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USCS's new SmartMove platform a "game changer" for LTL load planning. SmartMove, US Cold's program for less than-truckload (LTL) shipping, promises more benefits for both Cold Crew team members and customers alike. And ultimately, it was a simple move—soliciting direct input from USCS load planners—that led to a breakthrough. Read this story and more in our Q2 Issue of The Shield, available now: 🗞 https://lnkd.in/gYHwrnaP 01: Message from President & CEO Larry Alderfer 02: USCS McDonough 1 earns "Top Gun" award for second straight year. 03: Question connects people to purpose, USCS's supply chain role to serve America. 04: USCS's new Green Energy Plan sets industry-leading example for new strategies, technologies. 05: USCS's new SmartMove platform a "game changer" for LTL load planning. Keith Mowery Lauren F. Luis Sanchez 06: New Vice President of Technology Bobby Kareer casts vision for USCS's growing Center of Digital Excellence. 07: USCS gives SHIELD readers an inside look at operations within its coast-to-coast network. 08: US Cold's COLDshare gives food producers an efficient, reliable solution. #BestinCold #BestinPeople #BestinLogistics #BestinAutomation #Sustainability #BestinSafety #TheShieldNewsletter

What are NMFC's, and have there been recent updates? Echo's VP of LTL, Marty Martin, walks through what NMFC codes are, how they are classified, and the numerous classification updates that went into effect at the end of 2023. Read Echo Global Logistics' recent blog for more information: https://lnkd.in/ggjirCGG

2024 - The year of Parcel Consolidation ... or will we continue to see diversification? With an overwhelming amount of capacity and long list of carriers, what problems are solved for shippers? 📌 Favorable rates (*for now) 📌 No capacity concerns What challenges are created by this environment? 📌 Carrier profitability suffers ➡ service degrades 📌 Delivery Density suffers ➡ Impacts carrier profit and service 📌 Uncertainty ➡ Will my new regional exist 1-2 years from now? 📌 Complexity ➡ Need the right people and technology So while it's really nice to have alternate options to FDX, UPS, USPS, what are the long term benefits of diversification?

Dive into insights with Jon Stambaugh, SVP — Carrier Practice. Here, Jon gives an exclusive look into the three biggest challenges carriers have faced this year and the opportunities that lie ahead. https://hubs.ly/Q028xg3n0

The pendulum is going to start swinging again soon. N&C can help you determine how your rates compare to the market and secure cost savings before the market starts to climb.

TCA Chairman and Knight-Swift Transportation Sr. VP David Williams pens his latest piece for CCJ — Commercial Carrier Journal titled Seeking Equilibrium in Trucking Policies is a Balancing Act. Dave is spot on when he writes the following: "As an industry, we must actively call on federal and state policy makers to take a step back and reexamine the trade-offs associated with the policies they develop. We must strongly encourage policy makers to recognize they cannot take the supply chain or the trucking industry for granted." Read the full article at https://lnkd.in/ey5Fu7Ni

Last week, capacity loosened in Texas, Illinois, and Georgia, where outbound linehaul rates dropped on average by 2% ($0.04/mile) last week on a 5% lower volume. Although, capacity loosened slightly, it is still tight especially in Dallas and Houston outbound markets as indicated below Having a resource with strong carrier relationships can suppress rates to a degree, but shippers are still going to see higher rates than the norm on their spot boards

More topics like this to be covered at the next Broker Carrier Summit in October in Fort Worth! Registration is open!

Many thanks to the members of our Transportation and Logistics Advisory Council (TLAC) for sharing insights with me and the Atlanta Fed team last week. Your viewpoints provide a fuller picture of how different businesses and industries are experiencing the economy, and they supplement the aggregate data we get, which can be backwards looking. What I learn from the Atlanta Fed advisory councils and from all our contacts throughout the Sixth Federal Reserve District becomes an immediate input into how I think about monetary policy. https://atlfed.org/42Nk6md

What are NMFC's, and have there been recent updates? Echo's VP of LTL, Marty Martin, walks through what NMFC codes are, how they are classified, and the numerous classification updates that went into effect at the end of 2023. Read Echo Global Logistics' recent blog for more information: https://lnkd.in/exUiSXyC