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网页Latest Podcast Episode. AlixPartners Iampieri addresses various freight transportation and logistics services issues and challenges. In this podcast, LM Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Marc Iampieri, global co-leader of the Logistics & Transportation practice, as well as Partner and Managing Director, for New York-based AlixPartners, a ...
News and Resources - Logistics Management
网页Descartes announces acquisition of MyCarrierPortal. Waterloo, Ontario-based Descartes, a provider of logistics based on-demand, software-as-a-service offerings, recently announced it has acquired Atlanta-based MyCarrierPortal (MCP), a provider of carrier onboarding risk monitoring services for the trucking sector, for $24 million.
Top Logistics News Stories of 2022
网页2022年12月5日 · 8.) U.S. logistics business costs rise by 22.4% to $1.85 trillion in 2021, new report says. American supply chains are out of sync while adjusting to short-term changes in demands. But logisticians continue to seek long-term solutions to supply chain issues, an authoritative new report predicts, with U.S. business logistics costs rising by a ...
Top 50 Trucking Carriers 2022: Pedal to the metal
网页2022年4月1日 · ABF Freight System, the nation’s 7th-largest LTL carrier, achieved an 89.9 operating ratio for last year. As a result of the Teamsters’ profit-sharing plan with ABF, that kicked in a 3% bonus for all covered ABF employees on top of their yearly earnings, estimated to be at least $70,000.
Global Logistics: Challenges in our changing world
网页The COVID-19 pandemic set in and made a massive impact on global trade and amplified existing logistics challenges around the world; lockdowns triggered rapid growth in e-commerce, putting additional strain on already strained freight networks; and a last-minute Brexit deal was finally reached following a few chaotic weeks at the UK border.
Top 30 U.S. Ports: Big ports got bigger in 2020
网页2021年5月5日 · The largest ports also experienced the fastest growth, with imports to Newark/New York and Long Beach up by 8.1% and 8% respectively year-over-year in 2020. Meanwhile, Savannah and Houston saw volumes increase by 3.4% and 2.2% through a mixture of investment in new facilities and successfully managing heavy weather conditions.
State of Less Than Truckload (LTL) 2023: Volumes down, yields up
网页Freight volumes in the $83 billion less-than-truckload (LTL) market are down, yet profitability per-shipment is up. So, why is there this dichotomy in such a basic law of supply and demand? “The current state of the LTL marketplace is still very good from a historical perspective, but slowed down a bit in the fourth quarter of 2022,” says Kent Williams, …
Receiving 101: Setting the Table for Success - Logistics Management
网页Receiving is a small but important step in the supply chain, but if done well it sets the stage for success throughout the distribution center. Efficiently handled, quickly processed and thoroughly accounted for, inbound products are now staged for their journey into the warehouse. In the next installment of Modern’s Warehouse Basics series ...
2024 Quest for Quality - Logistics Management
网页September 2024 Logistics Management. September 1, 2024 · FitFlop’s global expansion strategy required a different logistics approach to maximize its growing popularity in the United States. Through its new 3PL partnership, it …
Top 50 US and Global Third Party Logistics 2020
网页2020年6月2日 · While compiling its annual list of Top 50 third-party logistics (3PL) players, Armstrong & Associates (A&A) always seeks to find a few leading trends that indicate where the market is heading on both the provider and shipper sides around the world. After working on the lists and the supporting report, Evan Armstrong, president of the consultancy, …