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Government EV fleets are expanding to include charging infrastructure for larger vehicles

American City & Country

In April, Bhat served on a White House Roundtable on Zero-Emission Freight Infrastructure. Freight industry executives took part in an all-day session, including commercial truck fleet managers, port directors, utility executives and local government officials. A good charging network can open up even more opportunities.”

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DecisionPoint Secures TRANSCOM Contract to Support GFM System

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Transportation Command has awarded DecisionPoint a $30 million contract to provide Global Freight Management, or GFM, system sustainment, enhancements and cloud-native refactoring services to the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command.

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Winning Strategies for Securing a Government Contract for Trucking

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To address cash flow challenges due to longer payment terms in government contracts, trucking companies can utilize freight factoring services, and for broader business growth, networking within the industry and leveraging financing options are essential strategies.

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Weathering Future Disruptions: 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience

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As teams worked with suppliers through creative solutions, it became obvious that transparency and supplier risk management are essential components to maintain stability during crises like these. Teams should also revise expectations for tier-two and tier-three suppliers, shipping and freight partners. Get the right talent in place.

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Shipping Cos. Air Frustrations With Colo. Ski Town Ordinance

Government Contracts

Regional managers for UPS and FedEx Freight took the stand in Colorado federal court Thursday to explain why a popular ski town's new ordinance barring trucks from a pedestrian mall area is a big problem for their operations, complicating their ability to make deliveries.

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Pandemic Prepared! 8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience

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From this discussion, we compiled a list of 8 critical supply chain management activities that to improve, build, and maintain supply chain resilience now and in the years to come. Having a platform in place that offers a robust supplier management solution can help organizations ensure they have options.

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8 Steps to Building Supply Chain Resilience for Manufacturers in a Post-Covid World

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They discussed the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Procurement and came up with this list of 8 critical supply chain management activities that can help Procurement teams build and maintain supply chain resilience now and in the years to come. In fact, they experienced just two weeks of disruption before they were up and running.