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What Is Transportation Optimization and What Does It Have to Do With Managed Transportation

GlobalTranz

That means identifying areas of waste, overlap and large volumes and enabling continuous improvement through the use of transportation metrics to track performance. Download the White Paper: Transportation Optimization: Its Strategic Role in Transportation Management. Learn More.

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Top 20: The Ultimate Logistics Technology Roundup

Freightos

Freight Marketplaces : Cargomatic is a prime example of the rebirth of freight marketplaces. One example? Cleantech : Rising environmental concerns are being answered by technology that reduces environmental waste in the supply chain. Project44 is one example of a startup company addressing this. ZDnet , @talk19 ].

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Cost-Optimal Parcel Packing

Supply Chain Brain

Despite these efforts, cost and waste control are only marginally improved. Material waste, labor costs, and the intricate pattern of packing incentives woven throughout negotiated rate tables are just some of the converging factors that have to be considered on a per-order basis.

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Big Logistics Player Publishes Fashion and Sustainability White Paper

Logistics Business Magazine

As a patron of the British Fashion Council (BFC) and of London Fashion Week, DHL has commissioned a White Paper to explore how the fashion industry impacts the environment and to offer practical solutions to help fashion businesses become more sustainable and environmentally friendly. billion tonnes. Read more here.

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What is a freight calculator and how do carriers, brokers and shippers use calculators

FreightWaves SONAR

Domestic transportation networks can better collaborate load capacity to reduce wasted miles and space. Download the White Paper. Ocean freight managers will be able to easily calculate expenses vs profits to secure the best loads. . Multimodal freight lines can keep closer tabs on fees and expenses within all channels. .

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What Shipping Analytics Tools Should Freight Market Participants Have in Their Freight Stack?

FreightWaves SONAR

Shippers also need a way to look beyond the enterprise’s four walls to understand waste. Wasted warehouse space leads to higher overhead. For example, just-in-time fulfillment models, drop-shipping, and cross-docking avoid wasted space. For example, market conditions show shippers’ rate trajectories.

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How LTL shipping rates work and how to track trends developing in long-term pricing agreements

FreightWaves SONAR

However, they have taken a backseat in modernity as carriers realized shippers were wasting space in packaging. Generally, it follows the same basic process: Take the dimensional weight, for example, with a package that’s estimated to be eight pounds after calculating its dimensional volume and dividing that value by the DIM factor.