Supply Chain Optimization

Bad News on Freight Rates

Surveys show shippers expect their truckload contract rates to increase by 6.9% in 2021 (last year, they expected a 1.0% decline). 

 But there is potential relief – December was the fourth straight month with over 40,000 preliminary orders for trailers.  Recall that carriers are buying 40K tractors per month, too…all this assumes carriers can get drivers.
 
Join me today as I talk with Jake Barr (ex-P&G executive) about prescriptive analytics – taking data and making useful decisions.  See attached!