Deconstructing Digitalization
For the past few years, digitalization has been a buzzword. Today, digital transformation should be a standard practice in our supply chains.
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Visibility, Data & Digitization in Supply Chains
Drew Burken discusses why supply chain visibility and digitization are important factors when building out your logistics team.
OneView – January 2023
Download OneView The holidays kicked into gear with decreased truck capacity and increased what was a fairly fixed rate per mile over the last few months from $2.82 in mid-December to $2.89 to finish out the month. This was in light of the DOE average price per gallon for diesel dropping from $5.25 a gallon […]
December 2022 Coaches Corner: Creating a competitive advantage with API truckload spot rating
Download Digest Shippers have begun to embrace non-asset truckload providers that can deliver spot truckload rates via API rating. The leading truckload brokerage companies have solved the challenge associated with rating a load when the procurement process to identify a carrier has not yet been executed. In other words, identifying tomorrow’s or next week’s rate […]
December 2022: Supply Chain Digest
Download Digest INDUSTRY NEWS Mitigating volatility in 2023: After negotiations between the freight railroads and railroad labor unions failed to reach an agreement with all 12 unions, President Biden signed legislation to prevent a national rail strike on December 2nd. The U.S. business inventory to sales ratio is 1.33, illustrating a balance not seen […]
November 2022: Supply Chain Digest
Download Digest INDUSTRY NEWS The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers became the third union to turn down a tentative agreement that was negotiated in mid-September by the railroads and the Biden administration. Today, seven unions have approved contracts, two unions are scheduled to vote on November 21 and three have rejected their agreements. Strike three […]
October 2022: Supply Chain Digest
Download Digest INDUSTRY NEWS The headlines surrounding the ILWU labor negotiations with Pacific Maritime Associations (PMA) are less optimistic, with accusations being traded about productivity and work assignments. Assurances that a strike is not inevitable are being supported by both sides in the negotiations. The Los Angeles and Long Beach ports are current in […]
September 2022: Supply Chain Digest
Download Digest INDUSTRY NEWS The U.S. freight railroads and unions reached a tentative agreement this week to avert what could have been a nationwide strike. The tentative contract agreement was accepted by the unions with the Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and Sheet Metal Air, Rail and Transportation Workers stating they will submit the tentative agreement […]
