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From AOL To Online Freight Rates – Blog

Freightos

And the disc strategy worked. Courier and parcel shipping are a great example of a predecessor for online automation. Alibaba, for example, connects foreign manufacturers with importers, helping to forge new relationships, rather than replacing them with only digital transactions. Download the white paper!

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5 Things to Look for When Vetting Logistics Transportation Services

GlobalTranz

Download the White Paper: Transportation Optimization: Its Strategic Role in Transportation Management. For example, additional ways to leverage the shipment-level execution include continuously optimizing and consolidating shipments, tracking the entire shipment lifecycle, integrating systems, and logistics transportation services.

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When to Switch From In-House to Managed Logistics Transportation Services

GlobalTranz

As market volatility, delivery expectations and customer experience levels impact supply chain strategy, shippers are looking for new ways to drive operational and competitive advantage from external expertise. Download the White Paper: Transportation Optimization: Its Strategic Role in Transportation Management. Learn More.

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Logistics automation and the vitality of data integrity in supply chain advancement

FreightWaves SONAR

Poor tender acceptance strategies. Take this example reported by Richard Davis in Supply & Demand Chain Executive , “It’s 7:00 p.m., While that’s an example of a particular warehouse, it has a natural implication for carriers. Download the White Paper. Consider the following example. Empty miles.

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Why is freight data a powerful weapon in the era of COVID-19?

FreightWaves SONAR

HOW MUCH DO PAPER AND PACKAGING COMPANIES SPEND ON TRANSPORTATION? Download the White Paper FREIGHT DATA KEEPS EVERYONE INFORMED Miscommunication was a major issue during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic. As companies tried to keep responses to COVID-19 under wraps, problems quickly spiraled out of control.

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How LTL shipping rates work and how to track trends developing in long-term pricing agreements

FreightWaves SONAR

That gave rise to a new time pricing strategy, dimension (DIM) pricing. . Generally, it follows the same basic process: Take the dimensional weight, for example, with a package that’s estimated to be eight pounds after calculating its dimensional volume and dividing that value by the DIM factor. Download the White Paper.

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What enterprise shippers can expect from logistics automation in 2021

FreightWaves SONAR

Even the most robust in-house strategies can turn to the value of logistics automation within analytics, such as the insights found in Lane Signal, to further refine their operations. Enterprise shippers need a proactive strategy to secure capacity One of the biggest challenges that shippers face remains to secure capacity.