Transportation Management

With an eye on the 2023 peak shipping season, the United States Postal Service (USPS) said it would not implement any additional surcharges on holiday shipping.

With FedEx and UPS raising their rates, savvy shippers can still find rate value for 2024, but time may be running out.

Amazon is opening up its supply chain capabilities to other companies, even offering to pick up merchandise at facilities.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Dr. Chris Caplice, Chief Scientist at DAT Freight & Analytics, which operates the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America and DAT iQ, the industry’s most trusted source of market analysis and truckload pricing data.

FTR’s June Shippers Conditions Index has taken a step back, dropping in June from May’s 8.6 reading, although it still remains strongly positive for shippers.

When it comes to disaster relief, supply chains are critical. Here’s what to know about working with relief organizations.

Conditions for truckers continue to deteriorate, giving shippers the upper hand in rate negotiations.

In spite of decreased customer demand as a result of increased cost of living, carriers remain determined to stick to their timetable to satisfy their customers' needs.

The economy is facing supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, sky-high inflation and fuel prices, and a declining volume of freight and packages for carriers. As these issues persist, the leverage pendulum is swinging toward shippers. But this doesn’t mean that shippers and carriers no longer have a codependent relationship.

The battle for the remaining assets of Yellow Corp. is heading up as Old Dominion and Estes engage in a battle for terminals.

In an interview with a Danish newspaper, Maersk CTO Navneet Kapoor said the company is using AI to automate as much as 20% of its logistics tasks today and hopes to increase that to 80% within seven years.

Embargoes are common in less than truckload (LTL) shipping. While there are many reasons why a carrier might set a freight embargo, they're often necessary for carriers to comply with legal restrictions, overcome logistical challenges and balance capacity during times of peak demand.

With only a few days remaining until the July 31 deadline, the contentious and on-again, off-again labor negotiations between Atlanta-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters reached an amicable outcome, in the form of a new five-year tentative agreement.

Listen in as Dave Tuttle, Breakthrough’s VP of sustainable solutions, discusses strategies to decarbonize transportation. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Consultant Mark Trowbridge and his wife, Dr. Melanie Trowbridge, join Talking Supply Chain host Brian Straight to explain how psychology and using human factors can improve your negotiation outcomes.

In this paper/datasheet/case study, we describe, whether connecting to a carrier with API or EDI messaging, you’re looking for effective, responsive shipment data that can streamline decision-making throughout all parts of the shipment lifecycle.

If automation is something you are considering for your warehouse, you will need to do some careful research and planning to make sure you’re making the right decision. All this hard work will help make the transition to automation as smooth as possible for your business. To get you started on your journey, Tecsys is reviewing the three stages of warehouse automation success: preparation, evaluation, and implementation.

In this paper, we discuss why a holistic, “TMS+” approach is integral to success in the new normal and beyond, outline how the TMS+ breaks down silos to optimize across inventory, transport, logistics, and order management concurrently, intelligently, and in a timely and relevant manner for cost, service, risk, and sustainability.

In the study, supply chain researchers from 4flow investigate optimization strategies for balancing air and sea transportation in variable-volume supply chains in the manufacturing industry.

Flexport, the leading tech-driven logistics platform, has announced the acquisition of the assets of Shopify Logistics, including Deliverr, Inc. Flexport's technology now makes it easy for businesses to plan, visualize and execute the movement of goods from the manufacturer to the customer's store or door unified under one technology platform.