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How Transportation Fuel Costs Impact The Supply Chain

Approximately 40 percent of any product’s freight cost comes from fuel costs.

Jan 3, 2013

“In 2013, opportunities to manage energy costs will be a prime focus for supply chain professionals,” explained Craig Dickman, CEO of Breakthrough®Fuel. He offers these tips:

*Understand how changes in the fuel marketplace affect your business supply chain.
*Agree on how much volatility in fuel prices you can afford.
*The rules surrounding fuel are changing.

For more in-depth tips, click HERE.

Supporting the Next Generation of Women Leaders: Why Mentorship Matters

August 31, 2026

2026 Top Tech Startup Award: Nominations Open

August 31, 2026

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Women In Trucking Index Reveals Substantial Number of Women in Influential Leadership Roles

August 28, 2026

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Diesel Prices Fall, But Surcharge Lag Creates New Carrier Challenges

August 26, 2026

Mentorship Programs

Supporting the Next Generation of Women Leaders: Why Mentorship Matters

Women In Trucking (WIT)

Whether you're seeking guidance from experienced leaders or looking to support the next generation of talent, mentorship plays a critical role in professional development and long-term success.

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2026 Top Tech Startup Award: Nominations Open

This award highlights top software- and technology-based startups in the supply chain and logistics industry. Submissions close Oct. 2.

Women In Trucking Index Reveals Substantial Number of Women in Influential Leadership Roles

Women In Trucking (WIT)

Over the past five years, women’s representation increased by 25%, reflecting continued progress toward gender diversity in corporate governance.

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Fuel Efficiency

Diesel Prices Fall, But Surcharge Lag Creates New Carrier Challenges

Magnus Technologies

Despite the July decline, diesel remained 31.14% above July 2025 levels, and included two weeks with the national average above $5 per gallon.

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Fleet Management

Log-hub’s 3D Container Loading App Accounts for Real-World Load Planning

The 3D Container Loading App optimizes how shipments are packed while respecting real-world constraints such as how much weight a package can carry on top of it and how much a container can carry in total.

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Carrier Transicold Launches Engineless TRU for On-Site Cold Storage

Carrier Transicold

The engineless Vector 8200 uses electricity from the grid or other external power sources, eliminating fuel consumption, noise, operating costs and direct emissions associated with diesel-powered engines.

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Truckload Spot Rates Experience Rapid Increase: RXO

The index has not experienced this level of rate inflation since pandemic-era surges, with the second quarter hitting both the highest year-over-year reading and largest sequential increase since the second quarter of 2021.

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Fake Pickups: How Connected Data Closes the Freight Fraud Gap

Freight fraud will keep evolving because criminal tactics evolve alongside the industry.

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Fleet Management

Cost Management Emerges as Critical 2027 Logistics Planning Priority

BlueGrace Logistics LLC

Freight rate volatility held as the top logistics challenge for the sixth consecutive quarter, reinforcing that rate uncertainty has not stabilized to the degree many anticipated.

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Hub Group’s Manoj Bhalerao Discusses Future of Digital Twins and AI Analytics in Cold Chain: Rock Stars of the Supply Chain Award

Manoj Bhalerao, senior manager, Hub Group, was named a recipient in the Top Transportation Professional for this year’s Rock Stars of the Supply Chain Award.

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The Big Shift Reshaping Enterprise Yard Operations

Yard operations are moving from tactical to strategic, fragmented to orchestrated, reactive to predictive, and manual to increasingly autonomous.

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Cold Chain Logistics Market Surges to $1.37 Trillion by 2035

Global Market Insights

Many players are investing heavily in automated and digitally enabled storage facilities to improve efficiency, traceability, and reliability.

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