Supply Chain Optimization

Yard delays cost lives

While we have always known that time spent inside the gate – waiting to be loaded or unloaded – pushes up carrier charges, it also endangers life and limb: according to the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General, “a 15-minute ...

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Big Ships Hurt Global Trade

The very large container ships (14,000 TEU’s* or larger) were supposed to help commerce – they have not because … The very large container ships (14,000 TEU’s* or larger) were supposed to help commerce – they have not because they go against all ...

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UK Mail Points The Way

The chairman of the U.K.’s Royal Mail says the existing universal mandate for letter delivery is “not economic.” They should know – they have been around since 1516, but they are now a for-profit company. With a much larger geography and allocating ...

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JB Hunt: Shares Shipper’s Pain

JB Hunt reported results Friday – the details are below….including remarks from the CEO highlighting their big problem: trailers being held by “ delays at customer warehouses.” Once trailers go through the gate, there is a “black hole.” YMSs tell ...

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Freight Costs Rising

Average price per mile of $2.46 = U.S. truckload spot market in the first week of October – up… Average price per mile of $2.46 = U.S. truckload spot market in the first week of October – up 20.6% since July and a record high in the DAT Solutions ...

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Uber Freight Getting Friends With Benefits

Greenbrier – a private equity company – focused on logistics and transportation, is buying a stake in Uber Freight. Uber gets $500 Million, which values the Freight business at $3.3 Billion, and it also gets Greenbrier’s expertise. But Uber Freight ...

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What If You Invested $ 1 billion In Transportation Assets…And Nobody Wanted Them?

That is what is happening now to some oil pipelines. Two years ago, getting oil out of the Permian Basin was hard…there wasn’t enough pipeline capacity. Now, there is more capacity than needed. Here is what is causing this: Lower oil volumes New, ...

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Truck Capacity = Issue

The Journal of Commerce Truckload Capacity Index shows that large truckload carriers made their deepest capacity cuts in a decade in the second quarter. No wonder large shippers are complaining about a shortage of trucks…spending high premiums on ...

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CIO And Supply Chain

AutoScheduler.AI is off to a hot start. We were recently named one of the most promising companies in the supply chain space by… AutoScheduler.AI is off to a hot start. We were recently named one of the most promising companies in the supply chain ...

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Walmart Makes It Harder

Announced Sept 1: Walmart suppliers will be required to deliver inventory to distribution centers on time and in full (OTIF) 98% of the time beginning Sept. 15 – up from the existing 87%. Let me be clear: It is important that suppliers get better ...

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