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Todd Maiden Monday, October 14, 2019

Logistics Managers’ Index supportive of truck capacity correction, disappoints on inventory build ahead of peak

The Logistics Managers’ Index (LMI) remained level in September. Trends in the capacity index were in-line with truckload capacity coming out of the market. However, inventory build ahead of peak season appears to be light.

Why you should care about the Logistics Managers’ Index

What is the Logistics Managers Index and why should you care? Anthony Smith explains:

Trucking utilization improves while prices remain suppressed

Carriers are having less trouble keeping their drivers busy over the past month, but that has not quite translated to increased prices.