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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] ” Collaboration, Connectivity, and Urban Last Mile Logistics.

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Keys to a Successful Dropship Implementation

Talking Logistics

Editor’s Note: For additional insights and advice on this topic, watch the recent Talking Logistics episode featuring Chad Andrews discussing this topic with Adrian Gonzalez. This will increase the customer’s product and shipping options. This process can be a win-win for both retailers and manufacturers/distributors alike.

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Trucking Capacity Crunch Sparks Heated Discussions At CONECT T&T

Freight Plus

Chad Prevost of. Freightwaves reports. , "Freight trucks are the lifeblood of America's consumer economy—they represent 70.9 percent of the nation's freight by tonnage shipped and 81.5 percent of the nation's freight by cost spent, according to data from the American Trucking Association (ATA). Business Insider.

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The Benefits & Drawbacks of WMS in the Cloud

Veridian Solutions

The concept of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform allows users to tap into the enterprise-level software at a fraction of the cost of developing and maintaining systems in-house, reports Chad Collins of Supply and Demand Chain Executive. Use of load optimization for shipments, shipping, and managing reverse logistics.

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Trucking Capacity Crunch Sparks Heated Discussions At CONECT T&T

Freight Plus

Chad Prevost of Freightwaves reports, “Freight trucks are the lifeblood of America’s consumer economy—they represent 70.9 percent of the nation’s freight by tonnage shipped and 81.5 percent of the nation’s freight […]

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55 Supply Chain & Logistics Experts You Should Follow on Social

The Logistics of Logistics

Chad Bown is well-known as an established economist, a Reginald Jones Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and host of the “Trade Talks” podcast. . freight agents. . Twitter: @ChadBown. Twitter: @FreightAlley. Cassandra Gaines. Twitter: @MadGainesLive. Lars Jensen. Yossi Sheffi.

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Crowdfunding Fulfillment Solutions!

Supply Chain Game Changer

There is much more to shipping rewards than throwing products in a box and slapping on a label. If you’re like a lot of small business startups, however, you might have forgotten to figure in fulfillment costs, including shipping and warehouse storage fees. After all, that geode science kit or spiffy new bicycle design is your baby.