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What Georgia-Pacific Is Doing With Causal AI Is Remarkable

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Mike Carroll, a vice president at Georgia-Pacific, and Ron Norris, director of innovation at GP While Generative AI has sparked great excitement, a form of artificial intelligence called Causal AI might offer much greater potential. Georgia-Pacific (GP) has demonstrated an application of Causal AI to dramatically improve touchless commerce.

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Truck Capacity Shortage: The Past, Present and Future

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From the last half of 2017 through today and beyond, a slew of market forces, some predictable and some unexpected, have combined to create a very real truck capacity shortage in the United States. The past, present and future market forces causing today’s extreme truck capacity shortage include: Strong Economy. Holiday Season.

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For Many, the Annual Freight Bid Season is Not “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”

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The original intent may have been for shippers to secure capacity at agreed-upon rates and for carriers to ensure they have enough volumes to keep their trucks loaded and moving. At the same time, a retailer whose product demand drops sharply has less need for transportation capacity and therefore tenders lower volumes to contracted carriers.

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5 Things Your Carrier Wants with Brian Gibala

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Louis, MO offering reliable, consistent, quality capacity. LTI has strong density and capabilities in the Midwest and select markets in Georgia, Eastern Pennsylvania, Texas, and Colorado. About LTI Trucking Services LTI Trucking Services is an asset-based, super-regional, truckload carrier and 3PL headquartered in St.

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Supply Chain Digitization Gains Favor as Disruptions Continue

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Throughout the past six months, rates and capacity have been highly volatile as the industry deals with other ongoing challenges. A graduate of the University of West Georgia, she is a resident of Jacksonville, Fla. The post Supply Chain Digitization Gains Favor as Disruptions Continue appeared first on Logistics Viewpoints.

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What’s Next for The Freight Market with Chris Pickett

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Chris is the Chief Operating Officer at Flock Freight , a technology company that is on a mission to solve the US trucking industry’s wasted capacity problem. in Logistics from MIT, and an MBA from Georgia Tech. Joe Lynch and Chris Pickett discuss what’s next for the freight market.

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REPOST: Understanding the Rise and Fall of Truckload Rates with Chris Pickett

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Chris’ passion for understanding US Truckload Freight Market dynamics and predicting the direction of spot and contract rates stems from his work at Coyote over this period where long-term contract commitments were often made based on an expected long-term cost of capacity in the spot market. He earned a B.S. About Pickett Research.