Mon.Sep 05, 2022

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REPOST: The ROAR Logistics Story with Robert Rich

The Logistics of Logistics

Bob Rich and Joe Lynch discuss the ROAR Logistics story. Bob is the Founder and President of ROAR Logistics , a based logistics company that delivers world-class service by rail, ocean, air or road. About Bob Rich. Bob Rich is the Founder and President of ROAR Logistics , a Buffalo based logistics company that lives up to its name by delivering world-class service by R ail, O cean, A ir or R oad ( ROAR ).

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CAP Trucking refocuses asset business in LTL reefer

Overdrive Online

Success in the thinking man's game that is LTL reefer hasn't come instantly for Chris Porricelli and his five-truck CAP Trucking fleet. He had to work for it, and his success has landed him as a semi-finalist in Overdrive's 2022 Small Fleet Championship.

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The wealth of data in maintenance inspection reports

Fleet Owner

Supply chain problems are causing fleets to drive older trucks longer. Preventive maintenance inspections—or PMIs—can help fleet managers determine the best time to replace a component to keep their trucks on the road.

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Transportation Requires More Digitization

Food Logistics

Dave Brajkovich, chief technical officer for NorthStar Digital Solutions, details why shippers need transparency from their carriers.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Transportation Industry

Artificial intelligence has quickly become a feature of everyday life: Using face ID to unlock a phone, communicating with online chatbots, and letting “smart” appliances help manage our homes are just a few of the ways that we interact with AI regularly. Forward-looking businesses are also using AI to transform their operations and gain a competitive edge.

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Toyota scheme cuts cost of operating hand pallet trucks

Logistics Business Magazine

To support companies during these financially challenging times, Toyota Material Handling UK is offering an easy way of operating pallet trucks at the lowest cost and at a fixed annual rental rate with no capital outlay. Toyota’s ‘ Pallet Truck Plus ’ scheme is a hand pallet truck rental option that enables users to receive a new pallet truck from the Toyota BT Lifter range for an agreed two-year monthly rental fee that can be as little as the equivalent of 79p/day.

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GXO graduate swaps Kent for Kampala

Logistics Business Magazine

Tessa Wilson, a Graduate Management Trainee at GXO UK and Ireland, has commenced a six-month secondment as a Project Officer for the second phase of Transaid ’s Professional Driver Training Uganda project, helping the country to respond to the huge rise in demand for HGV and PSV drivers. The appointment sees Tessa swap her previous placement at a GXO facility in Kent for Kampala’s tropical climate, working closely with Transaid’s non-governmental organisation (NGO) partner, the Safe Way Right Wa

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Learnings@Locus: What Makes Every Delivery More Efficient Than the Last

Locus

School may make up only a few years of our life but an education is a lifetime’s work. And if we pay enough attention to the world, learning becomes a constant companion. Some of these lessons are foreseen, others find us out of the blue. The bearers of these lessons have all kinds of faces too; easily identifiable in youth—taking the obvious forms of parents, school teachers, football coaches—and becoming more and more unexpected in the years that follow.

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Livestock company adds IVECO S-WAYs to fleet

Logistics Business Magazine

Livestock nutrition company Harbro has put a 6×2 rigid drawbar unit with close-coupled three-axle trailer and two new IVECO S-WAY 6×2 mid-lift tractor units into service. The IVECO S-WAY 6×2 6.7m chassis (AS260S42Y/PS) is fitted with a 7.9m curtain-sided body and is powered by the CURSOR 11 420hp diesel and tows a three-axle curtain sided trailer.

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TIMOCOM presents shipment tracking for carriers

Logistics Business Magazine

TIMOCOM will be presenting several innovations at the IAA Transportation in Hanover from the 20th to the 25th of September in Hall 13, Booth C40. These innovations are specifically tailored to meet the needs of carriers, in particular smaller companies and mobile device users. “We are expanding our European road transportation marketplace to include new products and features – two will be available during the trade fair, and the prototype for the third will be on display,” according to Gunnar Gb

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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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DispatchTrack launches intelligent visibility platform

Logistics Business Magazine

DispatchTrack , a leading solution provider of right-time delivery management software, has launched its intelligent visibility platform for the last mile. The AI-powered dashboard provides the next level of control, clarity, and actionable insights to improve and predict ETAs so businesses can proactively respond to delivery obstacles before customers are impacted.