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7 Ways to Reduce Carrier Detention Fees and How Digital Yard Management Can Help

PINC

Robinson and Iowa State University, favored shippers are receiving better pricing and service. Using shipment data and econometric modeling, Iowa State University’s researchers quantitatively measured the effects of these characteristics on transportation costs. According to a new report from C.H. 7 Steps to Take Now.

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[AI]griculture

Enterra Insights

.”[1] Lindsay Suddon, Chief Strategy Officer at Proagrica, the firm that conducted the study, notes, “Investment in emerging technologies has been a fixture of the ag sector, even before the pandemic, and these latest figures confirm that this is an industry that is always looking to innovate.”

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Biobased Product Market Growth is Tied to Performance…but Production Credits Will Help!

NC State SCRC

Iowa has also identified biobased products as a targeted growth sector for the state, and have advocated for a biobased production credit to be established. [1] 1] Interviews suggest that a biorenewable chemical production tax credit would be fundamental to the ultimate location decision in or outside Iowa for new projects.

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Transportation Network Planning: Public and Private Common Ground

Supply Chain View from the Field

Similarly, other presentations on commodity transportation flow maps in the state of Iowa, transportation models in the city of Chicago, and synchro-modalithy systems in the Netherlands provided fascinating new innovations in transportation modeling that will be important in helping to shape the environment for improvement.

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Hy-Vee Reimagines the Future of Grocery

Enterra Insights

1] This future vision, she reports, can be found “in the outskirts of Des Moines, Iowa, where Hy-Vee opened a long-awaited concept store in which the innovative grocer showcased numerous firsts.” Electronic payments allowed another innovation to get a foothold in the grocery business: self-checkout. Footnotes. [1]

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

From contractor controversies to rising fuel costs, logistics professionals across the transportation industry are turning to innovative solutions to persistent problems. According to Cargill, these innovations will reduce emissions at the new refinery by 50% of those of a typical refinery. .

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Driver Shortage in Trucking: Time for Plan B

Talking Logistics

The Minnesota-based firm’s $9 million a year in revenue “ could go to $13 million or $14 million overnight if I could put drivers in those trucks ,” said Charlie Hoag, manager of Copeland’s terminal in Des Moines, Iowa. . The only way to solve the driver shortage problem is through innovation.

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