Welcome to the new business reality: an environment striving to balance cost-to-serve,changing customer requirements and demand uncertainty.

An environment of changing regulations, labor shortages and uncertain fuel costs.

The global recession signaled changes to the operating parameters of the game that most ofus didn’t fully understand. It has given temporary advantages to carriers, muchlike the shippers had in earlier times.

Yet, like tugof war, the game results in one winner and one loser.

But why does there have to be one winner at the expense of the loser? Could it be that shippers and carriers are playing the wrong game?

After all,there are opportunities for both shippers and carriers if they follow a path that will lead to mutual benefits.

The results of the 23rd Annual Trends and Issues in Transportation and Logistics suggest that the current business environment has created a struggle between shippers and carriers that is changing the nature of their relationship.

23rd AnnualTrends_Issues inTransportation and Logistics.pdf

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