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Manifest Las Vegas

Logistics Business Magazine

Experience an Expo Hall unlike any other, featuring autonomous vehicles, drones, robotics, electric trucks, a start-up demo stage and tons of fun! See the leading edge across all categories: logistics, transportation and supply chain. World-class insights from 250+ industry luminaries across 120 sessions.

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

Locus

Last-mile delivery is the crucial stage of transporting goods from the retailer’s transportation hub to the ultimate delivery destination. Fuel costs: Last-mile fuel costs require careful management as they make up 25% of a truck’s operational costs over volatile price fluctuations. These include: 1.

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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). In this case, you will reduce the cost of transportation and printing.

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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. This factor plays into net revenue per truck per week as well. Contract freight may not equate to guaranteed capacity.

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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. Fuel consumption – older trucks and outdated shipping practices can lead to excessive fuel use, thus increasing resource consumption. Request a SONAR Demo.

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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. Furthermore, flexible, near real-time transport order planning can be realized. Description. IFOY TEST REPORT.