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Year End Supply Chain Planning and Review
Year End Supply Chain Planning and Review
Dec 9, 2021 7:30:18 AM

As the challenging year of 2021 draws to a close it may be useful to review some of your operational and freight payment...

Container Management Severely Out of Balance on the West Coast
Container Management Severely Out of Balance on the West Coast
Dec 2, 2021 8:26:30 AM

One of the biggest challenges for logistics providers is balancing their equipment with demand. To maintain profitabilit...

Contract Manufacturing Supporting Inventories
Contract Manufacturing Supporting Inventories
Nov 18, 2021 7:42:49 AM

The Covid virus has presented production challenges for global manufacturing. Food, chemical and personal products compa...

The Origins of Veterans Day
The Origins of Veterans Day
Nov 10, 2021 8:57:07 AM

In 1921, an unknown World War I American soldier was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. This site, on a hillside ove...

Metal and Oil Prices Soaring
Metal and Oil Prices Soaring
Nov 4, 2021 8:27:07 AM

A surge in energy and metal prices is offering investors a fresh reminder of how the commodities market can fuel inflati...

Is Manufacturing Returning to the United States
Is Manufacturing Returning to the United States
Oct 27, 2021 10:17:51 AM

Politicians on both side of the isle support the Biden administrations efforts to revive the U.S. manufacturing base. Th...

Inflation Affecting Freight Rates
Inflation Affecting Freight Rates
Oct 21, 2021 7:34:17 AM

Inflation is painfully obvious literally everywhere. Transportation costs are not immune. Energy and labor shortages are...

The California Oil Spill Likely to Add to the Supply Chain Difficulties
The California Oil Spill Likely to Add to the Supply Chain Difficulties
Oct 6, 2021 5:09:27 AM

Officials investigating one of California’s largest oil spills are looking into whether a ship’s anchor may have struck ...

What You Need To Know About Dimensional Pricing
What You Need To Know About Dimensional Pricing
Sep 29, 2021 10:34:03 AM

The debate over whether density-based pricing will succeed in toppling the traditional National Motor Freight Classifica...

California Port Backlog is a Northeast Bonanza
California Port Backlog is a Northeast Bonanza
Sep 22, 2021 4:36:53 PM

Trucking rates out of the Northeast have been steadily rising resulting from a spike in demand from shippers using the P...