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Freight Costs: 5 tips to get the biggest bang for your buck

FreightWaves SONAR

Freight costs and budget adherence are among the most important and often overlooked aspects of transportation management. For example, according to Global Trade Magazine , “One critical factor that executives should monitor closely is logistics management. The supply chain operates on roughly an 18-month cycle.

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WOF Summit promises latest market trends

Logistics Business Magazine

Christoph Grasl has more than 25 years of experience in freight and logistics. He started his carrier in freight forwarding at Vienna Airport in 1996. Our slogan ‘Explore The World Of Freight In The Heart Of Europe’ is a perfect description of what we create and where our focus lies.

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Trends in Sustainability: Deglobalization will accelerate in 2024

Freightera

Freightera’s CEO, Eric Beckwitt Gives His Predictions on The Trends in Sustainability in 2024. Deglobalization will accelerate, and reshoring and localization of manufacturing will continue 2023 has seen a severe freight recession, especially in North America, with significant overcapacity and declining rates for ocean shipping as well.

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Supply Chain Intelligence: The Value of AI and Machine Learning to Predict Freight Rates

FreightWaves SONAR

Global supply chains suffer from limited visibility and a general want for supply chain intelligence in carrier sourcing , freight tendering and all other processes. Consider this example. Without supply chain visibility, a retailer cannot realistically move freight to other markets to take advantage of trucking capacity.

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Go West to take Unaccompanied Freight by Sea

Logistics Business Magazine

“Things like negative Covid tests for drivers are certainly helping drive the trend for unaccompanied loads,” commented Simon Wagstaff Brittany Ferries freight director. All ferry companies have reported reduced freight volumes in January as a consequence of Brexit fears and stockpiling by companies.

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Multi-storey Warehouse Automation

Logistics Business Magazine

As available space for storage and distribution is scarce and therefore expensive, the trend towards multi-storey warehouse buildings is increasing. Goods and freight lifts are thus intelligently networked with autonomous transport vehicles, enabling automated material transport across multiple floors.

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Making your carrier sales team as powerful as your customer sales team

FreightWaves SONAR

The freight brokerage industry has traditionally focused its attention on the training and development of its customer sales staff. In a buy-sell brokerage, customer sales are incentivized to hunt and gather more freight, to bring in more revenue. Here are three examples for how to use this product in real-time.