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Editor’s Choice: Tips for Trucking Companies to Decrease Their Insurance Premiums

Logistics Viewpoints

As an example, from data taken from the ATRI report, in 2020 a small fleet of fewer than 20 trucks would have paid about three times as much as a large fleet with more than 1,000 trucks. In 2010, the average-sized verdict for a crash involving a truck was $2.3 Agencies Advocate Tort Reform. By 2018, the average grew to $22.3

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The History of the Shipping Container

Freightos

Did You Know That … Early examples of intermodal containers include railroads from 1830s (various sized containers), and Pennsylvania Railroad regular container service (1929). Example of the massive decrease in dock workers as a result of containerisation. Loading and unloading was particularly troublesome. Significance.

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Analytics in Supply Chain Management Becomes Central As Coronavirus Escalates

IoT World Today

Indeed, by 2010, China surpassed the U.S. In order to build a correct demand plan, one-off events have to be identified and accounted for,” wrote Ralf W. Tire companies, for example, now use sensor data to monitor tire pressure and proactively alert customers about maintenance. in manufacturing dominance.

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Savvy Supply Chain Leaders Aren’t Letting a Good Downturn Go to Waste

Logistics Viewpoints

A famous 2010 HBR article, “Roaring Out of Recession,” studied how 4,700 public companies fared during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000. For example, imagine your company moves 10,000 containers a year with an average contents value of $75,000. 17% went bankrupt, went private, or were acquired. Reduced working capital.

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Achieving Significant Transportation Savings through Improved Demand Forecasting

Logistics Viewpoints

Pinnacle Propane was founded in 2010 through the acquisition of several retail propane companies in Central, South and West Texas. For example, a warehouse might have a big propane tank they use with forklifts that run on propane. The implementation also involves leveraging weather data to improve forecasting. This is also rare.

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The Trinity Foundation: Trinity’s Non-Profit Organization

Trinity Logistics

While all Team Members have the opportunity to serve their time or make monetary donations to the Trinity Foundation, there is a subset group, or Board of Team Members, who organize the Trinity Foundation’s fundraising events and giving, which are fueled by the desire to better our local communities. OUR MAIN EFFORTS AND FUNDRAISERS.

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

How procurement handles itself and its activities set the tone for all the events that follow, right up to the final delivery of goods and services to the end-customer. For example, how would you deal with the following situations in procurement? Read on for more about these examples in the text that follows.