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LTL Carrier Profile: YRC Freight

The Logistics of Logistics

LTL Carrier Profile: YRC Freight. YRC Freight is the third largest less than truckload (LTL) carrier with approximately $3.2B YRC Freight has 9.2% YRC Freight is the largest subsidiary of YRC Worldwide Inc. Roadway Express was founded by brothers Galen and Carroll Roush in Akron, Ohio. purchased Roadway in 2003.

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Life before load boards

DAT Solutions

As DAT celebrates its 40th year, we reminisced with Boyer, who serves as Vice President of Brokerage for Keller Logistics in Defiance, Ohio. Boyer's first encounter with DAT came in the 1980s when he was working as a dispatcher in Toledo, Ohio, for a regional truckload carrier. Load board reduces leg work. Carrier validation made easy.

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Using Big Data to Drive Manufacturing Sales: 3 Big Takeaways from the USMTO Reports

GlobalTranz

At the trough of the recessions in 2003 and 2009, only $100 million worth of equipment was being purchased. According to our USMTO data the 2003 recession really started in 2001 and didn’t really end until 2005 or even 2006. We can also see that the ‘shape’ of the last two recessions was very different.

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History and Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics

SCMDOJO

All road and rail freight duties and regulations regarding the entry of road carriers are under the jurisdiction of the International Chamber of Commerce. JBL’s production took place at The Ohio State University. In one of the old article of SCMDOJO “ What is Supply Chain Management ?