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How the best shippers manage capacity challenges

DAT Solutions

What can shippers do to make their freight attractive to carriers? Three shippers answered that question during a panel discussion at the 2018 DAT User Conference in Portland, OR. If you're not flexible in making appointments that fit within the driver's hours of service, you're going to have trouble getting capacity.

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How the best shippers manage capacity challenges

DAT Solutions

What can shippers do to make their freight attractive to carriers? Three shippers answered that question during a panel discussion at the 2018 DAT User Conference in Portland, OR. If you're not flexible in making appointments that fit within the driver's hours of service, you're going to have trouble getting capacity.

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A Complete Breakdown of the 26th State of Logistics Report

GlobalTranz

Some of the key points within the State of Logistics Report include the cost of logistics in the US, managing capacity, and addressing the trucker shortage. Managing Capacity. Throughout the State of Logistics Report, managing capacity becomes a focal point of many aspects of the logistics industry.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 3-7, 2014)

Talking Logistics

transportation capacity, with Jason Seidl , Managing Director at Cowen and Company, leading the conversation. According to the press release, “LMS delivers freight management solutions and transportation savings to a diverse customer base that includes Monsanto and several other Fortune 500 companies.”

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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.