record High

The shortage could swell to more than 160,000 over the next decade.

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Why Freight Broker Bonds are Important for Logistics Companies

While a freight broker bond doesn't protect against liability, it is a requirement if you want to operate your logistics company and don't want to tie up $75,000 in a BMC-85 trust.

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Scenario Planning Keeps Shipping Companies Afloat Amid a Recession

Digital twin scenario planning provides the foundation for developing suitable processes in crises.

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Forecast Tool Predicts Outcomes of Volume Shifts for Final-Mile Carriers

The Fleet Enable intelligence tool forecasts everything from warehouse volume shifts to revenue growth for final-mile carriers.

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3 Industry Shifts Changing the Future of Third-Party Logistics

With the global 3PL industry predicted to reach upward of $1.3 trillion by 2026 (and with some estimates placing the market above $1.75 trillion by 2027), three key factors are setting the course for modern 3PL providers in 2023.

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How AI-Powered Video Cameras Can Improve Supply Chains

AI-powered video cameras allow organizations to do more with what they already have by reducing product shrinkage, preventing theft, decreasing detention time, helping to minimize workplace injury and allowing you to focus on employee productivity.