Topic: Special Reports

Volatility is no longer the exception — it's the norm. Between shifting order volumes, labor shortages, and supply chain disruptions, warehouse leaders are under pressure like never before. But here's the twist: smart, data-driven teams are turning disruption into advantage.

Logistics Management is proud to release the results of our 41st Annual Salary Survey, the most comprehensive look available of the current state of salaries and overall compensation packages for logistics and supply chain professionals.

In our latest Special Focus Issue, Logistics Management brings together a collection of feature stories that showcase the software, hardware, and automation technologies revolutionizing warehouse and DC operations

The 2024 Less-than-Truckload (LTL) survey explores how shippers collaborate with LTL carriers to secure necessary capacity while addressing new challenges, with insights into contract rate trends, e-commerce impacts, management strategies, spot contract usage, shipment volumes, and respondent demographics.

Discover the latest insights with Logistics Management's 40th Annual Salary Survey—your ultimate guide to salaries and compensation in logistics and supply chain, featuring exclusive data on salary by experience, education, job function, and more.

In our latest Special Digital Issue, Logistics Management has curated several feature stories that neatly encapsulate the rise of automated systems and related technologies that are revolutionizing how warehouse and DC operations work.

Broken, stressed, strained, and out of sync. All have been featured in recent headlines describing the condition of logistics and supply chain operations.

The paramount importance of 3PL partnerships.

In this Special Digital Issue, the editors of Logistics Management have curated several feature stories that encapsulate the current state of U.S. motor freight services in an effort to help shippers understand the challenges their truckload, less-than-truckload, and parcel carriers now face as they aim to achieve service levels that match our new digital demands.

The top carriers learned how to adapt, improvise and improve over the pandemic-dominated year. While harmful for some, the situation has proven to be transformative for others. Here are the secrets of how top carriers are staying ahead of the pack.

The nation’s top carriers are making every effort to extend the trucking rally, satisfy customer needs and differentiate themselves in a cutthroat market.

Chinese imports account for nearly half of all container imports moving over U.S. ports, so at first blush, port volumes are seemingly at great risk as increased duties are threatened. But, don’t hit the panic button just yet.

The continued rise in fuel prices and chartering rates had a negative impact on the earnings of the top tier carriers for most of 2018. But as new alliances mature, industry experts are forecasting a modest improvement by next year.

The evolution of autonomous vessels and the need for improved liquid natural gas (LNG) transport and delivery are shaping the future of European logistics—and opening new doors for cooperation between the EU and the United States. Stakeholders on both sides of the Atlantic say that it’s time for more collaboration, not confrontation.

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.

As savvy forwarders embrace and utilize more sophisticated digitized solutions to set them apart from the pack, industry analysts are seeing the race narrowing. Evidence of this trend is made clear when the Top 25 features nearly a half dozen players vying for the same coveted ranking.

As if higher rates and capacity shortages weren’t enough to worry about, shippers must now deal with a pending trade war, import/export uncertainties and increasing scrutiny from C-suite executives. Shippers now face a steep climb to keep budgets and service levels intact.

As the e-commerce juggernaut creates more complexity for today’s logistics managers, finding the right mix of 3PLs with the essential integrated services has never been more important. Experts agree that this is a shared journey with new rules of engagement. Top Third Party Logistics Provider in 2018, Top 3PL Companies 2017, Top Grossing 3PL Company.

The top trucking companies planning big investments and more strategic operations geared to serve shippers in a roaring freight environment - one that’s being driven by a booming economy and a tight labor market. Trucking top 50 2017, Top Motor Carriers by revenue, Highest grossing trucking companies 2017, FedEx Freight Revenues 2017, top LTLs 2017, Top less than truckload companies.

Here’s how the next generation of warehouse and inventory management systems are evolving to help logistics operations operate more efficiently and improve their bottom lines in our brave, new digital age.