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The 3 top benefits of trucking fleets benchmarking financial and operational performance

FreightWaves SONAR

Benchmarking standards within trucking fleets are continuously changing. As reported by DC Velocity , “the 2020 Fleet Advantage Industry Benchmark Survey noted, “11% of transportation fleets estimate they have saved more than $1 million in crash avoidance by upgrading to newer trucks with advanced safety features.”

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

FreightWaves SONAR

Trucking capacity is tight, and deadheading is the precursor of even stricter capacity. The problem of deadheading in trucking. By utilizing effective trucking RFP protocols, freight managers can ensure trucks stay filled on every leg of every trip. Those that held on in 2020 continue to face obstacles as recovery begins.

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

FreightWaves SONAR

Ocean freight impacts on trucking is another use case. Ocean freight that arrives in a port means opportunities for trucking companies. Higher port activity leads to tighter trucking capacity in portside O/D pairs. But trucking rate invoice errors are more common than many realize. Request a SONAR Demo.

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BCOs and drayage planning: How global retailers apply data

FreightWaves SONAR

These short-haul trucks deliver FTL or LTL freight loads between one form of transport and another.” They all work and feed off each other to make drayage planning faster and easier with fewer instances of demurrage , effectively lowering delays for BCOs that may arise from poor carrier asset management too. Request a SONAR Demo.

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Top 18 Freight Podcasts to Subscribe to Now

FreightWaves SONAR

In this blog post on the top freight podcast, I will first provide the top FreightWaves podcasts from the FreightCasts team headed up by the legendary Timothy Dooner. Here are the top FreightWaves’ Freightcast Podcasts: WHAT THE TRUCK?!? “ WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Trucking for Millennials. Trucking for Millennials.

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The role of warehouse technology and automation in supply chain management

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A Pallet Mover AGV, also known as a fork-over AGV, is a pallet truck AGV used to transport palletized loads. They feed production lines or move finished goods from production to the warehouse.?Forklifts Very narrow aisle trucks and automated reach trucks. Pallet movers. handle various racking types.

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7 Ways Retailers Can Reduce Delivery Costs

Locus

Consider a scenario where two trucks head to the Upper East Side of Manhattan, a less crowded area compared to the bustling Midtown. By analyzing this live feed , retailers can spot trends, such as certain areas consistently causing delays or specific times when the demand spikes. Schedule a demo with us!