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White Paper: Order Picking in the Timber Industry

Logistics Business Magazine

The timber industry utilises a range of different systems for handling long, heavy and bulky goods. In a new white paper entitled ‘Order picking in the timber industry’, Hubtex provides an overview of the most important order-picking systems as well as outlining their advantages and disadvantages.

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Transportation cost analysis: Going beyond benchmarking for improved carrier pricing

FreightWaves SONAR

From a financial standpoint, transportation cost analysis remains focused on determining the value of the resources used to execute a given shipment and goes well beyond benchmarking. Moreover, this kind of analysis does not focus on who ends up paying which expenses in the end. The challenges of limited transportation cost analysis.

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6 Steps to conduct a freight spend analysis

FreightWaves SONAR

A freight spend analysis can help cut those extra costs. Performing a freight spend analysis reveals extra costs deriving from unforeseen issues. Let’s look at a few best practices and steps to conduct a comprehensive, insightful cost analysis. Know the scope and value of a freight spend analysis.

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Managing E-Commerce Fulfillment Spikes With Data Analysis

GlobalTranz

To meet demand, shippers must rapidly ramp up production and move more product, but the industry is struggling. This creates a major problem for managing e-commerce fulfillment when orders spike and shippers need to understand how data analysis may help. Get Your Free White Paper Today. Order picking accuracy.

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Why Benchmarking Alone Isn’t Enough for Proper Transportation Cost Analysis

GlobalTranz

Given that our proprietary TMS, the Cerasis Rater , provides multiple reports, giving our shippers’ many insights, this post is quite appropriate, just like getting the data that is meaningful , in order to make the best decisions for your business possible. . Specialized – $1.73 Truckload – $1.51 Driver wages represent 26% of costs.

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Decreasing deadheading in trucking: how carriers are turning to data to maximize assets

FreightWaves SONAR

And there remain significant problems within the industry. One of the biggest challenges facing the industry right now is deadheading. Waste matters in the shipping industry because every instance leads to higher freight costs. Download the White Paper. Think about it. And it’s essential to understand why. .

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5 Things to Look for When Vetting Logistics Transportation Services

GlobalTranz

That includes analysis of current operations, costs by mode, performance and benchmarking of existing partnerships. Download the White Paper: Transportation Optimization: Its Strategic Role in Transportation Management. Download the White Paper: Transportation Optimization: Its Strategic Role in Transportation Management.