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Wake Up! 7 Ways To Beat Fatigue Behind the Wheel

Penske Move Ahead

For example, you may be more alert if you take shorter breaks every two-to-three hours instead of “saving” your break for that eighth hour on the road. Instead, pack healthier meals. While you can’t exercise while driving, you can add some physical activity during your breaks and during your off time. You may just save a life!

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4 tips to reduce cargo damage and save money on shipping costs

Shipping and Freight Resource

Use the right packing materials to fill in empty space inside boxes, so that contents don’t slide around and collide with other objects, or get squashed when packed onto a truck. But you can exercise more control over shipping and cargo damage than you might be aware as long as you have the right tools at your disposal.

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Consumer Packaged Goods: How CPG Shipping Works

GoShip Blog

Some examples of CPGs are personal hygiene products, food, beverages, and cosmetics. Because CPG items aren’t particularly large, companies can typically pack them inside crates and in bulk. Examples of goods under this category are shoes, dresses, cars, jewelry, and perfumes. One such example is a Rolls Royce.

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A Port in a Storm

World Food Programme Logistics

In an unusually quick and tidy operation, the ETC had deployed, set up critical services and then packed up again within three weeks. “I one well-known partner pausing an assessment with Caroline to save a baby turtle that had been washed up and stranded on the road is an example. in what can be a gruelling exercise.

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Walking Ramp in Air

20Cube Logistics

If we have to cite an example, the method of Garments-on-Hanger is an extremely useful technique that can be leveraged to transport goods from its point of origin to point of destination. Garments need not be folded; they can simply be pressed, put on hangers and packed in a special carton before shipped on an airplane.

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Energy and Labour Costs: 2 Top Warehousing Challenges in 2023

Logistics Bureau

For example, could some areas of your warehouse be adapted via racking optimisation to store higher inventory volumes? A warehouse benchmarking exercise is an excellent way to start the quest for improvement opportunities. For example, you could reduce human labour by deploying robotic equipment or other forms of direct automation.

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A Good Diet for Truck Drivers

Trinity Logistics

Truck drivers can have jam-packed schedules with little time to think about their food choices. For example, the life expectancy of truck drivers is 16 years less than those of other working professions. How do truck drivers eat healthy while over the road? Just keep the clean-up in mind. A GOOD DIET FOR TRUCK DRIVERS IS POSSIBLE.