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Transportation Management Top Stories

Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Impact on Freight Navigating
Nearly a month after the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, Dean Croke of DAT Freight & Analytics examines the current state of freight navigating.
Amazon Logistics’ Growth Shakes Up Shipping Industry in 2023
The 2023 U.S. Parcel Shipping Index is out, and it shows Amazon leading the pack in a changing industry landscape.
Nissan Channels Tesla With Its Latest Manufacturing Process
Nissan has joined other carmakers in adopting Tesla's gigacastin. The process will cut costs as the Japanese carmaker has plans to roll out 30 new models by 2027.
Why are Diesel Prices Climbing Back Over $4 a Gallon?
As oil prices creep back over $4 a gallon, we look at the underlying reasons for this unexpected increase.

Transportation Management Resources

SMC3 Mercury Gate Case Study - Improving Workflows and Enhancing Efficiency with LTL APIs
In this case study MercuryGate needed a way to automate workflows. It turned to smc3 for help.
Scope 3 Emissions from Freight Transportation
Today freight transportation contributes approximately 8% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. According to the International Transport Forum demand...


Transportation Management News

An Early Delivery for Christmas: A Healthy Supply Chain
The combination of consumer spending continuing to remain resilient, retailers with inventory and delivery providers with capacity add up to a supply chain delivering this Christmas.

Selecting the Right Transportation Management System (TMS)
Transportation is critical to today’s supply chain. Without it, getting goods to your customers simply doesn’t happen. Whether you are moving goods yourself, or paying someone to do it, transportation management is critical to your success. Learn what to look for with this TMS Buyer’s Guide.

DispatchTrack Survey Finds Economy, Rising Costs Worry Logistics Pros
A new DispatchTrack survey finds logistics businesses remain concerned about an uncertain economy and rising operational costs in the last mile.

Adapting Approaches to Address Escalating Freight Expenses
An overreliance on mini-bids to keep freight costs down has become detrimental to the shipper/carrier relationship and fails to produce the expected cost savings.

Freight Volumes, Spend Decline in Q3
Freight shipment volumes and spend declined again in the third quarter according to new data released by U.S. Bank.

Is Convoy’s Closure the Beginning of Brokerage Meltdown?
The shutdown of digital broker Convoy has sent shockwaves through the freight world, but it may not be the last brokerage to close its doors.

Revenues Fall at UPS; Happy Returns Acquisition Announced
UPS said consolidated revenue fell 12.8% in Q3, but that it was winning back business lost during contract negotiations with the Teamsters.

3 Ways to Lower Last-Mile Shipping Costs
Diversification and transparent pricing are among the tips AxleHire CEO Raj Ramanan suggests e-commerce shippers follow this holiday shipping season.

Shippers are Looking for Long-Term Contracts Again
As many of the worst-case scenarios in the supply chain have not panned out, many shippers are more comfortable discussing long-term contracts with carriers, says BlueGrace Logistics executive.

Modern Shipper-3PL Relationships Prioritize Collaborative Growth and Improvement
A new study found both shippers and 3PLs are prioritizing ways in which their relationships can grow and improve, including data sharing and joint planning.

Regulations Impacting Less-than-Truckload
Sometimes it feels like the only regulatory certainty is the uncertainty for the less-than-truckload (LTL) industry. The first workshop in the fourth series of SMC3’s LTL Online Education focused on all things regulatory, and Washington D.C. insiders and transportation regulation experts explored today's landscape impacting LTL and the next steps to prepare for potential regulatory impacts.

CSCMP EGDE Panel Weighs Volatility’s Impact on Operations
Multiple factors, from inventories, to labor uncertainty and the shutdown of Yellow Corp. continue to pressure supply chain operational costs.

Target’s Gretchen McCarthy: Stores Are ‘Terrific Opportunity’ for Supply Chain Efficiency
Target Chief Supply Chain and Logistics Officer Gretchen McCarthy explained Target’s $7 billion investment to manage its in-store experience and optimize related assets for the benefit of its customers during a keynote address at the CSCMP Edge 2023 conference in Orlando on Oct. 2, 2023.

Blue Yonder is a Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ TMS Leader
Thanks to our TMS customers, for the 12th time 1 in a row, Blue Yonder is named a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems (TMS) report.

Uber Freight Unveils Next-Gen Product Roadmap
Uber Freight has unveiled its next-generation product roadmap as it shifts to customer-focused supply chain technology offerings.

Transportation Management for a Transformed World
The transportation industry has been undergoing a shift towards omni-channel even before the remarkable transformation that commenced in 2020.

Transform and Optimize End-to-End Transportation Operations
Innovative, scalable and optimized end-to-end Transportation Management solutions can help organizations deliver critical goods and services to customers.

Worldwide Express, GlobalTranz, and Unishippers band together to establish the WWEX Group
A trio of well-known logistics services providers—Worldwide Express, GlobalTranz, and Unishippers—announced they are collaborating on what they called a new corporate identity entitled WWEX Group, that will ensure customers have access to whatever part of the market they need.

2023 Reuters State of Supply Chain Execution Report
Supply Chain Optimization is the table stake that today's manufacturing, retail and logistic provider leaders rely on to improve service, tackle risk and drive sustainability. Discover customer perspectives and best practices to optimize your omni-channel experience, drive sustainability in your supply chain network and tackle risk through technology in this 2023 report.

Growing Logistics Results at Bayer Crop Science
In this case study with Blue Yonder’s help, Bayer is implementing a single logistics platform with shared data, metrics, workflows and best practices across more than 350 locations, supporting the company’s goal for global standardization. While the implementation is ongoing, Bayer Crop Science has already achieved impressive results.


Featured Companies

SOTI
SOTI is a proven leader at creating innovative solutions that reduce the cost and complexity of business-critical mobility and the IoT. Thousands of companies around the world depend on us to secure, manage and support their mobile operations.
Tioga Group
Tioga is a specialized freight transportation and logistics consulting firm serving public agencies, shippers, carriers, ports, developers, policymakers, suppliers, planners, agents, and industry organizations.
NASA
For more than 60 years, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, has been breaking barriers to achieve the seemingly impossible - from walking on the Moon to pushing the boundaries of human spaceflight farther than ever before. We work in…
project44
project44 is a forward-thinking technology company that provides standardized, secure web service API integrations that allow shippers and 3PLs to connect to carriers in real-time – eliminating the use of EDI and instantly creating a better experience for customers. project44 is…
Optoro
Officially founded in 2008, as a back-end solution for businesses looking to move excess inventory online, Optoro has delivered automation and analytics to allow retailers to connect with shoppers in a unique way, unleashing new profit streams for retailers and savings…
ID Logistics
ID Logistics is an international contract logistics group, with revenue of €1,329 million in 2017. ID Logistics has around 300 sites across 17 countries, representing 5.5 million square meters of warehousing facilities in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa, and 19,000 employees.
Scientific Logistics
Scientific Logistics helps companies improve financial performance by utilizing our Power Optimation™ (PowerOpt) technology to reduce multi-stop and full truckload transportation costs. PowerOpt is a cloud-based, next generation optimization engine built on large-scale parallel computing power providing breakthrough performance in…
Colliers International
Colliers International Group Inc. is a global leader in commercial real estate services with more than 16,300 professionals operating from 502 offices in 67 countries. With an enterprising culture and significant inside ownership, Colliers professionals provide a full range of services to real…
eCustoms
Founded in 1981, eCustoms is a privately-owned company with a wealth of experience providing export compliance software solutions to companies and institutions. Our global export compliance solutions are scalable, intuitive, and user-friendly, and can be tailored to meet the needs of…
Matson
Matson’s transportation offerings span the globe from Shanghai to Savannah and encompass everything from providing a vital lifeline to the economies of Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Micronesia and the South Pacific to delivering a wide range of multi-modal services throughout…
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