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SONAR expands its reefer data

FreightWaves SONAR

Since its introduction in 2018, FreightWaves SONAR has provided subscribers with the most current freight market data, analysis and insights. SONAR is the only freight forecasting platform that combines contract tender data with spot rate data and creates predictive freight rates.

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Cold Storage Warehouses: The Ultimate Guide

Conger

This includes spending on refrigerated products like food, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. Of course, the more of these items that are sold, the greater the need for cold storage. If you think of a cold storage warehouse cooling system as a mechanical human body, the coolant (also called a “refrigerant”) is like the blood.

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Not easy being green: Finding truckloads to convert to intermodal when the low-hanging fruit is already picked

FreightWaves SONAR

What’s also clear from analyzing shipment data is that many of the largest consumer goods shippers have already converted the most obvious applicable shipments to intermodal. Those factors, of course, serve as limitations to converting truckloads into intermodal units. . Most of Shipper X’s freight is not compatible with intermodal.

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Analytics in Distribution and Manufacturing Taking Center Stage

GlobalTranz

Everyone seems to be clamoring to get on the big data and analytics train. For example, operations managers may use advanced analytics to analyze historical data of prices for raw materials, identify trends in raw material availability and accommodate changes to make the most efficient use of these resources.

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How IoT is the next step in tracking automotive components

Automotive Logistics

Fitted out with everything from an elaborate shake table to deep freeze refrigeration, the lab enabled the OEMs to replicate real-world variables, such as temperature, humidity, and mechanical motion, which can impact the quality of a product on arrival. Holding logistics companies to account.

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Vendor Managed Inventory Model for Supply Chain Cost Reductions

GlobalTranz

Below I will outline how a vendor managed inventory model, in conjunction with reverse marketing, value analysis, and collaboration will achieve supply chain cost reductions. The manufacturer has access to the distributor’s inventory data and is responsible for generating purchase orders. What is Value Analysis?

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Warehousing, the Rise of IT, Automation, and Now… Robotics

Logistics Bureau

The other is in environments that are more difficult for human beings to work in, such as refrigerated warehouses for fresh products and certain pharmaceuticals. Now There are Data Warehouses Too. The fruit juice products arrive at the warehouse pre-packaged and on pallets via refrigerated transport. Tropicana Products, Inc.