In late 2022, nearly 1,800 shippers participated in the 8th annual State of the North American Supply Chain Survey. Respondents were asked a series of questions to gauge the challenges they encountered last year. Additionally, we asked the group what they foresee as their biggest challenges and opportunities in the months ahead.
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2023 State of the North American Supply Chain Survey Results
Topics: Industry News Supply Chain
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4 Events That shaped Supply Chains In 2022
While there’s still no telling if or when global trade will return to what we considered “normal” before the pandemic, things did continue to improve in 2022.
Topics: Industry News Supply Chain
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Cargo Shifts: East & Gulf Coast Ports Gain as West Stumbles
Supply chain issues have been a daily struggle since early 2020 when the pandemic altered both manufacturing and shopping patterns around the world.
Topics: International Industry News Supply Chain
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Impacts of the Extended Black Friday Shopping Season
For decades, shoppers have descended on brick-and-mortar retailers the day after Thanksgiving, eager to scoop up some of the year's best deals. In more recent years, Cyber Monday was added to lengthen the shopping window. Then came Amazon's Prime Day. Then came other online sales days from retailers like Target and Walmart.
Topics: Industry News Supply Chain Retail
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New LTL eBOL API Standard to Drive Industry Efficiencies
On October 24th, the Digital LTL Council of the National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA) announced that it had established a new application programming interface (API) standard for electronic bills of lading (eBOL). This marks the first time in the industry’s history that less-than-truckload has had a standard format for electronically sharing these vital and ubiquitous documents.
Topics: Industry News Supply Chain Technology LTL
Averitt meets fuel supply concerns with solid planning
With the shipping industry facing concerns about diesel fuel supplies, the Averitt team is keeping a keen eye on supply and has contingencies in place to keep our customers' freight moving.
Topics: Industry News Drivers
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The Ongoing Challenge of Driver Detention
Truck driver detention is nothing new. The issue has been discussed, debated, and argued about for years. Yet, in all that time, the challenge has only worsened – causing increasing ripples across supply chains and throwing off truckload delivery schedules that were already impacted by supply shortages, capacity issues, and an ongoing driver shortage. In this post, we examine some of the contributing factors.
Topics: Industry News Truckload Drivers Freight Handling
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FDA Food Facility Renewal Registration Begins Oct. 1
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will begin accepting food facility registration renewals on Oct. 1, 2022, and continue through the end of the calendar year.
Topics: International Industry News Supply Chain
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Cargo Thieves Are Switching Targets – And Tactics
It’s an unfortunate reality of the business – cargo has always been vulnerable to theft.
