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Time and Money Advantages of Logistics Clusters

These clusters are agglomerations of logistics activities in a region or logistics park, and there can be huge cost-saving advantages to locating in them.

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In August, Pricing Up in All Categories for Used commercial Trucks

Pricing continues to be the most interesting and watched of the used truck market metrics. In August, pricing was up for all three time period comparisons - month over month, year over year, and year to date/year to date. Volumes also increased month over month, but remained well below pace for other time period comparisons.

Accellos Releases App for Qualifying, Monitoring Carriers

Accellos, a vendor of supply-chain execution software, has released a carrier qualification and monitoring module for its Prophesy Dispatch transportation-management system (TMS).

Qualcomm Integrates With TMW Suite; McLeod Software

Qualcomm Inc. has integrated its Services Portal with the TMWSuite of TMW Systems Inc., a provider of transportation-management system (TMS) software.

Panjiva Debuts B2B Search Engine for Global Traders

Panjiva, provider of a business-to-business platform for managing global trade, has made available a new search engine.

Trailer Orders Improve in August, But Are Still Lackluster

Net orders for trailers improved in August, rising to 15,370 units. Applying August's seasonal factor brought the order total to 18,200 units.

Armstrong Issues 20th Edition of Who's Who in Logistics

Armstrong + Associates Inc. has released the 20th edition of Who's Who in Logistics, the consultancy's guide to third-party logistics providers.

The Cutting Edge of Supply-Chain Sustainability

Dan Cassler, assistant chair of the Information Logistics Technology Department at the University of Houston, offers an update on supply-chain sustainability - and details both the benefits and pain to be derived from such efforts.

Cost of Ground Transportation in Canada Dipped in July

The cost of ground transportation for Canadian shippers decreased by 0.5 percent in July when compared with June results, according to the Canadian General Freight Index.

Class 8 Commercial Vehicle Demand Remained Soft in August

Weakness at the front end of the demand cycle for heavy-duty commercial vehicles persisted into August, although underlying fundamentals are healthy. This updated status of the North America commercial vehicle market was included in the State of the Industry report, released by ACT Research Co., which covers Class 5 through 8 vehicles for the North American market.

Is Amazon About to Enter the Grocery Delivery Business in California?

Building a profitable service is difficult because grocery stores have painfully low margins. Remember dot-com flameouts HomeGrocer and Webvan? Peapod, a pioneer in the space, still delivers in such cities as Chicago, New York and Philadelphia, but recently it's resorted to opening actual pickup locations to make the model work. FreshDirect has come as close as anyone to building a brand around home grocery delivery, but it remains small, operating primarily in the New York area. Yet, Amazon seems poised to move into the business in at least two California cities.

Logility Releases New App for SKU-Level Forecasting

Logility Inc. has made available a new application that enables SKU-level planning for products where traditional forecasting techniques are ineffective.

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