Supply chain professionals are looking forward to a much-deserved extended weekend during the Fourth of July holiday. However, CargoNet, an industry cargo security firm, reports that extended business closures can create an advantageous operating environment for cargo thieves. For the past five years, the firm has analyzed cargo theft data in the United States and Canada from July 1 to July 7and found 130 cargo theft events in 27 different states, with theft most common in Texas, California, and Florida.
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Third Party Logistics,
Freight Bill Auditing,
Intermodal Freight,
Logistics Business,
Maximizing Routing Efficiencies,
Freight Bill Audit,
3D Printing,
Logistics News,
Industry Trends,
Big Data
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit global trade and investment at an unprecedented speed and scale. Multinational companies faced an initial supply shock, then a demand shock as more and more countries ordered people to stay at home. Governments, businesses and individual consumers suddenly struggled to procure basic products and materials, and were forced to confront the fragility of the modern supply chain. The urgent need to design smarter, stronger and more diverse supply chains has been one of the main lessons of this crisis.
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Freight Bill Auditing,
Intermodal Freight,
Reducing Freight Rates,
Logistics Business,
Maximizing Routing Efficiencies,
Freight Bill Audit,
Shipping News,
Logistics News,
Industry Trends,
Big Data
Limited 5G network deployments had begun in some markets in 2019, with widespread rollout expected to take place through the 2020s. The 5G wireless technology promises to accelerate data speeds, improve quality, and reduce latency in the world’s mobile networks all of which means higher performance than today’s broadband wired networks. “5G will be a game changer because it’s 100 times faster and will support 100 times more devices than current 4G networks,” according to the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. This week we take a look at the specific impact on the Logistics industry.
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Freight Bill Auditing,
Intermodal Freight,
Logistics Business,
Freight Bill Audit,
3D Printing,
Industry Trends,
Big Data
Massive unemployment and a nearly desperate need to rebuild our infrastructure could entice the presidential administration to copy a plan designed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930’s. The New Deal was a series of programs and projects instituted during the Great Depression by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that aimed to restore prosperity to Americans. When Roosevelt took office in 1933, he acted swiftly to stabilize the economy and provide jobs and relief to those who were suffering. Over the next eight years, the government instituted a series of experimental New Deal projects and programs, such as the CCC, the WPA, the TVA, the SEC and others. Roosevelt’s New Deal fundamentally and permanently changed the U.S. federal government by expanding its size and scope—especially its role in the economy. Although it took our entry into World War II to lift the U.S. economy out of the depression, the New Deal provided many jobs to willing Americans in a time of great need. While I don’t believe we’re in as bad a shape as the 1930’s we are faced with a jobs crisis. To add to the issue, the recent civil unrest has compounded many small businesses problems in getting re-opened.
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Freight Bill Auditing,
Intermodal Freight,
Logistics Business,
Maximizing Routing Efficiencies,
Freight Bill Audit,
3D Printing,
Logistics News,
Industry Trends,
Big Data
Let’s take a break from the Covid-9 effect on the Logistics industry. Things are slowing opening back up. Hopefully, the trend continues with no significant spikes in infection rates. That being said let’s look at some industry trends we should all be aware of this year.
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Freight Bill Auditing,
Intermodal Freight,
Logistics Business,
Freight Bill Audit,
3D Printing,
Industry Trends,
Big Data
As retailers struggle with re-opening strategies it’s clear the new normal will be something we have never experienced. Consumers in many areas of the world have tightened their wallets and eliminated discretionary spending because of lost jobs, lower wages and uncertainty about how long the COVID-19 pandemic will last.
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Supply Chain Management,
Third Party Logistics,
Freight Bill Auditing,
Transportation News,
Logistics Business,
Freight Bill Audit,
Logistics News,
Industry Trends
Manufacturing companies spend a great deal of time looking for ways to beat their competition in new and innovative ways, whether it is through new manufacturing processes, better products or improved supply chain management. Manufacturing industry supply chain management can be difficult as you try to keep costs low and deliver goods and services to the customer in a timely manner. Fortunately, third-party logistics (3PL) providers offer many services that will improve a manufacturers’ supply chain.
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Supply Chain Management,
Third Party Logistics,
Freight Bill Auditing
Supply chain management companies such as Land Link Traffic Systems can provide you with superior freight bill auditing service and other logistical needs – all designed to help manage your freight costs.
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Freight bill auditing service from Land Link Traffic Systems can help alleviate one of your company’s biggest headaches – dealing with invoice audit and freight payment problems. We can help with all of your auditing service for freight bill issues.
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