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Unlocking the Potential of Less Than Truckload (LTL) Freight Shipping: Strategies for Efficiency and Cost Management

Strategy Driven

One effective strategy is to combine smaller shipments destined for similar locations into one LTL shipment, which leads to better freight rates due to economies of scale. Incorporating Technology and Automation in LTL Shipping The intersection of technology and transportation has yielded transformative tools for those utilizing LTL shipping.

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Most Industries Are Nowhere Close to Realizing the Potential of Analytics

Harvard Business Review

Harnessing the power of machine learning and other technologies. An examination of the telecom industry , for example, shows that the analytics leaders have posted three to five times higher returns on their big data investment than the typical telecom company. Insight Center. The Next Analytics Age. Sponsored by SAS.

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How to Give a Robot a Job Review

Harvard Business Review

Intelligent technologies are increasingly delivering greater value for less money. What’s the best trade-off between “generating excitement” and risk-adjusted rates of return? Smart, quasi-autonomous robots and machines are replacing humans in workplaces all over the world.

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How the Next Generation Is Approaching Society’s Biggest Problems

Harvard Business Review

Second, changes in technology have dramatically lowered the cost of experimentation and create unprecedented transparency into problems, solutions, and results. Second, technology made Khan Academy possible. A relatively new instrument called a social impact bond is a powerful example of how this might be done.

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