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FreightWaves Staff Monday, August 17, 2020

White Paper – Modern Delivery Route Management

Paragon, a subsidiary of Aptean, has put together a complimentary Modern Delivery Route Management eBook detailing the benefits of leveraging advanced route planning software into your operation and how you can alleviate the disconnect between your delivery operations, improve efficiencies and achieve six- and seven-figure cost savings.

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FreightWaves Staff Monday, July 6, 2020

White Paper – Trends in Tolling

New trends and technological improvements have simplified tolling in this new decade. So what are those improvements and how can you implement them into your processes? FreightWaves has partnered with Bestpass to bring you a complimentary white paper examining ways tolling has transformed over the past years.

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FreightWaves Staff Sunday, September 1, 2019

White Paper – The Road Ahead: 3 Ways Logistics Providers Are Automating Costly Manufacturing Processes

The Road Ahead: Why Logistics Providers Are Automating Costly Manual Processes

How Robotic Process Automation Drives Efficiencies and Improves Operations

In logistics, the pressure to stay competitive and grow your business is fierce. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) can give your business the extra boost it needs by automating repetitive, manual tasks so workers are free to focus on more strategic tasks. Read this eBook to learn how RPA eliminates manual tasks and increases efficiency in three of your essential business areas: shipment and scheduling; invoicing and credit collections; and capturing, researching and closing outloads.

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FreightWaves Staff Tuesday, August 20, 2019

White Paper – The New Economics of Freight Brokerage

The marketplace for truckload transportation is fragmented and opaque. Relationships between shippers and carriers are tenuous at best, forged and broken by wild swings in capacity availability and rates per mile. In this white paper, Transfix and FreightWaves define the problems distorting the marketplace for truckload transportation, discuss how carriers think about their assets, explain the role of technology in reducing empty miles, and sketch out the economic dynamics that come into play when the marketplace is optimized to free up capacity at the right price.

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FreightWaves Staff Monday, July 15, 2019

White Paper – The Road Ahead: Why Logistics Providers Are Automating Costly Manual Processes

Did you know that logistics accounts for 9% of the global gross domestic product (GDP)? It’s one of the largest and most productive industries in the world. But, the competition is fierce and outdated systems and manual processes can hinder business growth. Thankfully, there’s an emerging technology – robotic process automation (RPA) – that can automate repetitive, manual tasks and free up workers for more strategic work. Read this eBook to learn how RPA boosts efficiency and productivity while helping you improve customer satisfaction.

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FreightWaves Staff Monday, July 1, 2019

White Paper: IMPACT TMS – A Next Generation Tool That Transforms Supply Chain Decision Making

Today many companies are investing greatly in automated tools and machine learning to bring control over their supply chain and gain real-time visibility. By leveraging this technology, they can effectively manage cost and bridge informational gaps between suppliers, customers and transportation providers.nVision Global is continuously working on developing technology within the supply chain, with over 30 years of experience. Impact TMS provides the visibility and management of your global shipments from creation through delivery. You can now integrate all of the features you demand in a TMS solution with nVision Global’s other technologies, such as Freight Audit and Payment, Freight Claims and Business Analytics. nVision Global is one of the few providers in the world that can offer these solutions in a single package and still offer a configurable TMS solutions that meets your exact needs and specifications.Download the white paper to learn more about the benefits of a cloud-based TMS.

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FreightWaves Staff Friday, April 19, 2019

White Paper: Parcels & Papers – Joined in “Delivery Nation?”

In light of declining newspaper readership and the need to reduce costs, PCF is looking to parcel delivery providers as an alternative to traditional delivery methods. Download this complimentary white paper to read about the challenges that have led to this potential game-changer for the newspaper industry, as well as how PCF is using their logistics acumen and state-of-the-art technology to maximize reach for the newspaper industry.

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FreightWaves Staff Monday, April 15, 2019

The Market Forces Driving Intermodal Visibility

New trends in supply chain design have been tailwinds for the growth of the intermodal market, including the increasing length and complexity of global supply chains across modes and changing customer preferences tilted toward shipment velocity. Recognizing the opportunities afforded by a growing market, a host of small intermodal marketing companies (IMCs) have entered the space. But newcomer IMCs need better visibility into intermodal market conditions and shipment locations to be able to compete with high- volume incumbents. In this white paper, Blume Global and FreightWaves explore the current market forces driving the need for intermodal visibility.

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FreightWaves Staff Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Comparing Weigh Station Bypass Technologies: New Research Compares Transponders and Mobile Apps

Trucking companies using weigh station bypass services save more than $8.68 and five minutes each time their truck bypasses a truck weigh station, according to a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration calculation. However, each system operates differently, meaning what works well for one fleet, be it large or small or somewhere in between, doesn’t automatically work for another. This new whitepaper reviews the following items to help trucking operations determine what type of system is best for them.

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FreightWaves Staff Monday, March 25, 2019

SmartDrive: Coach Your Drivers to Safety and Success

Coaching drivers—with video—is the best way to improve safety in your fleet. Not only will you experience fewer collisions (and near collisions), but you’ll experience savings throughout your fleet and an improved safety culture. Download this free eBook to learn how to make coaching a part of your safety culture. And if you’re already coaching, take it to the next level with the 15 bonus tips included in this free eBook

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FreightWaves Staff Friday, March 1, 2019

White Paper: Using a TMS to Solve the Visibility Problem

Using a TMS to Solve the Visibility ChallengeIn the B2B world, getting visibility into the logistics flow has traditionally been either very expensive or produced limited results because of the different data sources, languages, relationships, as well as the number of internal and external systems. But a TMS with the right framework and business logic can integrate disparate data sources and use the data in-line with intelligence and workflow as part of your execution system to help solve B2B visibility challenges. It enables data integration and has the ability to translate and share information flowing in from shippers, carriers, mobile applications, financial systems, emails, portals, and more. Download this white paper today to learn more.

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FreightWaves Staff Monday, December 31, 2018

eBook: Make Safety “The Right Thing to Do” in 2019

Communicating safety is not always the easiest message to deliver. From drivers to executives—and everyone in between—safety is the core of your company culture and values. How you communicate your safety message is paramount to ensuring that everyone embraces your safety message and that it’s at the heart of every action they take. Download the eBook and learn how to sell safety in your fleet.

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FreightWaves Staff Tuesday, November 6, 2018

White Paper: Trends In Driver Incentive Programs

Retention, training, and the capacity crunch are undeniably hot button issues in 2018. In response, SmartDrive and FreightWaves collaborated to distribute a survey to uncover trends in driver incentive programs. The white paper—based on the findings of the survey, which was fielded in Q3 2018—reveals the steps that trucking companies are taking in order to hire and retain qualified drivers and create safer, more profitable organizations.

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FreightWaves Staff Tuesday, October 30, 2018

White Paper: Fracking

WITH THE U.S. OIL and natural gas market continuing to boom, and production of both rising, FreightWaves’ chief energy analyst Mike Mitchell has written a primer on what happens during the fracking process. Through it, you will be able to see the numerous necessary steps that requires a truck in the process to get done.

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