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Manifest Las Vegas

Logistics Business Magazine

The Future of Logistics is Here Manifest Vegas is the premier global gathering for industry leaders, innovators and investors that strive to find solutions and cutting-edge logistics & supply chain technologies. See the leading edge across all categories: logistics, transportation and supply chain.

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Why shippers care about reduced emissions in their network

FreightWaves SONAR

But what do they mean for the supply chain network of today? What do the many global supply chains plan on doing to embrace an environmentally minded approach with reduced emissions and lower pollution levels? The point that gets misunderstood, however, is how it affects supply chains.

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

FreightWaves SONAR

The fact remains that within freight transportation protocol, trucking capacity is finite. This factor plays into net revenue per truck per week as well. With the ever-changing needs and demands of the supply chain, carriers need to maintain clarity. Contract freight may not equate to guaranteed capacity.

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Bringing Order to Chaos: Last-Mile Delivery Costs and How to Reduce Them

Locus

Fuel costs: Last-mile fuel costs require careful management as they make up 25% of a truck’s operational costs over volatile price fluctuations. A recent analysis by the American Trucking Associations (ATA) indicates that if existing trends persist, we could see a potential driver shortage reaching up to 175,000 by 2024.

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Bill of Lading Types: How to Avoid the Detention and Demurrage Due to Documentation

MTS Logistics

In shipping, documentation, freight insurance, terminal problems, and trucking shortages are just a few of the problems we face today. But the biggest issue to address in the documentation category is the bill of lading (BL). Hapag-Lloyd recently announced the demo of e-bill of ladings that have been used in recent months.

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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. Thirty-five percent of trucks travel empty in the U.S., compared to 2021, reaching $2.251 per mile.

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

FreightWaves SONAR

The pandemic has sent the retail industry on a K-shaped trajectory — the final straw that has sent many retail chains into bankruptcy while also contributing to a surge in sales for many of the leading chains. Heightened demand uncertainty with variability by geography and category. Those use cases include: .