27th Annual Study of Logistics and Transportation Trends - Full 40 Page Report
The full, 40-page research report features all the data gleaned from this year’s survey plus a summary analysis from the editors of Logistics Management.
The current state of freight transportation has many of the same hallmarks as the past. And while shippers are assessing new technologies to better manage operations, the results of our 27th Annual Study on Trends and Issues in Logistics & Transportation suggest that these new tools alone will not solve the age-old problems we’re still facing.
Research Team:
TJ Schaefer- Head of Strategic Projects, project44
Karl B. Manrodt, Ph.D. Professor, Georgia College
Mary Holcomb, Ph.D. - Professor, University of Tennessee
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