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Transportation vs Logistics with Marty Wadle

The Logistics of Logistics

Transportation vs Logistics with Marty Wadle. Marty Wadle and Joe Lynch discuss transportation vs logistics. Marty is the Chief Commercial Officer of Ruan Transportation , a transportation company providing Dedicated Contract Transportation, Managed Transportation, Value-added Warehousing, and Brokerage Support Services.

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Gentle Handling for 6000 Parcels per Hour

Logistics Business Magazine

You can just hear each other while Mikropakket’s 50-metre-long electrically powered sorting belt rapidly transports and distributes the various parcels to the thirty inclined discharge conveyors, known as chutes, in PostNL’s Nieuwegein warehouse. For the sorting solution, he approached several providers.

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Navigating Returns: Five Strategies for Shippers to Reduce Return to Origin

Locus

Shipping the wrong product can be fixed by optimizing the package sorting process. Leverage Technology: Incorporating advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning can assist in predictive analysis, inventory management, and automation of the return processes, reducing manual errors and operational costs.

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What data is available to track intermodal freight shipping rates

FreightWaves SONAR

Today’s shipping and transportation industry has changed in several ways, even over just the last few years. This is seen exceptionally well when looking at rail capacity and transportation rates for the modern supply chain. Data accuracy can and does impact freight transportation in a significant way.

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This Week in Logistics News (January 20 – 26)

Logistics Viewpoints

The National Transportation Safety Board has recommended the installation of such technologies in all new passenger vehicles. delaying shipments and raising transportation costs. CargoNet’s analysis of fourth-quarter 2023 data showed a 68% year-over-year increase compared with 2022.

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Logistics Outsourcing Calls for Robust Data Portfolios to Create Enduring Supply Chains

Blue Grace Logistics

Consider inflation and the rising costs of production and manufacturing: Almost everything, whether the transportation of fuel, raw materials, or workers, has caused shippers to lean on logistics professionals to provide contextual data on how all those variables are affecting their own customer base.

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Top 20 Warehouse Automation Suppliers Worldwide

Logistics Viewpoints

The process involves an analysis of large amounts of information and interviews with executives from numerous warehouse automation providers; and concludes with the publication of ARC’s Warehouse Automation & Control Market Research Study. Dematic has over 11,000 employees and 8,000 customer installations worldwide.