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A strike looms for more than 9,000 workers at the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA ), which could disrupt supply chains across North America. The work stoppage for customs and immigration agents could occur as early as Thursday after the recent release of a federal Public Interest Commission report, which set guidelines for a new collective…
In today’s dynamic and ever-evolving business landscape, optimizing logistics for service excellence and cost efficiency has become a critical imperative. Market shifts over the past year – coupled with a looming recession – have inspired shippers to take a more cost-driven approach to transportation decision-making in recent months. Many companies are striving to recoup from…
Is the semiconductor chip shortage tapering off, and what’s happening with electric vehicles? Those were some of the questions that Susan Golicic, professor of supply chain management at Colorado State University, addressed at FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain event in Cleveland on Thursday. Over the past three years, manufacturers struggled to produce new vehicles because…
Digital marketplaces for air cargo have added new features making it possible for logistics companies managing imports to instantly book export shipments from agents in another country without the hassle and time-zone delays of shopping quotes by phone and email. It’s another level of connectivity for online booking portals that enable freight forwarders to search,…
Management from Schneider National lowered its outlook for 2023 when it reported first-quarter results on Thursday. The quarter came in better than expected but the truckload carrier said a more material freight recovery won’t likely occur until later in the year. Schneider (NYSE: SNDR) reported first-quarter adjusted earnings per share of 55 cents, 10 cents…
Kimberly Fisk has been in the factoring business long enough to remember when factoring was known as the F-word. But the growth that Fisk, recently installed chief operating officer at Triumph Financial Services LLC, has seen in her more than 11 years at Triumph is enormous. Triumph now purchases about 600,000 invoices per month for…