Entrepreneurs, start-ups and small businesses: when it's time for next-level logistics, here's what you need to know
So I just saw the blockbuster hit The Meg this weekend. If you aren’t familiar with the movie, this nail biter is based on a fantastic discovery about the Marianas Trench, the deepest part of the ocean floor. The truth is (in the movie), it isn’t a floor at all, but a layer of dense hydrogen sulfide protecting an undiscovered and unspoiled ecosystem below. Guess who lives there? You got it – Megalodon, a 75-foot prehistoric shark, as well as some other unsettlingly large ocean creatures. It was great fun!
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So, where’s my shipment?
The four most common words a freight broker heard back in the day were, “Where is my shipment?”
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Ever thought about breaking up your dry truckloads into multiple LTLs?
Here’s a riddle for you. Forward I am heavy, but backward, I am not. What am I?
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Everyone is in favor of safety checks, especially when you are talking about 80,000 pounds of truck and cargo driving down the road, right? The obvious answer is yes, but the actual answer may be a bit more complicated.
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Quick fact: Did you know that 75% of nursery freight is shipped between March 1 and June 1, directly competing with capacity from the produce market which is ramping up at the same time? That can mean fewer available trucks (especially temperature-controlled ones) and higher freight rates.
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What can you do as a shipper to level the playing field, lessen the impact, and mitigate the high cost of getting your goods to market, while having a positive impact across the full spectrum of the supply chain? It may be as simple as becoming a shipper of choice.
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Depending on who you ask, the new era of required ELDs is having an impact on drivers. Some say it's not the ELDs that are the issue, but the hours of service that make it difficult, especially when delays are inevitable. Others we interviewed said the abolishment of paper logs is a good thing, and if you schedule your time properly, there aren't any more problems than there were before ELDs. It's an on-going debate.
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