A Shipper’s Guide to Navigating Post-Pandemic Holiday Freight

Capacity Issues and Market Projections for this Holiday Season

Despite the economy’s slow but steady recovery, supply chains will face several challenges come peak season.

The market is stretched thin as a result of:

• Sourcing and production problems
• Ocean freight container shortages
• Domestic delivery issues
• High consumer demand
• Unpredictability caused by COVID-19 and the newly rampant Delta variant

Add these hurdles to today’s expectation for same-day delivery, and you get consumer demand that’s nearly impossible to keep pace with.

Manufacturers are prepping for the brunt of peak season, already scrambling to get raw materials to U.S. factories with delay times double pre-pandemic levels. Elevated shipping costs are no longer the preeminent obstacle facing manufacturers, who are now fighting high demand, labor shortages, and capacity issues.

Download this Flock Freight white paper/guide to learn:

• Market and capacity projections for the 2021 holiday season
• Changes in consumer behavior
• Five ways to overcome peak-season obstacles
• How shared truckload will strengthen your supply chain