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BCOs and drayage planning: How global retailers apply data

FreightWaves SONAR

Drayage planning is critical in global trade It might seem like the simplest and most basic kind of shipping, but first-mile drayage planning and transport is among the most critical steps. Global supply chains rely on multimodal transport to ship goods from manufacturers that are far from their end customers.

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Why is freight data a powerful weapon in the era of COVID-19?

FreightWaves SONAR

DATA ENABLES TRANSPORTATION OPTIMIZATION Using freight data to manage logistics helps to increase efficiency among drivers, loading, unloading, route optimization, use of multimodal transport, and much more. In the modern world, nearly every supply chain is incredibly complex. appeared first on SONAR.

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