A number of real-time visibility solutions have been introduced in the past decade, including Real-time Transportation Visibility Platforms (i.e., software solutions that provide real-time [...]
An open trucking carrier network is an online platform that connects shippers with a large, diverse community of trucking companies and freight brokers. These networks function similarly to [...]
The Trump administration announced 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada, and 10% on goods from China. Assuming these tariffs are implemented and last for several weeks or months, how much [...]
Analysts expect trucking rates and volumes to improve in 2025, but a lot of risks and uncertainty remain. What are your expectations for trucking rates and volumes in 2025? What actions do you [...]
In our 2024 end-of-year survey, Supply Chain Planning was one of the topics our members said they want us to research more in 2025. This survey explores some initial questions on this topic: [...]
A September 2023 Harvard Business Review article ("How to Address the Supply-Chain Staffing Crisis") states that "Our global supply chains are stressed and under pressure, not only because of [...]
As many companies continue to digitize their supply chain and logistics operations, they rely on their trading partners, including third-party logistics providers (3PLs) and freight forwarders, [...]
As it relates to transportation management, should companies focus their time, money, and resources on innovation in the coming year to achieve their objectives or should they focus more on just [...]
Transportation Forecasting is a practice that involves taking demand forecasts, promotions, POS data, and other demand signals to create a rolling forecast of transportation capacity requirements [...]
Most of the Section 301 tariffs the United States levied on China imports in 2018/19 remain in place, and in May 2024 the Biden administration raised tariffs on $18 billion of Chinese goods, [...]
