Trinity Logistics

DECEMBER 14, 2020

However, for truck drivers, these feelings sometimes don’t go away after traveling and their mental health can be compromised because of it. We understand that loneliness and anxiousness are common issues for truck drivers. Another scary statistic that pertains to truck driving and mental health are suicide rates.

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Logistics Viewpoints

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This article is from Patrick Byers, DevOps Engineer at Lucas Systems, and looks at fortifying warehouse and distribution centers against cybersecurity attacks. A 2020 cyberattack at TFI International, one of the largest trucking and logistics companies in North America, forced them to resort to manually sorting.

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Morai Logistics

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Experts on transportation supply chain and logistics say that truck platooning may help drive efficiency in today’s demanding market. In their article, truck platooning is referred to as the ‘next big step’. Autonomous Trucking. According to Market Watch : Global Autonomous Trucks Market is growing at 15.6%

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Blue Grace Logistics

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

In this case, what do automated vehicles and AI mean for the truck driving industry? However, there are three key reasons why truck drivers won’t be going away any time soon. There’s More to Trucking than Just Driving. Truck drivers also perform a number of other tasks in their daily routine. freight, by weight.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 25, 2021

In this edition of “SONAR Indices & Insights,” the SONAR team showcases several mileage-focused indices to aid carriers to build trucking KPIs that will inform decisions to optimize fleet utilization among other freight KPIs. Miles per Truck per Week (MILTR). Miles per Truck per Week (MILTR). Loaded Miles (%) (LOADM).

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Turvo

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Regardless of what markets do and what happens overall in the country, trucking and transportation collaboration remain an essential service. The top trucking influencers will remain a valuable source of information. According to the American Trucking Associations , “America’s trucking industry is the lifeblood of the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 9, 2022

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article on the benefits of time slot management. In that article, I highlighted the importance of the network effect on time slot management and related technologies, as well as the main benefits of a time slot management application. The average wait time for all respondents was about 70 minutes.

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Turvo

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Truck driver retention is important for a healthy fleet, but hard schedules and bad working conditions can cause high turnover. Historically, as evidenced by a 2019 poll by the American Transportation Research Institute, turnover rates in the trucking business are substantially greater than in most occupations (ATRI).

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Talking Logistics

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

A few weeks ago, I revisited the age-old driver shortage question (see Truck Driver Shortage: Getting Better, Worse, or No Problem at All? ). Speaking of data, let’s start with a basic question: How many truck drivers are there in the United States? Number of Truck Drivers: The ATA vs. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 17, 2021

What’s covered in this article: The negative impacts of Covid-19 on the trucking industry. Ways to improve practices in the trucking profession. Technological advances in trucking. The global scarcity of professional truck drivers is evident. It is equally difficult to retain truck drivers. Better Pay.

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Locus

MAY 4, 2022

Often, you have an extensive network of distribution centers and a large fleet of trucks. The other is when you load your trucks with the products of manufacturers and try to sell these products to various retail outlets: The van or truck spot sales approach, also called direct store delivery (DSD).

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Blue Grace Logistics

JUNE 2, 2020

The ongoing slump that had begun in October 2018 had started to affect the Class 8 truck market in early 2019. While there were a few months during the year where orders for heavy-duty trucks peaked – although not as high as the previous two years, it was all in all a slow year for the industry. . How bad is the situation?

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Globalior

MAY 8, 2020

Figuring out how trucking spot rates change isn’t too tricky. If the number of trucks entering city A increases at a slower rate compared to the load volumes moving out of city A, then the spot rate goes up. On the other hand, if the number of trucks entering city B increases at a higher rate than the load volume, spot rates go down.

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Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

MAY 25, 2023

In this article, we will explore the benefits, challenges, and exciting future of autonomous vehicles in freight transportation, using the real-life example of Waymo’s autonomous trucking program. Waymo’s autonomous trucking program has shown promising results in this area.

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Turvo

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Many shipping lines rely on refrigerated trucks and other advanced shipping services. Examples of Tech Used in Supply Chains Today. Keeping everyone in the loop is another key to successful supply chain management, especially among refrigerated trucking carriers. . Maintain open lines of communication and collaboration.

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MTS Logistics

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Back in August, I wrote an article about carriers introducing a $300/container surcharge for all cargo transiting the Panama Canal. For example, our MTS Trucking Service can offer warehousing and transloading in California, giving us the agility to coordinate last mile deliveries across the U.S.

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Now, That's Logistics

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In the US, trucks move roughly 72.2% million registered trucks traveled a total of 302 billion miles in 2020 and the number of for-hire carriers on file with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration totaled just over 1.1 Autonomous Trucking Comes into Focus. According to the ATA, 38.9 million as of June 2022.

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ShipLilly

DECEMBER 19, 2019

For example, the PPI is expected to rise by 3.2% For example, 2019 saw vast excesses of capacity as economic growth rates slowed. Ordering trucks during this year turned out to be a somewhat risky proposition, with many still languishing in motor carrier yards. by the second quarter of 2020. How shippers should prepare.

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

For example, Cimcorp’s intralogistics solution has revolutionized the order-fulfillment process of the Spanish supermarket giant, Mercadona, enabling the delivery of fresh and seasonal produce to stores within 24 hours. For example, Cimcorp has helped Mercadona to match automation and RPCs for excellent results.

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Parade

JANUARY 24, 2017

There’s been a flood of “Uber for Trucking” startups or more accurately “freight platforms” since 2012. Take Amazon’s marketplace for example, which is an online platform for connecting merchants and shoppers. Platforms have been around in the trucking industry for years too , we just call them load boards!

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Logistics Business Magazine

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

These hydraulic forks are designed to extend and retract, allowing for more versatile operations, especially when dealing with the intricacies of truck loading and unloading. The Traditional Method of Side Loading in Logistics Side loading, i.e. loading or unloading goods from the side of a truck, is common method in the logistics industry.

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Logistics Business Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2020

A notable example is the Ravas iForks forklift scale, a brilliantly simple concept which works by replacing standard truck forks with smart weighing forks. Thus, via the integration of connected forklift trucks, real-time in-process data on. Read the whole article here: [link]. Smart logistics and Industry 4.0

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Logistics Business Magazine

MARCH 29, 2023

This article, from Onecharge , covers multiple-CAN communication protocols of battery management systems (BMS) with the host vehicle, the charger, other externally connected devices, and battery components. A BMS is not required to have a CAN integration and communication protocol with a truck or a charger, and some don’t have any.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 19, 2023

For example, as a picker is moving through the warehouse, their scan gun will read, “go to location XB312 and pick three cases!” It is better to receive inventory on a loading dock, take the inventory needed for a hot shot shipment, and move that inventory through the DC to a shipping dock where it is loaded on a truck.

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PINC

JANUARY 22, 2020

Matt Yearling’s articles ranked on both Logistics Viewpoints’ and Talking Logistics’ most-read article lists for 2019. . Here’s a synopsis of his most-read articles for the year and the evergreen insights that he shared with readers: Excess Inventory? Transportation Trends: First Autonomous Spotters, Then Autonomous Trucks.

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Conger

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Because you're going to learn: What a model number can tell you about your lift truck. Each character in a Toyota forklift model number has a specific meaning and, when taken together, tell you lots about the lift truck. The model numbers for these lift trucks are usually 7-10 characters. Truck Type. 8FGCU25 or 7FGCU25).

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Parade

JANUARY 24, 2017

There’s been a flood of “Uber for Trucking” startups or more accurately “freight platforms” since 2012. Take Amazon’s marketplace for example, which is an online platform for connecting merchants and shoppers. Platforms have been around in the trucking industry for years too, we just call them load boards!

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Parade

JANUARY 24, 2017

There’s been a flood of “Uber for Trucking” startups or more accurately “freight platforms” since 2012. Take Amazon’s marketplace for example, which is an online platform for connecting merchants and shoppers. Platforms have been around in the trucking industry for years too, we just call them load boards!

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10xLogistics

JULY 18, 2015

A while back I wrote about how I thought executives in the trucking industry were getting dangerously close to collusion as they discussed capacity in the industry. So, for example, an executive says in an interview in a prominent industry magazine something like, "Until we see better ROI we cannot and will not add capacity to our system".

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Women in Trucking

JANUARY 5, 2020

When recruiting, for example, consider the aspects of driving that appeal most to women as well as areas of concern. For example, 74 percent of women use Facebook, according to a 2018 Pew Research Study. This article was originally featured in Edition 3 of 2019 in our official magazine, Redefining The Road. Learn More

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The US Department of Labor does not split out job openings for truck drivers versus openings for warehouse workers. But anecdotally it appears hiring truck drivers is even more difficult than hiring warehouse workers. Lift truck drivers have a less tiring job than those that must walk miles a day doing order selection.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 17, 2022

Of course, we subsequently share interesting insights in Logistics Viewpoints articles. Brian provided me with insights into some specific warehouse automation and robotics examples. DHL and Campbell Soup Company have deployed a fleet of Crown Equipment Reach Trucks supported by JBT’s autonomous technology.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

Since the collapse of the housing market and the economy in 2008, the freight transportation industry has managed to claw its way out of a damaging situation and maintain historically low trucking rates. What’s Driving the Trucking Rates Increase? Reshoring Initiative. Driver Expenses. billion manufacturer TriMas Corp.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a special guest blog from our friend Jake Tully where he fills us in on the 4 essential things all truck drivers need to do to prepare for the Holiday Season. Truck Drivers Need To Get Plenty of Sleep. Study The Routes You May Be Driving.

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ShipLilly

OCTOBER 10, 2020

This article explores some of the tips that you can use to effectively ship furniture. For example, UPS and FedEx have a policy of accepting packages that weigh as much as 150lbs. For example, USPS can ship boxes that are as long as 108 inches, as long as the combined length and girth do not exceed 130 inches.

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MTS Logistics

APRIL 3, 2023

In this article, we will examine the impact of inflation in supply chain on the logistics industry and discuss possible solutions to prevent it. Moreover, the pandemic has caused significant disruptions in the labor market, leading to a shortage of truck drivers and warehouse workers.

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Parade

MARCH 3, 2021

In this article, we explore Invoice Reconciliation tools as a core piece of every digital 3PL/freight brokerage’s operations. Whether in packing a freight truck or tracking invoices, wasted time and resources can quickly eat into your margins. Digitize Invoicing to Eliminate Errors and Guard Cash Flow.

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