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Freight Brokers…Produce Season is coming: Start building relationships with carriers YESTERDAY

FreightWaves SONAR

Unfortunately, most are picking back up as produce season picks up, along with recovery from a slight decrease in rates from the last week, which was primarily end-of-quarter shipping. . Now, time to deliver the most discouraging news… Outbound Tender Reject Index (OTRI).

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Efficient Frozen Food Distribution: Inside the Build-out of Two Automated Facilities

Logistics Viewpoints

In December of 2019, the global grocery retailer Ahold Delhaize announced it was investing $480 million to transform and expand its US supply chain operations to support a strategy to transition the supply chain network into a fully-integrated, self-distribution model. Sources of Efficiency.

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Elten Expands German Warehouse Capacity

Logistics Business Magazine

We expect the connection of the automatic storage system to the outbound processing in Phase 2 to happen equally flawlessly during ongoing operations.” “The miniload system now consolidates all incoming items – shoes and shoe components – from third parties and ELTEN’s production.

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Where have all the Truckers Gone? 10 Strategies for Shippers to Fight the Capacity and Trucker Shortage

GlobalTranz

Strategies for Surviving the Capacity and Trucker Shortage. Coordinate inbound and outbound shipments to align with your carrier’s routine, when possible, to build a more mutually beneficial relationship with your carrier. Competitive rates and reasonable fuel surcharges are essential. Set favorable payment terms and timeframes.

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Carrier Capacity Management Levels the Playing Field in a Carriers’ Market

Logistics Viewpoints

E-commerce order volume keeps climbing, straining carrier capacity with shippers sending more parcels outbound and receiving more returns inbound. Carrier capacity management strategies ease the crunch. Proactive shippers have used multi-carrier parcel shipping technologies and strategies to navigate rising carrier costs for years.

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Why E-commerce Fulfillment Is Set to Move to a 2-Hour Delivery Standard & What You Can Do About It

GlobalTranz

How to Stay Competitive With Two-Hour Delivery Warehouses must plan for growth in e-commerce fulfillment to stay successful, and they need to transition existing operations to a record-breaking picking strategy. Gain real-time visibility into inventory, moving to a just-in-time inventory management strategy.

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Stow Robotics acquires iFollow

Logistics Business Magazine

Its present fleet of cutting-edge AMRs and software are suited for a large range of use-cases, such as collaborative picking and in-and-outbound transport. iFollow, founded in March 2017, is a Paris-based robotics company developing and commercialising market-leading autonomous mobile robots and a proprietary software suite.