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This Week in Logistics News (December 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

Delivery eBike Debuts In Portland, Ore. MyWebGrocer and Descartes Combine Solutions to Help Grocers Drive Ecommerce Growth and Profitability. DAT’s Accelerated Freight Matching Launches with New Load Board App for Carriers and Paperless Onboarding Service for Brokers. R2 Freight & Logistics, Inc. First UPS U.S.

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How To Start Your Brewery On The Path To Success

Unleashed

Leveraging the best manufacturing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, maximising productive efficiency, and accessing management expertise early , are the strategies that will set the best apart. Brewery software: Enterprise Resource Planning for brewers. Brewery software features to look for. Auditing your business.

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A Complete Breakdown of the 26th State of Logistics Report

GlobalTranz

Ultimately, less space to store goods, which haven’t been purchased and shipped yet, results in higher cost of storage. Unfortunately, others have seen container traffic come to a dead halt, as was the case in Portland, Oregon. In contrast with supply chain management leaders’ predictions, air freight transport fell by 1.2

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Energy Efficiency Is Key to Better Logistics

Material Handling & Logistics

Retailers such as Walmart have rigorous standards and will only purchase from suppliers who meet these standards. This solution has not been overlooked by logistics companies. UPS has tested this model in Portland, Pittsburg and Ft. Reducing energy costs often reduces GHG emission. The ROI of Natural Gas. In the U.S.,

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Have Spot Market Rates Bottomed Out?

DAT Solutions

Yet the freight surges that many of us have been accustomed to seeing at this time have been noticeably absent. For multiple reasons, spot market freight volumes and rates have been trending down for most of 2015 -- van rates since March, and flatbed and reefer rates since June. PMI Sectors Produce More Freight Than NMI Counterparts.

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Broker Avoids Ransomware Disaster

DAT Solutions

In late December he had planned to close his freight brokerage for a few days so he and his employees could celebrate the holidays. The conference was held in Portland, Oregon, a short distance from his brokerage, Columbia Fresh Transportation Services. "At Rob LaForte, owner of Columbia Fresh Transportation Services.