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In The Driver's Seat High costs, decreased hours of service and a lack of trained drivers have trucking companies commanding and getting respect. Great for them, but what does it mean for manufacturers? |
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Stuck In The Slow Lane Manufacturers have implemented technology and new processes to improve the efficiency, reliability and security of distribution systems. But is the nation's infrastructure able to handle the load? |
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Delayed in the USA Infrastructure woes aren't just a Third-World problem, they also pose a major "last-mile" headache for American businesses from coast to coast. |
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U.S. Logistics Costs Hit Record High Good supply chain practices are helping keep a rough situation from getting worse. |
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Squeezing New Productivity Out of Mature Technology As long as there are opportunities to increase logistics productivity in a distribution center or on the road, customers will pursue them with networks of technology providers. |
The Motley Fool
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Trucking Keeps On ... Well, You Know As the economy improves, so will trucking stocks. |
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Rewarding Routes for Drivers Safe drivers have loads of opportunity for taking their careers on the road. |
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Transportation Management: How to Fight The High Cost Of Moving Freight Transportation and warehousing cost U.S. companies more than $1 trillion in 2005, and the price tag continues to rise. |
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Older Couples Keep on Trucking Adventurous older couples are teaming up as big-rig truckers. |
National Defense
July 2015
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Robot Truck Revolution to Benefit Military By now it should be obvious to the Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center that it needs to stop investing in driverless truck convoy technology. |
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Logistics Q&A: How Technology Has Changed Logistics An ask-the-expert series focusing on food plant operations and logistics. |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2010
Rich Duprey |
Trucking's Monster Jam The Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010, will instead cause the trucking industry -- which had been on the road to recovery -- to crash. |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
J.B. Hunt Keeps On Trucking Results were sluggish for this overland shipping company, but it's still growing. Should it manage to live up to analysts' growth expectations, this stock could yet haul some reasonable gains for its investors. |
CIO
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How Wal-Mart Beat Feds to New Orleans Companies -- Wal-Mart and Starbucks among them -- that had procedures in place for quick communications were able to be "first responders" when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast this Fall. |
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January 20, 2010
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Shifting More Freight to Rail Isn't Always Such a Great Idea Motor carriers are actually more fuel efficient than railroads in some cases. |
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June 20, 2012 |
Freight Costs Recover Faster than the Economy Transportation costs are outpacing the slow rise in shipment volumes. |
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Profit From a Trucking Renaissance As demand surges, a creaky fleet needs a tune-up. |
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Logistics On a Bumpy Road to Recovery Supply chains are being redefined as a reaction to the recession. Are you prepared for a recovery? |
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Fleet Management Solution Saves Land O'Lakes $500,000 in Fuel Costs Combination of technology and new driving technique lead to significant cost reductions. |
BusinessWeek
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Trucking Hits The Breaks A domino effect, involving everything from building materials to furniture, has reached the trucking industry. |
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Railroads Are Back in Style for Freight Transportation As trucking gets bogged down by regulations and labor challenges, railroads are resurgent. |
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Logistics Costs Are Trending Downward Although rail costs are up, trucking costs continue to decline. |
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August 17, 2011 |
No Transportation Relief in Sight Changes within the transportation industry are reducing the number of affordable options for manufacturers. |
National Defense
January 2004
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Army Wants Trucks That `Survive' Combat Repeated attacks on truck convoys in Iraq have prompted the Army to revisit its requirements for future logistics vehicles. |
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February 1, 2003
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Special Delivery Logistics service providers want to manage your supply chain. Are they ready? |
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January 12, 2004 |
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Army Tests `Hands-Free' Driving for Troop Protection The Army is in the process of testing a new system to allow drivers in truck convoys to keep their hands off steering wheels and their eyes open to spot roadside threats. |
HBS Working Knowledge
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Learning to Manage Complexity These books show that the key management factors that prepare a company for managing the unmanageable are the same ones that provide excellence in the day-to-day business: Organizational Formality and Performance in the Motor Carrier Industry by Daryl Wyckoff... The Resilient Enterprise by Yossi Sheffi... |
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Wabash Unabashed The truck trailer company faces hurdles in a slowing industry. Investors, take note. |
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Army Allots Additional Funds To Fix, Modernize Truck Fleet With a boost of at least $2 billion in the Army's budget for tactical trucks, officials are grappling with how best to strike the right balance between immediate and future needs. |
The Motley Fool
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Truck Stocks Keep On ... Well, You Know Trucking companies are on the road to recovery. |
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Big Shifts Underway in Transportation Many manufacturing companies anticipate major increases in rail usage. |
