Curbing delivery hassles — At Your Doorstep
If you live in a city, one of the most frustrating things is traffic being blocked by a big delivery truck taking up a full lane on a busy street. That is a problem one company is hoping to solve…
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May 11, 2021
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Is 2021 a peak year for earnings? — Great Quarter, Guys
This episode is brought to you by DDC FPO. DDC is a business process outsourcing provider that specializes in freight. Perhaps best known for Freight Billing, DDC recently launched IT Outsourcing to help supply chain stakeholders hit development milestones without…
May 11, 2021
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Indian drug producers carry on despite COVID-19 surge
This is an excerpt from the May 6, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. Subscribe here. The threat: Drug producers in India are facing rising numbers of COVID-19 cases, skyrocketing prices for raw materials and transportation…
May 11, 2021
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Why Wall Street’s best-performing shipowner is building a war chest
Your cash will pile up as the year goes on. More cash is coming next year. Your debt is already low. What will you do with all of this money you’re raking in? That question is music to the ears…
May 11, 2021
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Colonial Pipeline update: Gasoline shortages developing; diesel issues less clear
(Editor’s note: adding statement from Pilot Flying J) A day after Colonial Pipeline said there was light at the end of the tunnel for the line’s closure due to a cyberattack, the impact of the shutdown on the ground is…
May 11, 2021
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Latest dry van, reefer spot rate surge may be short-lived
As the equity indexes declined on Tuesday, two freight indexes contained in SONAR were up sharply after incorporating data from the past week: the national dry van and reefer spot indexes. That prompts the question: What happened to the freight…
May 11, 2021
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Wall Street watching as TuSimple focuses on autonomous trucking’s holy grail
As the first autonomous trucking software company to go public, TuSimple Holdings is earning Wall Street credibility. Most analysts offer positive commentary on the 5-year-old startup. They appear fixated on the company’s plan to remove the driver from Class 8…
May 11, 2021
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So you want to start a freight brokerage — Put That Coffee Down
PTCD is sponsored by Surge Transportation. Surge Transportation is the fastest growing 3PL in the logistics space today. Based in Chicago and Jacksonville, they offer unrestricted access to almost all accounts, limitless territory, and a chance to be a key…
May 11, 2021
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Critiquing the traditional supply chain — Transmission
Transmission is sponsored by AIT. Most automakers rely on “just-in-time” manufacturing to optimize production. That model requires precise coordination throughout every link in the global supply chain. And that’s where AIT Worldwide Logistics comes in. AIT’s automotive logistics professionals are…
May 11, 2021
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