Alexander Nowroth, managing partner, Lebenswerk Consulting Group
Why do logistics companies use the few hundred years of experience from their boards of directors, the first line of management, and a few above-average employees, and leave the many thousand years of experience of the rest of the workforce out of the picture?
Expanding visibility technology enables shippers to use data about the actual performance of their networks to negotiate rates and capacity with advanced awareness of whether what carriers and forwarders are offering will be profitable.
Jessica Darby, Assistant Professor, Department of Supply Chain Management, Auburn University, and Andrew Balthrop, Research Associate, Supply Chain Management Research Center, University of Arkansas
The broader question is if a permanent expansion of the FMC’s regulatory authority is warranted in response to a short-term concern during unprecedented time.
LTL capacity will continue to be tight and rates will keep rising in 2022, but shippers can minimize the impact of this challenging market by modifying their shipping practices to be more carrier-friendly.
Street turns: The shipping revolution that never happened
Increasing the logistics industry’s innovation surface area
Usefulness of NMFC system nearing its end
Development project threatens Port of Oakland’s future
Tone, not criticism, undervalues CSCMP report
CSCMP ‘State of Logistics’ report missed the mark
CSCMP ‘State of Logistics’ report missed the mark
Arming ocean shippers with data
Ocean shipping reform: A quick ‘fix’ hides unintended consequences
Lack of technology adoption hindering supply chain evolution
‘Resilient’ 3PLs require flexibility, agility in disrupted supply chain
Highly effective — and accepted — global data standard already exists
Let’s not make America’s supply chain challenges worse
The ‘good, bad, and ugly’ of LTL