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Forklift Brakes: Your Guide to Safety and Maintenance

Conger

Brake Lines and Hoses The unsung heroes of your braking system, these tubes transport pressurized hydraulic fluid from the master cylinder to the brakes at each wheel. Air Brakes: Ideal for heavy-duty applications seen mostly on larger vehicles that offer superior stopping power that is necessary when transporting substantial loads.

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5 Tips For Improving Your Warehouse And Distribution Process

3PL Links

Improving your warehouse and distribution process isn’t necessarily as easy as it might sound since any course of action needs to take into account variables such as your products, staffing levels, scheduling and third-party vendors. The first tip is definitely a game changer. Automation. Set Vendor Policies.

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What Brexit Means for You: Brexit Shipping to Europe and the UK

Trans Global Auto Logistics

Some of these barriers will be monetary in nature, in the form of various direct fees, and associated cost-of-compliance fees for shipping companies. And then of course there are the barriers of time: Brexit shipping to Europe – UK routes will definitely become and remain slower due to increased inspection times.

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

FreightWaves SONAR

And according to Brian Straight of FreightWaves , a routing guide is a living document that enables faster transportation management and keeps freight spend under control based on lane volatility, seen also within SONAR SCI Lane Acuity. What is a routing guide : a digital resource that seeks to reduce high transportation costs.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 1 – 7)

Logistics Viewpoints

The six areas are energy use, nature, waste, packaging, transportation, and product use and design. Walmart has entered a definitive agreement to purchase micro-fulfillment center (MFC) developer Alert Innovation. And Walmart recently rolled out extra levies for suppliers using its transportation services.

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Cardinal Health Invests in Visibility to Improve Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

Across their inbound and outbound supply chains the goods are transported by air, ocean, rail, truckload, less-than-truckload, parcel, and even couriers. The visibility the FourKites solution can provide is dependent on the signals it gets from transportation assets. Cardinal Health Operates a Fleet of Trucks.

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Supplier Quality Management: What it is, 5 Key Metrics to Know & a 4 Step Supplier Evaluation Process

GlobalTranz

When you choose a company to transport your freight or to supply you with the materials you need to manufacture a product, you are putting your hard work and reputation in their hands. The definition of this metric is similar to the way it sounds. Percentage of products in compliance. Cost of quality.