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What is LTL Shipping and How Does it Work?

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This article will provide a detailed reference to LTL shipping, including the definition of LTL, shipping prices, delivery method, and how to manage your LTL shipment to the fullest. For example, less-than-truckload shipping requires 12 linear feet and pallets ranging from one to six, with a maximum of 10 pallets per truck.

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DCSA Publishes Complete Framework of Just-in-Time Standards for Main Port Call Activities

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Latest release of DCSA’s Just-in-Time Port Call Programme provides interface standards and API definitions for all 50 port call event timestamps. To provide a global industry framework that preserves investments, DCSA collaborated with ITPCO¹ and IMO² to align port call data definitions to existing standards.

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Blockchain and Why a Freight Shipper Should Care

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By definition blockchain is a decentralized digital ledger that records transactions across a peer-to-peer network. Once a record is added to the chain and verified by the network, it cannot be changed or deleted without leaving a trace. Blockchains ledger can track a shipments journey from origin to destination.

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POCs and Pilots: What Do You Need to Know Before Implementing a Software Solution?

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Lately, the data has been focused on the track & trace side of the supply chain. The perceived newness of track & trace has increased interest among companies for either a proof of concept (POC) or a Pilot implementation before fully committing to a service provider. What is your definition of success?

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Preparing for the Future of Supply Chains

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If you could tell a warehouse manager back in 1980 that someday robots would be working alongside humans in the racks, or that individual items could be tracked and traced in real time, they would have laughed it off as science fiction. The answer is not only yes, but definitely so. Consumers are more demanding.

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The State of Digital Freight: The 4×4 Blueprint for Freight 2020

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This customer segment is incredibly important and if younger shippers can’t book a container and track its whereabouts on their smartphone (while they’re taking a group selfie!) Visibility (Track-and-Trace). There isn’t proper track-and-trace door-to-door. Think retail. Automated back office.

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Supply Chain Glossary of Terms

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However, the classification parameter can be varied; for example, it is possible to use the velocity of turnover rather than annual demand value. For example, accessorial charges might include fees for loading, unloading, palletisation, or depalletisation. It is upon such systems that ABC models are generated and maintained.