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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

On the 3PL front, C.H. In North America, average truckload rate per mile charged to customers increased about two percent while truckload transportation costs increased about four percent, excluding the estimated impacts of the change in fuel. .” 3PL Retail Retail Trends This Week in News C.H. Be Sociable, Share!

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23 logistics professionals share the #1 way to reduce logistics costs

6 River Systems

From investing in smart automation solutions like collaborative mobile robots to improve warehouse productivity to route and supplier optimization and outsourcing logistics to a 3PL , there are several strategies that can help companies reduce logistics costs. Outsourcing internal operations (3PL). Dropshipping.