Unlock Leading Indicators for Drayage Demand With SONAR
Photo by Jim Allen Drayage is a tricky market to dissect with a data solution. This is due to the drayage industry being highly fragmented, which makes pricing opaque. Everything from pricing to planning can be limited due to the lack of available intel. Sizeable drayage carriers have told us in recent days that […]
FreightWaves adds fuel data to SONAR SCI
FreightWaves has upgraded SONAR SCI to include fuel surcharge estimates at the lane level. FreightWaves is also adding the Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSCPI) to the SONAR platform.
FreightWaves Improves Opportunity Visibility with Latest SCI Release
FreightWaves has made it even easier to identify where shippers’ biggest market opportunities exist by adding two new views to its SONAR SCI platform, the Summary and Opportunity Views.
Winter Weather Causes Problems/Freight Rates Rise (w/ video)
Heavy snow and icy conditions across large parts of the United States over the past two weeks have caused problems in many freight markets. And while the nasty winter weather has slowed and even stopped some trucks, freight rates have continued to rise. Back-to-back winter storms are stalling supply chains. The second winter storm of […]
Transparency and Data Integrity in Supply Chain Resiliency (video)
Freight Forecasting host Michael Vincent is joined by Jeff Dangelo, Founder of Turvo in a discussion about the need to re-think collaboration, transparency and freight data. Dangelo co-founded Turvo, which is based in Palo Alto, California, in October 2014 after about 13 years in logistics and supply chain sales at MegaCorp Logistics and Total Quality Logistics. […]
What is Freight Consolidation?
How Can Freight Forecasting Aid Consolidation Strategies? Supply chains across the U.S. are experiencing the stresses of trying to fill orders and comply with mandates affecting travel, driver hours and person-to-person contact. Despite the state of the economy, trucking volumes are still up 25% year-over-year in July 2020. Meanwhile, the sudden surge in demand for […]
Why relying only on historical freight market data provides an incomplete view of forecasted freight demand and market dynamics
There are nuances in the economy that weren’t variables a decade or even a year ago. The landscape is ever-changing despite a few core fundamentals that hold everything together. This holds true for various industries, including freight. Although historical freight market trends give a general direction of what to expect and typical seasonality, it doesn’t […]