WHITE PAPER

White Paper – Ryder Last Mile Delivery with White Glove Service

Whether you’re shipping furniture, appliances, electronics, or any other non-conveyable items, the in-home delivery of your products represents a very personal touchpoint for consumers. Ryder Last Mile Delivery helps create a positive lasting brand impression that turns into repeat business. Their innovative technology gives you and your customers real-time, end-to-end visibility and tracking into the transportation and delivery of orders.

This white paper reviews the levels of service Ryder can...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-paper-ryder-last-mile-delivery-with-white-glove-service

Improving Cash Cycle Management for the Long Haul

As a carrier, you are an essential part of the nation’s supply chain, keeping the economy moving forward even in the most challenging times. Your ability to be competitive depends on how well you can manage your cash-to-cash cycle—your financial supply chain.

This white paper explores the benefits of having detailed insight into your freight receivables and how to use that insight to improve liquidity, gain operational efficiencies and reduce your days sales outstanding (DSO). It also provides...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/improving-cash-cycle-management-for-the-long-haul

White Paper – Shared Truckload Guide

Coronavirus has taken a toll on North America’s freight industry and has left countless layoffs, bankruptcies, and permanent business closures in its wake. Moving forward, how can companies optimize their supply chains to ensure their survival in the coming months? One solution for businesses could be shared truckload (STL) service.

Flock Freight has put together a complimentary white paper detailing the benefits of shared truckload (STL) service, which streamlines transit and eliminates LTL,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-paper-shared-truckload-guide

White Paper – Trends in Tolling

There is a distinct overarching challenge with tolling for commercial trucking fleets. Tolling is essentially a local and state-by-state business, but most carriers operate at least regionally and often nationally. This means that truck drivers need multiple transponders, which means multiple invoices, payments, violations, and points of contact with all the different toll operators in jurisdictions through which they routinely pass.

New trends and technological improvements have simplified...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-paper-trends-in-tolling

FreightWaves Final Mile Report

Final-mile delivery is not a new phenomenon, by any means. But in the old days, the product moved along a defined path — from the manufacturer to the retail distribution center and finally to the retail store before being purchased and ultimately delivered to the customer’s home by the store.

Now with e-commerce penetration rising, goods are increasingly purchased online and often directly shipped from the manufacturer or, if purchased from a retailer’s website, the goods are often pulled from...

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ABS Releases White Paper on Sustainability of LNG as Marine Fuel

  • IMO plans to reduce average CO2 emissions per ‘transport work’ by at least 40 percent by 2030.
  • It aims to pursue a 70 percent reduction by 2050.
  • It has the ambition to reduce the total annual GHG emissions from shipping by at least 50% by 2050.
  • LNG is a relatively mature low-carbon fuel, comprised primarily of methane.
  • Its carbon to hydrogen (C/H) ratio offers a reduction in CO2 emissions of up to 20 percent.
  • This white paper summarizes the relevant vessel design and operational aspects with...

https://mfame.guru/abs-releases-white-paper-on-sustainability-of-lng-as-marine-fuel/

White Paper: Master Guide to Calculating Freight Class

“How do I calculate the correct freight class for my freight?”

Freight class is one of the most important – yet misunderstood – concepts in LTL transportation. Misunderstanding the freight classification system can result in higher shipping costs, rebills and back office headaches, and lower profit margins. 

In this guide, you will learn:

  • Role of freight class in LTL shipping 
  • Factors on how to calculate freight class
  • The 18 different types of freight class 
  • True density-based class and how to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-paper:-master-guide-to-calculating-freight-class

White Paper – The Benefits of Embracing a Virtual Supply Chain

Recent innovations have generated the tools shippers need to automate most of the shipping process. These include simple booking of ocean and air freight, rate management tools, visibility, alert notifications, auditing, and financial reporting tools.

American Shipper has partnered with Haven to develop a white paper that explores processes necessary for your organization to customize its workflow to capture the efficiency of the virtual supply chain.

Complete the form below to download this...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-paper-the-benefits-of-embracing-a-virtual-supply-chain

Work Anywhere to Affect Everywhere

While the current COVID-19 pandemic is changing the way we live and work, the adaptations—at least for our working lives—may point to a new paradigm of work self-determination, lower overhead, and more productivity. Ramping up your technological capabilities will allow your business to build on these productivity gains by being able to work from anywhere to affect everywhere.

This white paper by EKA Solutions, Inc. is designed for shippers, carriers, and brokers who are currently facing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/work-anywhere-to-affect-everywhere

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