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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

Produce season transportation can have an impact on your freight, even if you do not ship grains, fruits, or vegetables. Even if you don’t grow or ship produce, your transportation performance and spend can still be directly impacted. How Produce Season Transportation Affects Rates and Capacity – State by State.

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Level Up: Freight-Tech for SMB Freight Brokers with Andy Tomka

The Logistics of Logistics

About Andy Tomka Andy Tomka is the Vice President of Product at MVMNT, a freight-tech company that build transportation managemt systems (TMS) for SMB freight brokers. Andy is a graduate of Iowa State University’s Supply Chain Management program. We merge technology with real-world freight expertise.

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Mastering Menards Delivery through Retail Specialized Logistics

Zipline Logistics

Menards services 12 distribution centers throughout its territory with facilities in Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Michigan, Missouri, and South Dakota. Booking freight without a deliberate plan can undercut your relationship with the retailer. Background About Menards.

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Outbound Tender Rejections Increase for the First Time Since March Peak

Zipline Logistics

Refrigerated inbound freight from California is currently difficult to book with limited capacity. Transportation could be impacted in Illinois. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has let the state’s stay-at-home order expire on May 1. Vendors should not expect much transportation disruption in Iowa. Westcoast Logistics.

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Preparing for ELDs: Changes Shippers Can Make Today

CH Robinson Transportfolio

It is important to understand that the mandate is not changing the hours of service for a driver, it is changing the method of recording from a paper book to an electronic log. Iowa State University research uncovered a direct correlation between dwell time and the end price paid for a shipment.

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Logistics Market Stays Flat as May Begins

Zipline Logistics

Re frigerated freight out of California to the region has been difficult to book with limited capacity. . Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has let the state’s stay-at-home order expire on May 1. Vendors should not expect much transportation disruption in Iowa. . GA, Dallas all still desirable locations for carriers.

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Jaro Caban: “Establishing S&OP is a challenging journey”

Supply Chain Movement

It’s hard to imagine that Cargill began as a grain storage warehouse in Iowa, USA, in 1865. Today it operates in 67 countries with 143,000 employees and has 76 business units on six platforms that cover animal feed, food production, energy and transportation, financial services and pharmaceuticals.

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