When delayed at a rail crossing, a train can appear to have countless cars. Yet the tracks available to the trains stretch drastically further than the eye can see. Often,…
Every morning supply chain professionals open up an inbox filled with industry updates, customer demands, and business opportunities. Although customer and business partnership emails may seem the most time-sensitive, tenured…
Automated management and evolving logistics continue to gain traction within the modern supply chain. As more shippers and logistics managers begin to focus on freight analytics, the need for a…
As was made abundantly clear by January bankruptcy filing of IPS Worldwide, shippers are becoming far more sensitive to outsourcing payments to privately-held, non-bank counterparties. Without a bank-backed audit, shippers…
With ongoing recovery firmly in progress across multiple industries, one of the most significant challenges facing freight forwarders, supply chain managers, and transportation service providers is the issue of payment…
The U.S. parcel market underwent a shift in Q1 2022 as year-over-year average daily parcel volumes dropped for the two largest third-party parcel carriers. FedEx reported a 0.1% drop for…
The latest industry updates paint a varied picture of the supply chain and the various aspects of modern shipping and transportation markets. This report highlights some of the hottest topics…
Actionable analytics and insights are meaningful findings resulting from data collection, interpretation, and logistics intelligence. They clarify what actions shippers need to take or how they should think about an…
International parcel shipping and parcel carrier services were well on their way to becoming a driving force in the world’s economies before worldwide disruption and shutdowns threw the entire supply…
In the supply chain, increasing costs have become crippling. Zach Strickland, a market analyst for FreightWaves, commented that “Contract rates for dry van truckload have increased roughly 25% over the…
Disruptions have been ongoing for many shippers, and with a new round of global COVID outbreaks and resulting lockdowns happening all over again, it is more of the same. Freight…
In years past, sustainable logistics companies have been outliers among the broader freight transportation industry. Today those companies have set the standard for proactively and retroactively addressing the environmental impact…