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[WHITE PAPER] Ida in 12 SONAR charts

FreightWaves SONAR

There is never a good time for a Category 4 hurricane to make landfall, but what we heard repeatedly last week was that this hurricane could not have come at a worse time. Transportation networks are constrained by almost too many factors to list and that congestion seems only set to intensify as peak season approaches.

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

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Last-mile delivery is the crucial stage of transporting goods from the retailer’s transportation hub to the ultimate delivery destination. Read also: How to Calculate the Cost of Transport 2. In 2021, a wide range of major product categories saw online purchase returns, with rates varying from 8% to 88%.

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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. Load matching can be understood as the pairing of freight with the most suitable transportation carriers. This ensures efficient and safe transportation.

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Why shippers care about reduced emissions in their network

FreightWaves SONAR

Aside from the implementation of automated technology and digital tools, one of the most significant shifts in the shipping and transportation industry focuses on reduced emissions. Request a FreightWaves SONAR demo to get started. . Request a SONAR Demo. But what do they mean for the supply chain network of today?

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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. The fact remains that within freight transportation protocol, trucking capacity is finite. Request a FreightWaves SONAR demo by clicking the button below to get started. . Contract freight may not equate to guaranteed capacity.

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7 Freight broker sales tips for setting the hook with prospects

FreightWaves SONAR

Even more powerful is using information from the first three categories above, company information and news along with freight market data and industry trends to create your own analysis that will set a hook each and every time. . #5: Request a SONAR Demo. 5: Conferences . Find out more about FreightWaves SONAR for brokers.

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

FreightWaves SONAR

Heightened demand uncertainty with variability by geography and category. Identify surface transportation trends being driven by U.S. The conversion from the for-hire market to a private fleet or one-way truckload moves to dedicated lanes removes the volatility that the transportation industry typically faces.