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The Connected Ecosystem with Bill Vitti

The Logistics of Logistics

Bill is the President and CRO of Transflo, the trusted industry leader in mobile, telematics, and business process automation solutions to the transportation industry. Bill Vitti joined Transflo as President in early 2022, with more than 25 years’ experience in the transportation industry. For more information, visit www.transflo.com.

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New Year, New Horizons: Transportation Industry Gets Ready to Take On 2023

Intelligent Audit

As the transportation industry waves goodbye (and good riddance) to 2022, innovative logistics professionals are already working hard to make 2023 a banner year for the global transportation industry. Walmart to Expand Drone Delivery in Arizona, Florida, Texas. FedEx Launches Consolidated Returns Service. 15 press release.

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Freight Forwarding Basics with Miles Varghese

The Logistics of Logistics

A freight forwarder is an agent in the supply chain whose objective is to organize a shipment, acting as the intermediary between the exporter or importer and transportation companies. Miles Varghese is the co-founder and CEO of Cargologik , an all-in-one transportation logistics collaboration software developed for freight forwarders.

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How Cargo Theft Stole Christmas

Logistics Viewpoints

Second is strategic cargo theft, which uses deceptive means to commit theft, including the use of fraud and deceptive information to trick brokers into giving up a load. California topped the list of states with the most reported cargo thefts, followed by Texas and Florida.

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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. The largest impacts start in the South and move their way up the US latitudinally – think Florida to Georgia to North Carolina, and Texas to California to Washington to Oregon. What is produce season?

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Plan your Supply Chain with Uncertainty

Adexa

Assumptions are made about supplier delivery lead-times, resource availability or transportation times that may have been valid years ago. An example would be a tornado in Florida. A warehouse in Florida may be exposed to more risk of a tornado delivering goods in Fall than any other time.

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Holiday Supply Chains: Are you prepared?

Logistics Viewpoints

This means transportation costs account for up to 8% of the sale price of a pair of shoes, as compared to 1% just three years ago. The silos get in the way of driving faster decision making as a lot of time is spent on piecing together information manually, using excel spreadsheets. He received his Ph.D.