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2. Dispatch (logistics) - Wikipedia

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   Trucking dispatchers play a major role in transportation logistics. Truck dispatchers orchestrate freight movement and equipment from one place to another while keeping close communication with truck drivers. Some dispatching companies help truck drivers to negotiate and acquire loads and handle paperwork.

3. Trucking industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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   This results in a "revolving door" within most long-haul trucking companies, as drivers are constantly switching jobs or leaving the industry. In the short-haul and less-than-truckload (LTL) sectors, driver turnover is only around 15%, [ 83 ] mainly due to the better working conditions, higher pay, and unionized workers.

4. Dispatcher - Wikipedia

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   A number of other organizations use dispatchers to respond to service calls, coordinate transportation schedules, and to organize the delivery of materials: . A truck dispatcher is employed by a trucking company to monitor the delivery of freight over long distances and coordinate delivery pickup and drop-off schedules.

5. History of the trucking industry in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Starting in 1910, the development of a number of technologies gave rise to the modern trucking industry. With the advent of the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine, improvements in transmissions, the move away from chain drives to gear drives, and the development of the tractor/semi-trailer combination, shipping by truck gained in popularity. [1]

6. Dispatched labor - Wikipedia

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   Labor dispatch is highly relied upon in China to staff companies, both domestic and foreign invested. Under a typical labor dispatch arrangement, a dispatch agency enters into an employment contract with an employee and then enters into a dispatch agreement with a host employer, pursuant to which the employee is dispatched to the host employer.

7. Freight company - Wikipedia

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   Freight companies are companies that specialize in the moving (or "forwarding") of freight, or cargo, from one place to another. These companies are divided into several variant sections. For example, international freight forwarders ship goods internationally from country to country, and domestic freight forwarders, ship goods within a single ...