This week’s average, at $2.966, matched the week of February 4, and was up $0.001 compared to the $2.965 average for the weeks ending January…
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The industrial manufacturing industry is in a unique position in the coming year, according to Deloitte’s 2019 Outlook on Industrial Manufacturing. The outlook indicates that…
The shift is on from a focus on cost to the customer. Source: logistics Mgmt
The focus in Las Vegas was on a quartet of end users who shared their distribution center experiences. Source: logistics Mgmt
It’s moving slow, but Big Data, AI and machine learning are beginning to impact reverse logistics. Source: logistics Mgmt
Total fourth quarter intermodal volume movements, at 4,799,714, posted a 4.2% annual gain, which was in line with the third quarter’s 4.7% annual increase but…
Most people underestimate the massive changes to logistics/distribution network strategy. Where traditional logistics and materials management focused on the manufacturing and production end of the…
This month we spoke with Rich Sherman, senior fellow at the Supply Chain Council of Excellence at Tata Consultancy Services. Source: logistics Mgmt
In a healthy but fiercely competitive landscape, technology continues to play a pivotal role in the ongoing digital transformation of supply chains big and small.…
Congressional bipartisanship, real investment could pave the way for a new bill. Source: logistics Mgmt
Several trends are redefining the warehouse as we know it. Source: logistics Mgmt
The Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported this week that the national average price per gallon for diesel gasoline dropped for the ninth…
Commerce reported that November retail sales, at $513.5 million, were up 0.2% over October’s revised $512.4 million and up 4.2% annually, and NRF reported that…
Rail carloads, at 1,032,067, were down 0.2%, or 2,418 carloads, annually. Intermodal containers and trailers headed up 2.5%, or 27,142 units, to 1,100,815. Source: logistics…
The Atlanta-based transportation and logistics bellwether said the following rate increases will take effect: UPS Ground, UPS Air and International services will head up by…
The index ISM uses to measure non-manufacturing growth—known as the NMI–rose 0.4% to 60.7 (a reading above 50 indicates growth), following a 1.3% decline in…
Chicago-based third-party logistics (3PL) services provider SEKO Logistics and Austin, Texas-based ShipStation, a provider of Web-based e-commerce shipping services, recently announced they have formed a…
Less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation services provider YRC Worldwide said this week it has launched a new entity through the meshing of its LTL network with a…
The national average price per gallon for diesel gasoline was up again this week, according to data issued by the Department of Energy’s Energy Information…