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FreightHub stays on course – our crew successfully steers our customers digitally through the corona crisis

Forto

The exchange of information, meetings and even training sessions run smoothly for us despite social distance – digital communication tools such as Slack or the video conferencing software Zoom make it possible. Each of our employees can access all data from anywhere, including home. How can we pass this test?

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FreightHub stays on course – our crew successfully steers our customers digitally through the corona crisis

Forto

The exchange of information, meetings and even training sessions run smoothly for us despite social distance – digital communication tools such as Slack or the video conferencing software Zoom make it possible. Each of our employees can access all data from anywhere, including home. How can we pass this test?

Course 52
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Cost to Serve Analysis—And the Costs of Neglecting It

Logistics Bureau

And, of course, I will also share how knowing your cost-to-serve will help you to solve those all-too-familiar performance gremlins. Of course, it’s always possible to factor estimates of those costs into your product or service pricing, but then you can find yourself overpricing them. Are Your Profit Margins Declining?

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Resources to help deepen your understanding of the freight market

FreightWaves SONAR

High-frequency data It is a widely accepted truth that data plays an important role in revealing the state of the freight market. Until only a few years ago, using data to make informed decisions in the transportation space had meant extrapolating historical insights to predict probable future conditions. port activity.

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Simple Fleet Management Tips to Reduce Liability Risks

United World Transporation

Of course, you can never be covered for everything, but a little bit of proactive management will go a long way. Sensors and video analytics will gather information on a driver’s performance, especially if they make unsafe maneuvers. For instance, GPS data helps you keep track of trucks and alert you when things go wrong.

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This Week in Logistics News (August 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame was equally as amazing as we saw countless pieces of memorabilia, from Jimi Hendrix’s guitar and Little Richard’s jumpsuit to Pete Seeger’s banjo head and Taylor Swift’s throne from the Look What You Made Me Do video. Data for May was revised to show the trade gap narrowing to $68.3 FedEx, the U.S.

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IoT in Logistics “The Maersk Case Study”

Logistics at MPEPS at UPV

According to the article “ How IoT can improve the logistic pro ces s ” the internet of things (IoT) provides data, which describes objects “physical assets” for example a good to be transported and distributed worldwide. Cloud based services : this makes easier for the customers to get data faster.