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Driver Shortage, Driverless Vehicles, and Other Supply Chain Curiosities

Logistics Viewpoints

As driver pay increases, so does the incidence of drivers jumping ship, switching companies for the next best payday. For as curious as many are over the potential of driverless vehicles, logistics companies need to get even curiouser about what’s driving their bottom lines. Curiouser and Curiouser. In a word, it’s data.

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How to Reduce Shipping Costs: 8 Effective Ways

Ware2Go

Customer expectations for shipping are higher than ever. Why Shipping Costs Matter. In today’s anything, anytime connected world, shipping costs and delivery speed have become make-or-break factors for small-and-medium sized businesses (SMBs) across the business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) spectrum.

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This Week in Logistics News (March 5 – 11)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. XPO Logistics to spin off freight brokerage. CEVA Logistics using self-driving trucks to move freight. The company already spun off its contract logistics business last year. This route runs 200 miles between a CEVA facility in Dallas and the delivery point in Oklahoma City.

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The Demise of Yellow Corporation

American Global Logistics

Yellow Corporation: A Brief History Yellow was founded in 1924 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. capacity declined, and shipping rates increased. That’s because, at American Global Logistics , we know trucking. The post The Demise of Yellow Corporation appeared first on American Global Logistics.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 1.14 - 1.18

Freight Plus

Logistics Management. “In It has been very beneficial for improving communications with carriers as well as internally to our own team,” said Janelle Ballerstedt, Sensata’s global logistics and TMS project lead. Congestion-related costs have ballooned in city centers as the demands of. parcel shipping. TMS technology.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 7 – 13)

Logistics Viewpoints

And now on to this week’s logistics news. Once completed, the deal will allow Blue Yonder’s suite of supply chain management and commerce offerings to expand with final mile, returns management, and reverse logistics solutions. to test autonomous truck runs from Houston to Oklahoma City with a safety driver aboard.