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by Tom Moore on Nov 15, 2021 7:00:00 PM
Trucking…Ocean…Package Trucking: Driver shortfall: 80,000 Parts shortage is forcing some carriers to cannibalize some trucks to get other vehicles running LTL carrier Old Dominion getting 10.1% more per cwt this year than last – and that excludes ...
by Tom Moore on Nov 1, 2021 8:00:00 PM
The distance you can afford to move an item depends on its value divided by its cost to ship. High value-per-pound or per-cube items, like electronics, can come to a long distance – Refrigerators, not so far. With ocean freight going sky-high (see ...
by Tom Moore on Sep 27, 2021 8:00:00 PM
Gartner has named our sister´s company and its product AutoScheduler a “Cool Vendor.” “AutoScheduler.ai is one of the first vendors to commercially apply sophisticated constraint-based optimization techniques to planning and managing work in a ...
by Tom Moore on Sep 7, 2021 8:00:00 PM
The good news is that new courier and warehouse worker employment grew by 40,000 in August. This represented about… The good news is that new courier and warehouse worker employment grew by 40,000 in August. This represented about 17% of the total ...
by Tom Moore on Aug 30, 2021 8:00:00 PM
Amazing as it sounds, retailer fines now exceed the cost of… Amazing as it sounds, retailer fines now exceed the cost of distribution labor in some grocery suppliers. Grocers want what they want in the quantities they want on the day they want it. ...
by Tom Moore on Aug 23, 2021 8:00:00 PM
Oil is down substantially, yet diesel hasn’t declined nearly as much because refiners are making more money. Over the past year, refiners have averaged $10/barrel for processing – the so-called “crack spread”. Now the crack spread is running around ...
by Tom Moore on Aug 16, 2021 8:00:00 PM
On the nation's freight rails, Amtrak is a nuisance… On the nation's freight rails, Amtrak is a nuisance – its frequently-late trains just get in the way. Now, the infrastructure bill gives money to start a new route that is all but guaranteed to be ...
by Tom Moore on Aug 9, 2021 8:00:00 PM
Maersk CEO says he sees “no relief from today’s congestion and delays before year-end”: Maersk Q2 revenue rose to $14.23 billion, up 58% from a year earlier. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization nearly tripled to $5.06 ...
by Tom Moore on Jul 6, 2021 8:00:00 PM
Diesel price is being pushed up: US refinery capacity totaled 18.1 million barrels per calendar day (b/cd) at the start of 2021 – down 0.8 million b/cd (4.5%) from 19.0 million b/cd at the start of 2020 While down from nearly $78/barrel – oil is ...
by Tom Moore on Jun 28, 2021 8:00:00 PM
Trucking fleets won’t face enforcement of California’s gig-economy law making… Trucking fleets won’t face enforcement of California’s gig-economy law making owner-operators employees until the Supreme Court decides whether to take up a case ...
Our founding team of supply chain veterans and ML experts has created one of the most sophisticated suites of optimization tools in the supply chain world. Let us show you.