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Unlocking Shipping Potential: The Importance of Effective Fleet Management

Locus

Why Fleet Management Matters for Shippers In the complex sphere of supply chain management, fleet resources remain indispensable and irreplaceable. Furthermore, transportation often represents a significant cost center for shippers, thus elevating the optimization of fleet management to an operational imperative.

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What is a routing guide and what are best practices to create one

FreightWaves SONAR

To answer those questions, it is essential to realize that a routing guide is not a singular sheet of paper or limited resource. That includes available dock scheduling times, resources used to schedule deliveries or pick ups, certification requirements from drivers, digital documentation, centralized controls, and much more.

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Why is it Crucial for F&B Brands to Design an Ideal Supply Chain Network?

Locus

To maintain an optimal flow of their goods, it is highly necessary for them to design an ideal supply chain network. What makes for an ideal supply chain network design? This function is also called network optimization. How designing an ideal supply chain network benefits F&B brands.

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Shippers: Have you considered contracted or outsourced fleets?

Locus

Transportation networks form the vital nerve center for every delivery-focused organization. This approach aids in efficient utilization of existing in-house resources, preventing burnout. Improved SLA Compliance: Outsourcing also provides more resources at your disposal, leading to a higher likelihood of adhering to your SLAs.

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Logistics carbon footprint reduction best practices

FreightWaves SONAR

And ultimately, eliminating the need for excess trucks on the road helps the carrier costs overall and allows for available resource management. Utilizing lockers or pickup centers creates a way to shift, change or store trucks for the next mile. In the interim, request a FreightWaves SONAR demo to get started.

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Can Retailers Reinvent the Last Mile? The Trillion-Dollar Question

Locus

During driver time-off or holidays, the system seamlessly accommodates ad hoc orders and assigns them to the available resources, ensuring no orders are left unassigned, even during peak seasons. Locus’ smart carrier management system offers retailers access to a wide network of carriers without the hassle of complex integration.

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What Shipping Analytics Tools Should Freight Market Participants Have in Their Freight Stack?

FreightWaves SONAR

For shippers, success depends on end-to-end network improvements, according to McKinsey & Company. Collaborative analytics resources to inform conversations. Viewing transportation networks with multi-angled metrics goes a long way to reducing costs. Compliance management resources. Things go wrong in supply chains.