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Load Matching: Optimizing Logistics Efficiency in the Last Mile

Locus

Supply chain management involves the transportation of freight between locations, and load matching is a small but critical aspect that drives supply chain efficiency. This ensures efficient and safe transportation. Load matching aligns carrier preferences with suitable loads for efficient transportation.

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Why shippers care about reduced emissions in their network

FreightWaves SONAR

The impact transportation pollution cause on global supply chain networks A few main categories of pollution and waste can be tied back to local and global supply chain activities and poor integration practices. Increased fuel costs as less-efficient vehicles consume more fuel and rely on less eco-friendly material usage.

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IFOY FINALIST FOCUS: SYNAOS IMS Vehicle Localization

Logistics Business Magazine

IFOY Category: Special of the Year. The seamless localization of transport vehicles is one of the most important steps towards fully digitized, highly efficient intralogistics. The system increases the efficiency of fleets and saves costs. Apart from an accelerometer, no other input sources are required. Description.

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Retail disruption and K-shaped recovery highlight importance of freight data

FreightWaves SONAR

That has also increased the pressure on retailers to keep other freight and logistics costs low with more capital and expense being dedicated to the development of new omnichannel strategies. . Pressure to develop an omnichannel strategy with strong customer service levels. Those use cases include: .

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This Week in Logistics News (March 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

per person — on the holiday this year and, perhaps unsurprisingly, their top spending categories are food and beverages. The Biden administration is expected to soon issue a strategy for placing charging infrastructure for electric freight trucks in strategic and busy corridors. billion — or an average of $44.40

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Playbook – How to handle rising transportation costs?

Log-hub

As per the ATRI data, the overall marginal expenses for trucking marked a significant of 21% increase in the year 2023. To jump straight to the point, some basic strategies for handling rising transportation costs, which we’ll cover in this Playbook, are related to optimal network design and route optimization.

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Buying a Forklift: The Ultimate Guide to Making the Right Decision

Conger

Type: What are the different types of forklifts in the model category among brands? Dimensions: What is the most popular forklift size in that model category among brands? Ownership: How does the ownership model of the truck look? If your boss sees the lift truck sitting unused, how will you defend the decision?