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The Weekly Freight Report for September 24, 2020

FLS Transport

The Cass Freight Index signals a strong recovery… The HOS rule changes are challenged… Outbound from Laredo produces “unheard of” rates… Trucking companies are set for a prolonged rally… Capacity cuts are the deepest since 2010… and Consumer confidence grows ahead of peak. Get the details here.

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Transportation Management System ROI: What Other Business Areas Can Benefit?

GlobalTranz

A 2017 survey of shippers found that up to 40 percent are concerned over continued delays and failure to deliver products on time and as expected. Both Inbound and Outbound Logistics Benefit From Implementing a TMS. In other words, you can retrieve the documents anytime and at any place. The Big Picture.

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9 tips for running a successful warehouse in 2021

Logistics Business Magazine

Outputs: specify the requirements regarding labelling, the documentation of despatches, KPI capturing, and management reports. According to a survey from Vanson Bourne, many of the root causes of downtime — as illustrated below — can be avoided by implementing the appropriate solutions.

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Trusting the market will stay afloat

Automotive Logistics

Some of the main concerns expressed by ports surveyed by Automotive Logistics include finding more storage and handling capacity, especially given the growth that some of the bigger car handling ports are seeing, and at times when there are sudden spikes in volumes. . “We Where to put it all . Our terminal can handle 2.5-2.6m

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13 Warehouse Types: Definitions, Functions & Examples

Conger

Geological Survey. A cross-docking warehouse is where goods from inbound trucks are sorted and routed to outbound trucks for final delivery to the end-user. They’re sorted and distributed among outbound trucks assigned to particular routes. Some of the top users of government warehousing include the: U.S. Department of Interior.

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Shifting gear

Automotive Logistics

Over the first ten months of 2018, Brazil’s GDP rose by around 1.3%, after one of its longest recessions in history, and according to a Central Bank survey of economists, this should edge up to around 2.5% In the wider economy, positive signals can be seen. by the end of 2019. In addition to vehicle transport, it offers 1.8m

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7 Mini Case Studies: Successful Supply Chain Cost Reduction and Management

Logistics Bureau

Decision-makers chose a yard management software (YMS) product, and then had the transfer centre surveyed before initiating a pilot project covering a small portion of the yard. Inbound and outbound logistics planning. Terex decided to replace the outdated manual yard management process with a new, digital solution using RFID tracking.