Supply Chain 3.0: The power of connected data
July 10, 2024
Discover how evolving to Supply Chain 3.0 with logistics-AI can eliminate overpayments, enhance spend visibility, and boost productivity by 50% while saving 6% in transportation costs.
UPS announces CFO Newman to leave company, effective June 1
May 6, 2024
Atlanta-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider UPS said that effective June 1, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Brian Newman will leave the company.
Simplify your Logistics Financials Complexity using aThingz Triple Double approach
August 3, 2023
In this webcast, learn how aThingz stitches the financial elements of Logistics, right from planning through the invoice process.
Amid ongoing financial challenges, the USPS shows signs of positive progress
March 8, 2023
While the United States Postal Service (USPS) has seen what could be viewed as mixed fiscal year 2023 earnings results, in that it in February it reported 1.0% operating revenue gain and a $1.0 billion net loss, a trio of parcel experts told LM that the organizations is making inroads. These inroads come on the heels of its "Delivering for America 10-Year Strategic Plan” that was rolled out in March 2021 and focused on achieving financial sustainability and service excellence, in order to meet...
Q&A: Lift truck financing and leasing options
October 20, 2022
Get answers to some of your most pressing lift truck financing and leasing questions.
Price Risk Mitigation: Cold storage market participants
March 11, 2020
An overview of derivative risk hedging strategies to hedge key industry risk factors that have a material impact to a company's financial performance.
Freight Payment 2020: Data rules
January 9, 2020
We take a dive into the data-dense world of freight audit and payment and discover why the keys to data management in this ever-evolving segment are control, accuracy and visibility.
Article 7: Hedging Fuel Prices Ahead of Increased Volatility
October 17, 2019
This 7th article in the “A-Z” of trucking freight futures series explains how market participants can hedge fuel cost volatility risk as part of their overall trucking rate hedging program.
Article 5: Trucking Freight Futures – Hedging Strategy, Position Sizing & Trade Execution
September 27, 2019
This 5th article in the "A-Z of Trucking Freight Futures" series explains the process of determining what hedging strategies to execute on, which contracts to use, along with position sizing and trade execution.
A better ocean freight settlement system is needed
January 30, 2018
As shippers, intermediaries and ship owners look ahead a few years to forecast trends in several areas of change, there’s one area that would be smart for everyone to put some effort into—billing accuracy.
Maersk counters “carrier commoditization” with new trade finance offering
June 8, 2017
Maersk Line has introduced a new service for supply chain managers seeking to finance their global trade while optimizing carrier service.
New player in the freight-bill factoring field emerges
March 10, 2016
Express Freight Finance, an independent factoring company specializing in transportation clients, has recently launched its freight-bill factoring services for truck fleets, owner-operators, and freight brokers nation-wide.
Summertime blues
August 19, 2011
Although I am an avid newspaper reader, it is hard to embrace much of what I am reading on the front page these days, especially when it comes to news regarding 400 point stock market declines. Some days, of course, the headlines have pointed to gains of similar amounts, too. But with these ups and downs, the only consistent thing we are seeing is just how inconsistent things are. This, of course, does not pertain to just what the market is...