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Top 10 Blog Posts of 2017 - DAT Freight Talk Blog

DAT Solutions

Below is a list of the top 10 blog posts of 2017, from the DAT Freight Talk Blog. 2017 Outlook: The Freight Recession is Over - A collapse of oil prices in late 2014 led to an 18-month downturn, but by January, DAT's Industry Pricing Analyst announced that the freight recession was over. I Just Started Using an ELD. 18 mandate.

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Smart Cities won’t be Smart if They Ignore Logistics

Enterra Insights

“While pie-in-the-sky dreams of utopian smart cities fill the media waves,” writes Chad Prevost ( @ChadPrevost ), “[what does a smart city] mean for commercial transportation and the supply chain?”[3] 2] George Prest, “ The New Era of Smart City Logistics ,” Inbound Logistics , 18 November 2017. [3]

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Announcing Stord’s $2.4M Seed Round of Funding

Stord

said Chad Byers, co-founder and General Partner at Susa Ventures. “As Additionally, the company was featured by INC.com as one of “America’s Top 30 Emerging Companies of 2017.” The company has previously raised $230k and completed the Dynamo Accelerator program in 2016. “We

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5 Reasons Why The Use of the IIoT by Manufacturers Is Unavoidable

GlobalTranz

Over 2017, this will become an impossibility as the IIoT by manufacturers moves closer to every aspect of the economy and business operations, and you know why. As companies grow, the level of visibility is also directly related to the companies’ level of connectedness in its respective supply chain, reports Chad DeJong of Industry Week.

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Disrupt or Be Disrupted: Driving Successful Digital Supply Chain Transformation

TMC

In the 2017 MHI Annual Industry Report , 80% of manufacturing and supply chain industry leaders surveyed believe that the digital supply chain will be the predominant model within five years. This post is credited to Chad Lindbloom.

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Cutting Motor Carrier Costs, One Line Item at a Time

DAT Solutions

For example, insurance on my truck and trailer, plus $100,000 in cargo insurance, came to $6,209 together in 2017. Chad Boblett is the owner and driver of Boblett Brothers Trucking of Lexington, KY. One of easiest ways to cut cost is to look at each line item of expense and start writing down all the ways you could lower it.

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Don't Miss DAT Events at TIA Conference, April 5-8

DAT Solutions

The 2017 TIA Capital Ideas Conference & Exhibition is just around the corner, coming up April 5-8 in Las Vegas. This panel features Pete Emahiser, Tadmore Transportation; Justin Frees, Arrive Logistics; Chad Boblett, Boblett Brothers Trucking, LLC; and Jimmy DeMatteis, Des Moines Truck Brokers.