Here at KANE, we love warehousing. It’s a critical component of supply chains and we take great pride in the sophisticated application of technology to efficiently store products and get them to market. But sometimes it’s best to keep produ...
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Freight Transportation
A funny thing happened with freight volumes during the first quarter, a notoriously slow time for for-hire trucking companies. It wasn’t so slow.
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Supply Chain Challenges,
Freight Transportation
The Ultimate Guide to Being a Great 3PL Customer
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Safety In Logistics Operations
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When product has to be moved from point A to point B, the first call is usually to a transportation solutions provider such as KANE (Kane Is Able, Inc.) in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Often customers' only concerns are…Do we have trucks availa...
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Freight Transportation
(Well, okay, maybe not all, but improved carrier relationships can save you a bundle.) With the holiday season upon us, the pressure is on to maximize savings while getting more freight where it needs to go when it’s needed. Although it may...
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Freight Transportation
In an earlier blog, we discussed how shippers often assume that the way they ship freight (and the associated costs) can’t change. But we’ve identified a checklist of 14 ways to reduce freight costs that could be implemented today – if you...
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Freight Transportation
In an earlier blog on the truck driver shortage, we talked about how the challenge would be greatly alleviated if there were more women truck drivers. Despite women making up 51 percent of the population, their numbers currently stand at a...
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Freight Transportation
In discussing the pressing truck driver shortage in a recent blog, we briefly mentioned the prospect of autonomous trucks as a longer term solution to the problem. Many are skeptical about this vision of the future, and there are certainly ...
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Freight Transportation
There may be debate over the scale of the problem, but there’s no question the U.S. is currently suffering a severe truck driver shortage. Let’s take a look at the problem, how it came to be, what it means for carriers and, most importantly...
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Freight Transportation