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The New Dimensional Weight Pricing Mechanism and Its Implications on Freight Shipping Costs

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UPS now applies dimensional weight pricing, also known as “DIM” Pricing, to ALL packages as of December 29, 2014. This matched a similar announcement made by FedEx last year on May 2, 2014. Currently, dimensional weight pricing is only applied to packages measuring three cubic feet or greater.

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[INFOGRAPHICS] 4 Uses of Supply Chain Technology Applications Moving Shippers into the Future of Effective Management

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It is surprising then that despite the hundreds of millions of RFID tags sold this year alone that, according to results from the 2014 GS1 US Standards Usage Survey, finally saw the technology living up to the hype in the logistics industry in the last few years.

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Trucking Rates Looking to Increase: The Driving Factors & What You Can Do About It

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Further, as JOC.com wrote in a recent article about the Wall Street Journal an alysis: At the moment, shippers at the NASSTRAC conference said capacity is more balanced than a year ago, in the aftermath of the disruptive polar vortex cycle of winter storms. told the conference. billion manufacturer TriMas Corp.

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Survey Finds Significant Success in the 3PL Industry Across the Supply Chain Industry

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The annual surveys, which this year included the CEOs of 30 of the world's largest 3PLs, found that more than 80 percent of the companies surveyed were profitable in 2014. The findings analyze responses from 30 major 3PL CEOs across North America , Europe and Asia-Pacific whose companies generated more than $40 billion in revenue in 2014.

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What is the Coercion of Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Law & Impact on Transportation Costs

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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposed a ruling in 2014 titled the Coercion of Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers. These hours-of-service rules were instated in 2014 in order to curb the amount of sleepy truckers on the road, which increases road hazards and the strain on truck drivers. Regan asked.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] The History of Shipping Containers

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As a bonus, at the Imagine 2014 Magento e-commerce Conference, Malcolm Gladwell spoke about Malcolm McLean (just as he did in this Inc. In 2014, the shipping ports of America received $1.73 It then overtakes the US in 2014. Below, you can also view the history of shipping containers in one infographic. Readers' choice!

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Day 3 (Last Day) - Infosys Blogs

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Today was the last day of the conference and Pulse was open only until 4 PM. A very brief meeting with him as Expo Theater was closing and we agreed to do a joint webinar along with him. January 2014. Copyright © 2014 Infosys Limited. « Infosys team at Pulse 2012 - Day 2 | Main | Flying Robots in a Warehouse?

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