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From Chaos to Control: Leveraging AI for Smarter Rate and Freight Decision-Making
Companies can shift from reactive to proactive, controlled decision-making by leveraging artificial intelligence. Here are three areas where AI can be transformative:
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It’s a Logistics Match! How Locations Can Stand Out
While offering geographical advantages and proximity to major markets is a solid starting point, locations draw site-selection decision makers by investing in and enhancing their logistics profiles.
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Freight Transportation Safety: Insights from a Landstar Agent
Independent Landstar agency SJA Transport Services LLC reveals how it keeps customers’ cargo safe and the benefits of moving freight within the trusted Landstar system.
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Unlocking Efficiency: Leveraging Multimodal Solutions in Today’s Supply Chains
Recently announced plans for mergers and partnerships in the U.S. rail network highlight the value of multimodal operations across the country.
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Helping a Warehousing Customer Adjust to Tariff Challenges
Supporting a customer’s tariff adjustment strategy meant reconfiguring storage layouts, optimizing pallet positions, and prioritizing inbound scheduling. Verst Logistics responded with speed and flexibility.
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Syfan Delivers With Technology, Customer Service and Communication
As a full-service third-party logistics (3PL) provider, Syfan offers a wide range of capabilities, including truckload, LTL, intermodal, and specialized transport solutions.
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Putting the Yard First: Why Supply Chain Efficiency Starts Here
The right yard management system can transform your entire supply chain. It can reduce labor costs, streamline operations, improve utilization of yard assets, and yes, increase supply chain efficiency.
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WMS 2025: Boosting Operations Beyond the Warehouse
Offering productivity improvements beyond the physical structure, a warehouse management system can serve as the hub for technologies that increase supply chain efficiencies. Here are three leading providers that can enable your warehouse to meet current and future demands.
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Freight Bill Audit & Payment: The Key to Supply Chain Clarity
Amid rising tariffs, disruptions, and increasingly intricate supply chains, freight bill audit and payment providers are emerging as key partners—unlocking efficiencies with
data-driven insights that transform complexity into clarity.
Preparing for Freight Classification Changes: Initial Steps and Long-Term Strategies
Q. What exactly is changing in the NMFC system—and when do these changes take effect? A. The National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) underwent a radical update effective July 19, shifting to a more granular 13-sub provision density-based classification. This changes thousands of commodity codes, reclassifying them based on density, handling, stowability, and liability. We saw […]
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The NMFC Overhaul: How Shippers Can Adjust to Updates
The changes to the NMFC classification system that took effect on July 19, 2025, have major implications on LTL shipping. The impact on freight rates varies. Here’s how to manage:
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11 Proven Ways to Collaborate With Your Transportation Partner
Transactional relationships are a thing of the past—collaboration is the only way to succeed in today’s volatile supply chain.
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How to Stop the Ugly Parcel Problem Before It Stops You
Seeing more polybags in your operation? Don’t be alarmed. As packaging continues to shift, here’s how you can adapt your automation.
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U.S. Ports Surging
These major U.S. gateways complete infrastructure updates and increase operational efficiency to support increasing cargo demands.
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Keep It Cool: Rolling Out High-Velocity Cold Chain Solutions
Increasingly dynamic and strategic, the global cold chain demands higher degrees of precision. Here are partners who can tackle complexity, ensure compliance, and deliver with speed and accuracy.
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Seeing Clearly: How CLI’s AI System Transformed Quality Control
One plant. One challenge. One breakthrough—now transforming many. CLI’s proprietary vision-based AI solution redefines quality control.
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120-Ton Advantage: Meeting Critical Deadlines for Heavy Haul Cross-Border Shipments
Landstar’s exclusive, 120-ton overhead bridge crane, located in Laredo, Texas, ensures seamless transloading for heavy haul freight at a critical U.S.-Mexico gateway.
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Overcoming Geopolitical Uncertainty and Turning Challenges into Opportunities
Q. What are the biggest challenges facing the freight market? A. The most obvious answer is the ever-changing geopolitical landscape. Globally there have been some headwinds in the trade routes, with many ocean carriers shifting how they operate. Tariffs have certainly forced many to shift aspects of their supply chain or for some, unfortunately, halt […]
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Decommissioning and Reconfiguring an Aging Cryptocurrency Data Center in Texas
Logistics Plus® LP Crypto Mission Critical™ provides an end-to-end supply chain solution with installation services, extended workforce, and complete inventory visibility, reducing costs and enhancing ROI for the client.
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Alaska Marine Lines Supports FEMA Hawaii Housing Project
Alaska Marine Lines transported three barge loads of modular housing units from Seattle to Maui to support a FEMA project assisting in the Lahaina fire rebuild efforts.
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