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Logistics carbon footprint reduction best practices

FreightWaves SONAR

This becomes especially significant for the carbon footprint of companies in transportation, logistics and supply chains, including the added expenses associated with reefer during the warmer months. And ultimately, eliminating the need for excess trucks on the road helps the carrier costs overall and allows for available resource management.

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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. Even the industry’s titans, who boast sizable in-house fleets, often find themselves outsourcing orders to third-party carriers due to overwhelming volumes and the absence of logistical infrastructure in specific areas and countries.

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Resources to help deepen your understanding of the freight market

FreightWaves SONAR

Words like “revolutionize” and “optimize” tend to get a lot of airtime across the logistics space. Fortunately, hopeful changemakers can look to several resources to broaden their understanding of both the freight market and the industry as a whole. This strong focus on innovating and making things better is not unwarranted.

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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. This is achieved through sophisticated tracking and oversight mechanisms, transforming the potentially chaotic world of fleet logistics into a well-oiled machine.

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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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5 data prerequisites for carrier predictive freight rating in logistics

FreightWaves SONAR

Therefore, trucking carriers need access to additional data resources and analytics insights to identify and act on those less profitable business relationships. Carriers need an advanced dashboard that puts the information front and center, creating an intuitive pricing process. Request a SONAR Demo. It can be that simple.

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How AI and Logistics Tech Can Boost Van, Truck & DSD Sales in the Middle East

Locus

And embracing logistics technologies are key to making those deliveries happen. Often, you have an extensive network of distribution centers and a large fleet of trucks. How distributors can embrace new efficiencies with logistics tech. And logistics technology has the potential to accelerate these processes in a repeatable way.