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This Week in Logistics News (October 3-7, 2016)

Talking Logistics

miles I will ride next Saturday with my Logistics Leaders for Type 1 Diabetes Cure teammates at the JDRF Death Valley Ride in California. In the meantime, here’s the supply chain and logistics news that caught my attention this week: DHL Supply Chain acquires Italian Group MIT Safetrans. Why do I do this?

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Is Your Freight Spilling Millions Across the Interstate?

Supply Chain Collaborator

A Brinks armored truck traveling down Interstate 70 outside Indianapolis this week had its rear doors open sending more than $600,000 in twenty-dollar bills exploding across all 8 lanes of rush hour traffic. Imprecise Shipment Scheduling | Dwell times, detention, long lines waiting for the warehouse to free up an available dock door.

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Partial loads: A slow season secret weapon?

DAT Solutions

I try my best to avoid markets where demand is low, but that gets difficult at this time of year. Most of the time it only takes two partials going to the same area to get a rate that will be much higher than the price for one full truckload running the same lane. I just need two partials to make it work. Carving out your niche.

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Partial loads: A slow season secret weapon?

DAT Solutions

I try my best to avoid markets where demand is low, but that gets difficult at this time of year. Most of the time it only takes two partials going to the same area to get a rate that will be much higher than the price for one full truckload running the same lane. I just need two partials to make it work. Carving out your niche.

Chad 70
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Customer Spotlight: Integrity Electric

Freight Center

Integrity Electric is a national seller of electrical & industrial equipment based out of Indianapolis, IN. Justin Harris with Integrity Electric said when working with FreightCenter, “It’s not just business to business, but friend to friend.” Removing and repurposing the equipment helps avoid tossing it in a landfill.