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Consulting firm Kearney recently released its 34th annual Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) report, “State of Logistics 2023: The Great Reset.” A major theme of the report is the great rebalancing from the carrier-dominated market of the past two years to a shipper-focused one as freight volumes fell against a backdrop of higher truckload capacity. The report notes that total U.S. logistics costs rose 19.6% in 2022 to a record $2.3 trillion or 9.1% of U.S. gross domestic product.

The 32nd version of the venerable report waxes philosophical on why more, not less, logistics spending will be needed.

3PLs struggle to gain foothold in final mile, keeping them e-commerce outsiders.

Higher rates to elevate inventory-carrying costs.