E-commerce growth is reshaping economies, supply chains, and logistics, prompting innovative strategies and technologies to meet evolving retail and manufacturing demands.

In an annual tradition, LM group news editor Jeff Berman has conducted a thorough review of the expansive number of logistics- and supply chain-related news articles reported, written, and posted by the Logistics Management editorial staff over the course of the calendar year in order to create this list of the top news articles over that period. This list is not based on page view …

2024年6月1日 · Last year proved to be challenging for third-party logistics (3PLs) providers. Transportation rates plummeted, fuel prices skyrocketed, retaining and attracting talent became difficult, warehouse space tightened, rules and regulations increased, competition surged, and the supply chain faced frequent disruptions.

2024年12月12日 · The webinar provides insights from freight industry experts on the U.S. freight economy, rate and capacity forecasts across major transport modes, and strategies to help shippers budget effectively amidst ongoing market volatility.

2024年12月4日 · The November LMI score came in at 58.4, which is off 0.5% from October’s 58.9, the fastest monthly rate of expansion going back to September 2022—and the 12th month of expansion since a 49.4 reading in November 2023. The September LMI score was 58.6, with growth over the last three months viewed as “highly consistent,” the report stated.

As if 2021 wasn’t bad enough, 2022 is presenting additional layers of disruption to global freight markets with further COVID-related lockdowns, especially in China; Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; exceptionally strong increases in energy prices; heightened competition for talent; and inflation and recession worries that are hitting multiple geographies and supply chains at different ...

2024年12月19日 · In its fiscal second quarter earnings announcement issued earlier today, Memphis-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider FedEx said that the company’s Board of Directors, following a review of the role of its less-than-truckload (LTL) subsidiary, FedEx Freight, in its portfolio, has elected to make a push to fully separate the unit …

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What a year. The COVID-19 pandemic set in and made a massive impact on global trade and amplified existing logistics challenges around the world; lockdowns triggered rapid growth in e-commerce, putting additional strain on already strained freight networks; and a last-minute Brexit deal was finally reached following a few chaotic weeks at the UK border.

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