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By January, 2015, Descartes had posted 41 straight profitable quarters [17] and was supplying logistics software and services to more than 10,000 logistics-centric businesses, such as ground transportation companies, airlines, ocean carriers, freight forwarders, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers.
Carriers have published tariffs that provide some guidance for packaging. Packaging engineers design and test packaging to meet the specific needs of the logistics system and the product being shipped. Truckload shipments are sometimes broken down into individual containers and further shipped by LTL or express carriers. Packaging for TL often ...
CargoMax is a stability and load management software application for marine and offshore industries. It is developed and sold by Herbert-ABS Software Solutions, LLC. First released in 1979, [1] CargoMax was one of the first computerized systems for planning and evaluating ship loading; it is currently one of the most-used software applications for this purpose. [2]
The Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC) is a privately controlled US code used to identify vessel operating common carriers (VOCC). It is typically two to four letters long. The National Motor Freight Traffic Association developed the SCAC code in the 1960s to help road transport companies computerize data and records. [1]
Examples are courier, express and parcel services; ocean carriers, freight forwarders and transshipment providers. The most significant difference between a second party logistics provider and a third-party logistics provider is the fact that a 3PL provider is always integrated into the customer's system.
PLS Logistics Service (PLS), [2] founded in 1991, is an American third-party logistics provider in the metal, lumber, and building industries. Headquartered in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh, PLS Logistics Services provides freight transportation, logistics, and technology services for businesses.
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc. (referred to as Knight-Swift) is a publicly traded American motor carrier holding company based in Phoenix, Arizona. It is the fourth largest trucking company in the United States. [ 2 ]
In wireless communication, carrier aggregation is a technique used to increase the data rate per user, whereby multiple frequency blocks (called component carriers) are assigned to the same user. [1] The maximum possible data rate per user is increased the more frequency blocks are assigned to a user.