LMS: Embarking on the labor management journey
The current labor crisis has put a new spin on how logistics professionals are leveraging their labor management systems (LMS) to work more efficiently in today’s e-commerce, omni-channel environment.
UPS announces expansion of LCL ocean service
Transportation and logistics bellwether UPS said today it has made a significant expansion to its less-than-container load (LCL) ocean service, adding direct sailings in 130 lanes.
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The Path Forward for ERP WMS
There’s nothing static about warehouse management systems from enterprise resource planning suppliers. The user base is expanding at a notable clip, and next-generation supply chain technologies from the Cloud to data analytics and smart glasses are in their future.
Your organization’s most valuable asset
Over the past few years, we’ve used our June issue to address the importance of continuing education and the steps logistics management professionals can take to help recruit, nurture and retain the single most valuable asset of any organization—its people.
Duty Drawback 2018: New Rules to Simplify Duty Refund Program
This year an estimated $2 billion owed by the U.S government to eligible businesses will go unclaimed. The funds are available through duty drawback, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) initiative that offer businesses a refund of up to 99 percent of certain import duties and taxes paid on products that are later exported…
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Transportation’s Tricky Balancing Act
Done right, economies of scale can lower a carrier’s average costs and the freight rates charged to their customers. Getting it right is a balance.
Moore on Pricing: Rail
Future pricing leverage worrisome
Will new alliances pave the way for 3PLs to leverage Foreign Trade Zones?
In a move that may augur a new global strategy for third party logistics (3PLs) parties, CEVA Global Logistics, LLC (CEVA) and IMS Worldwide, Inc. (IMSW) recently announced that they have entered into a Strategic Alliance to offer the benefits of Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) services to customers in the United States.
EIA reports diesel average falls for first time in 11 weeks
Falling 0.3 cents, the national diesel average now stands at $3.285 per gallon. Even with the decline, this marks the second highest weekly average since the week of December 29, 2014, when the weekly average came in at $3.213, standing only behind last week’s $3.288 average.
Old Dominion Freight Line provides positive second quarter update
The Thomasville, N.C.-based carrier reported that LTL tons per day increased 15.3% in May on an annual basis, with the main drivers being an 11.0% increase in daily LTL shipments and a 3.9% increase in LTL weight per shipment. And for the second quarter-to-date period, LTL revenue per hundredweight is up 6.7% annually.
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