Wed.Jan 06, 2021

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3 Strategies to build your freight broker book of business

FreightWaves SONAR

Building a lasting freight broker book of business is essential. The key is to build long-term relationships while executing short-term transactions. So, what’s the best strategy for building a book of business as a freight broker? Like most all other business activities, there are many different strategies for building your book of business as a freight broker.

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The 5 APIs of the Apocalypse with Jeremy Bodenhamer

The Logistics of Logistics

The 5 APIs of the Apocalypse with Jeremy Bodenhamer. Jeremy Bodenhamer and Joe Lynch discuss the 5 APIs of the Apocalypse. Jeremy defines APIs and why they are such a powerful force in ecommerce. Jeremy recently wrote a book called Adapt or Die , a book for small and mid-size retailers that want to compete with the ecommerce giants. About Jeremy Bodenhamer.

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Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution – Possibly the Most Important Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Covid-19 vaccine distribution is headline news across the country. Operation Warp Speed, the umbrella term for the public-private partnership responsible for the development, distribution, and administration of Covid-19 vaccines, is incredibly large, complex, and important to the well-being of the US population. The US government, private entities, and news outlets provide select insights and periodic updates about the Covid-19 distribution process.

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Building the Food Industry’s Resilience Beyond the Pandemic

Supply Chain Brain

While no industry was completely immune, the food industry was hit especially hard by the pandemic, which restricted worker movement, forced production facilities to close and brought food distribution to a halt — all while consumer demand fluctuated with little predictability.

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GEP Procurement & Supply Chain Tech Trends Report

The technological landscape is dynamic and changes quickly. And for procurement and supply chain leaders looking to harness the power of technology to navigate complex challenges and an uncertain business environment, keeping up with the latest trends can be its own obstacle. So, what’s on the technological horizon for procurement and supply chain for the year ahead?

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Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution – Possibly the Most Important Supply Chain

Logistics Viewpoints

Source: US DoD. Covid-19 vaccine distribution is headline news across the country. Operation Warp Speed, the umbrella term for the public-private partnership responsible for the development, distribution, and administration of Covid-19 vaccines, is incredibly large, complex, and important to the well-being of the US population. The US government, private entities, and news outlets provide select insights and periodic updates about the Covid-19 distribution process.

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Watch: The Department of Transportation in the Biden Administration

Supply Chain Brain

David Winstead, an attorney with Ballard Spahr LLP and former Secretary of Transportation in the state of Maryland, speculates on U.S. Department of Transportation challenges, initiatives and priorities under the incoming Biden Administration.

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NGVAmerica Updates Guidance on Alternative Fuels Tax Credit Filing

NGT News

After championing the inclusion of an extension of the alternative fuels tax credit (AFTC) and a COVID-19 stimulus package last month, NGVAmerica, a national organization dedicated to developing natural gas and biomethane markets, has released updated guidance on filing for the federal tax credit. The AFTC – a $0.50 fuel credit/payment for the use of […].

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Truck Stops and Tarmacs

Women in Trucking

“Don’t reinvent the wheel, just realign it.” Anthony J. D’Angelo, author. We’ve all heard the adage about reinventing the wheel. Why spend a great deal of time and effort on working through something that someone has already explored? When Women In Trucking Association was formed, we looked at other trade and professional organizations and determined what parts worked for us and what didn’t.

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The Weekly Freight Report for January 7, 2021

FLS Transport

The Top 6 Stories in Freight. Here’s what’s happening this week: The traditional shipping playbook is dead. The market is forever altered. Optimism is in the air and 2021 trucking events are on the calendar Drivers look back at the top challenges in a tumultuous year The 7 things shippers need to know about the Q1 freight market 2021 outlook is positive, but there’s a big black capacity cloud looming Driver shortage is leading industry concern going into the new year.

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Scaling Logistics for Success: A White Claw Story

Speaker: Scott Campbell and Molly Feller

As the demand for your products skyrockets 🚀, you're likely experiencing logistical challenges that are preventing you from scaling your business. The sudden surge in demand can be exciting, but it can also put a strain on your supply chain and logistics operations. In this webinar, join Scott Campbell, Vice President, Logistics & Demand at Mark Anthony Services and Molly Feller, VP Logistics as a Service Operations at e2open, as they explore the challenges that arise when companies expe

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Putting customers at the center with intelligent fulfillment

Logistics Management

With the right actions, supply chain leaders can turn supply chain disruption into meaningful change and build long-term resilience to outmaneuver uncertainty and achieve growth. Those that do will achieve competitive advantage now and in the future.

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From Biden DOT, owner-operators look for parking, highways, FLSA reforms

Overdrive Online

This trio of items adds to those familiar yet newly prominent in Overdrive's reader polling on priorities for a new DOT Secretary under Biden.

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Amazon announces purchase of 11 new aircraft, in move to expand transportation fleet

Logistics Management

Seattle-based global e-commerce titan Amazon is taking significant steps to expand its growing transportation fleet, purchasing 11 Boeing 767-300 aircraft. This marks the first time the company has purchased aircraft, as it has traditionally procured airfreight capacity through leases.

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[WHITE PAPER] How Enterprise Shippers Can Respond to and Mitigate Tender Rejections

FreightWaves SONAR

Enterprise shippers have plenty of responsibilities when it comes to freight management. They must manage replenishment, returns, supplier contracts and much more. But transportation optimization , knowing when to tender freight, take advantage of company-owned assets, and outsource are other issues. The world of transportation sourcing and management is only getting more complicated.

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Rethinking Direct Materials Sourcing: The Tools You Need To Manage Costs, Risks and Sustainability

Direct materials sourcing is evolving, with procurement now tasked not only with cost efficiency but managing sustainability and risk management. The environment is marked by heightened demand and expectations, compounded by challenges such as rising input prices, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions. While some embrace cutting-edge tools like AI and blockchain for global trade functions, others lag in technology adoption.

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Moore On Pricing: Blockchain and freight payment

Logistics Management

My humble advice to all logistics professionals: Pay attention to blockchain

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Lightning eMotors Secures ZEV, Powertrain Order from ABC

NGT News

Lightning eMotors, a provider of commercial electric vehicles for fleets, has received a $45 million order for its zero-emission powertrain systems from ABC Companies, a Faribault, Minn.-based motorcoach supplier. The first zero-emission motorcoach was delivered in December. The order includes a mix of new vehicles manufactured by Lightning eMotors, as well as new zero-emission powertrain […].

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End-to-end Logistics Services for Electric Fleet

Logistics Business Magazine

GEFCO UK is working with electric car subscription service, Onto, to provide smart repair services and delivery to and from its four finished vehicle logistics (FVL) compounds across the UK. The project will see GEFCO initially focus on smart bodywork repair services, for Onto’s rapidly growing electric fleet. The partnership will see GEFCO provide Onto with a full end-to-end service including collection and chauffeur delivery as well as bespoke vehicle conversions on new electric vehicle models

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Leading a Helpful Dialogue in 2021 about the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Your Drivers and Employees

Women in Trucking

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How to Conduct Workplace Incident Investigations to Create Safer Workplaces

This white paper provides a comprehensive overview of global workplace incident trends, focusing on the top three biases leading to such incidents. It also highlights the significance of CSA Z1005 as a risk management standard and outlines the ROI of thorough incident investigations, covering emergency response to post-incident interviews. Additionally, it introduces an Investigation Evidence Gathering Matrix.

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Warehouse Reaching New Heights

Logistics Business Magazine

An automated warehouse is a breath-taking sight, as reams of pallets are automatically scanned and retrieved for delivery. But not all automation systems are made to endure extreme environments. Here’s how Technidrive Ltd and WEG partnered to help Moffett, an automated storage firm, design a vertical lift for extreme temperatures. Industrial elevators are usually propelled by electric motors, with the aid of a counterweight system.

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Dock Appointment Scheduling (Insights from Indago)

Talking Logistics

How would you characterize your dock appointment scheduling process in terms of being able to plan and execute inbound and outbound shipments through your distribution centers as efficiently as possible? We asked our Indago members that question a few months ago. Only 4% of our member respondents characterized their dock appointment scheduling process as “Excellent,”.

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Ensure Your Logistics Operations are Future-Proofed

Logistics Business Magazine

Ensuring your logistics operation is future-proofed is harder than ever, with the pandemic has drastically changing consumer behaviour. It has sped up what was already an upward trajectory for the adoption of online purchasing and digitalisation. In order to thrive, businesses need to ensure continuity of supply, the ability to implement remote staffing and social distancing and an agile supply chain with the capacity to meet increasing consumer demands.

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LTL carriers bullish on demand, pricing dynamics for 2021

Logistics Management

Top less-than-truckload (LTL) executives and analysts are predicting a bullish year for the $46 billion sector in 2021. Despite disruptions from the coronavirus and resulting changes in demand levels from their customers, leading LTL companies are extracting rate increases in the mid-to-high single digits, according to carriers and analysts.

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GEP Outlook Report 2024

Procurement and supply chain leaders have faced their share of disruption and economic turmoil these past four years. Whether from geopolitical tensions or the havoc caused by the pandemic and its aftershocks, plenty of challenges remain. Despite this, leaders are seeing a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel — inflation is decreasing, interest rates are leveling off and supply chain volatility is easing.

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Mobile Order Pickers to help with Growing e-Commerce Logistics

Logistics Business Magazine

With the dramatically increasing number of online ordered products due to the Corona pandemic, picking things faster, safer and mobile is a challenge for logistics centre’s. Lifting company, TAWI, has developed a Mobile order picker. The innovation allows one person to do the job of two while relieving their backs from injuries caused by lifting heavy objects – at the location they need it.