Amazon to Purge Small Vendors?
Oh boy. This \"plan\" could be very bad news for smaller vendors if #Amazon goes through with it. This #Bloomberg article speculates Amazon will be shifting more to wholesale purchasing…
US Freight Market Takes a Nosedive: Sweet Charts
Some awesome-looking charts on freightwaves.com have indicated the freight market dips in May 2019, and their correlation to the USA-China tariff-related announcements and implementation dates. The report nearly draws a…
U.S. agrees to lift steel, aluminum tariffs for Canada, Mexico: reports – Reuters
In 48 hours, the #tariffs will be lifted. This is great news for Canadian #industry, and #trucking. It will also help the 3 countries ratify the #newNAFTA or #USMCA /…
Shortage! What Driver Shortage? Bureau of Labor Statistics
There, I told you so. Though the ATA disputes the validity of some of the data used in a recent BLS study, and that lack of differentiation between long haul…
Amazon Launches Freight Brokerage; Spreads Terror in 3PL, Trucking Communities
An annual freight spend of $28B makes Amazon one of the big players in transportation procurement. Last week, Amazon Logistics launched Amazon Freight, \"a free, marginless brokerage\". \"Disintermediate, monetize, innovate\"…
Infographic: The Essential KPIs for Trucking Companies
Accutrac: Trucking Company Essential KPIs Are you a smaller #trucking company, O/O, L/O, etc...? Do you know the areas where your business is doing, and what needs improving? Success often…
The Massive Uncertainty in Modern Global Commerce
A very insightful article by Beth Pride of Inbound Logistics, summing up the major areas of uncertainty in international commerce. Tariffs, trade barriers, tantrums, political escape rooms, and maybe even a happy ending... It\'s all there!
2018 Third Party Logistics Study Shows Growth
As greater data availability and real-time decision-making become more prevalent, the relationships between shippers and 3PLs continue to grow. The 2018 22nd Annual Third Party Logistics Study produced by Penn…
Shadow Work and the Rise of Middle-Class Serfdom
We\'ve been/are voluntarily opting ourselves into this giant time-suck DIY life too long. I\'ll be building a cabin in the woods... Original Article Taken alone, the tasks of shadow work…
HOS changes for US truckers might be right around the corner
Hours Of Service Changes Coming Soon? Let\'s hope they base this on more than ELD data collected so far.
