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White Paper Explores Ways to Optimise Last-Mile Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

Delivering an item to a recipient is the most expensive and time-consuming stage of the entire logistics chain. In its new white paper, EPG gets to the bottom of the matter with Prof. Of course, always with an eye on a reasonable cost-benefit ratio.” And that is not all. The last mile is a challenge.

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Circular Supply Chains with Deborah Dull

The Logistics of Logistics

She is a sought after author and speaker having been published in various books, articles, and white papers and spoken at dozens of industry events. Circular supply chains are interconnected systems that use secondary and regenerative inputs to generate value by reducing and extending resource use. Circular Supply Chain.

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Shipping demand management: why enterprise shippers need in-depth insights

FreightWaves SONAR

With surges in fuel costs and new fees, taxes and expenses levied on every load, budgeting needs only continue to increase. Download the White Paper. Cost reduction strategies in supply chain management remain focused on getting loads from point A to point B as fast and as affordable as possible.

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What shippers need to know about how carriers price freight with historic, peer and market data

FreightWaves SONAR

A certain level of fees and freight rating expenses are standard in shipping and transportation. Of course, it all depends on the ability to stay strategic. . Download the White Paper. Successful management of fees and expenses, including freight load rates, starts with the RFPs.

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

FreightWaves SONAR

Fortunately, smart data utilization can help reduce deadheading occurrences and make the entire supply chain more profitable. Finding quality loads for moves on trips that would have otherwise remained empty is the best way to reduce deadheading. Of course, carriers want their transportation networks to be as profitable as possible.

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Truck fleet management: How are my trucks performing in the market?

FreightWaves SONAR

Of course, that all depends on seeing the activities that are occurring, benchmarking current carrier operations and continuously improving. Freight intelligence tools help management develop a more unified freight strategy. Download the White Paper. Make strategic partnerships with brokers and other carriers.

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Minimizing Supply Chain Disruption Through Analytics: A Brief Guide

GlobalTranz

Using analytics in the supply chain has the most potential to dramatically reduce costs of supply chain management, as well as minimizing supply chain disruption. WHITE PAPER] The Top Supply Chain Trends that Will Impact Supply Chain Management in 2018. Download White Paper. GET YOUR COPY HERE. Better forecasting.