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Editor’s Choice: Creating Full Truckload Budgets in a Volatile Market

Logistics Viewpoints

Today’s article comes from Emerge, and looks at how to create full truckload budgets in a volatile market. Whether it’s for ocean freight, air, rail or truck, the fundamental issue with budgeting is that folks are called upon to assign accurate costs to transportation services that will be provided in the future.

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A Lean Leadership Pocket Card

The Lean Thinker

The fundamentals are based on the “Rules-in-Use” from Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System , a landmark HBR article by Steve Spear and H. The article, in turn, summarizes (and slightly updates) Spear’s findings from his PhD work studying Toyota. It is the direction that matters, not the reminders.

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Top Supply Chain and Logistics Articles of 2019

PINC

Matt Yearling’s articles ranked on both Logistics Viewpoints’ and Talking Logistics’ most-read article lists for 2019. . Here’s a synopsis of his most-read articles for the year and the evergreen insights that he shared with readers: Excess Inventory? Transportation Trends: First Autonomous Spotters, Then Autonomous Trucks.

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Automatic Emergency Braking And Its Effects On The Trucking Industry

Blue Grace Logistics

What’s covered in this article: Identified Problems in Driver Safety. The Pushback on Implementation Legislation by Trucking Companies. Safety in the Trucking Industry. Trucking accidents are one of the freight industry’s most pressing concerns. Every year, about 500,000 trucking accidents occur in the United States.

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Five Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle on the Road

Women in Trucking

Working out of a truck can create roadblocks to healthy living. Typically, drivers don’t have set schedules, rely on truck stops for nourishment and sit for long stretches of time. At the end of a long shift, many drivers opt to buy a snack at a truck stop rather than preparing a healthy homemade dinner. Stretch and exercise.

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Have you Heard About ‘’Chain of Responsibility’’ in the Supply Chain and Transportation?

GlobalTranz

As explained in the International Transport Forum’s report titled “ Moving Freight with Better Trucks ”, ‘’For many breaches of road transport law, the party directly responsible is the driver. However, in most cases, the driver is not the only party to exercise a degree of control over on-road outcomes. CONCLUSION.

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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.