In just a few short months, the coronavirus pandemic has transformed how supply chains are run. Companies are adapting to a new remote-work environment, and the crisis has come with a surge in shipping demand as well as constrained capacity, causing rate spikes across the industry. From February to March alone, the average rate to
Strategic freight and transportation management trends for 2020 envelope technology, process improvement, the application of data, connected systems, and a robust set of dynamic rule sets that will ultimately define the successes of the future supply chain. Source link
In this educational and informative white paper, you will learn about the top freight, logistics, and supply chain trends affecting the industry and how they will shape the year to come. Source link
Navis, a part of Cargotec Corporation, and the provider of operational technologies and services across the cargo supply chain, has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Biarri Rail, a global provider of planning and scheduling optimization software for freight railroads. The acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of February 2020. The
The most recent edition of the Cass Freight Index Report issued this week by Cass Information Systems continued an ongoing trend of annual freight shipment and expenditure declines, for the month of January. Many freight transportation and logistics executives and analysts consider the Cass Freight Index to be the most accurate barometer of freight volumes