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YARD MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS Questionnaire

The Lean Supply Chain

RTLS also enables management to monitor yard operations’ key performance indicators (KPIs) based on quantifiable productivity metrics measured by the actions of the yard trucks. It helps eliminate “Dead Heads” or trucks leaving or coming back without freight aboard the truck, which is very costly to a company. Red Prairie.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 12 – 18)

Logistics Viewpoints

Russian forces are cutting off shipping routes, logistics firms are suspending services, and air freight rates are skyrocketing. billion metric tons of discarded plastic have never been recycled. Arrival plans to start producing the vehicles later this year in the United Kingdom and the United States.