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Logistics
Trailers, lanes, backhauls, pools and the freight economics of an awkward pallet.
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- 11 March 20258 min
Running a tote fleet on a spreadsheet (and when to stop)
A spreadsheet is a perfectly good container asset register up to a specific, identifiable point. Here is what that point looks like and what to do when you reach it.
Priya Raghunathan, Freight Desk
- 17 December 20247 min
Backhauls: the cheapest freight in the industry
An empty trailer going home is a near-free movement for whoever is standing on its route. How backhaul pricing works and how to get onto a lane.
Priya Raghunathan, Freight Desk
- 5 March 20248 min
How many totes fit on a truck, and why it matters more than price
Trailer counts by capacity, the double-stacking rule most people get wrong, and why per-unit freight swings harder than per-unit price.
Priya Raghunathan, Freight Desk
- 26 September 202311 min
Setting up a returnable tote pool that actually works
Pool sizing arithmetic, the commercial mechanism that decides success, and the honest threshold below which a pool is worse than buying one-way.
Priya Raghunathan, Freight Desk
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