Pat Walsh, Food Marketing Institute, Chief Business Development Officer and VP, Supply Chain | SupplyChainBrain

Pat Walsh, Food Marketing Institute, Chief Business Development Officer and VP, Supply Chain

Food Marketing Institute, Chief Business Development Officer and VP, Supply Chain

From Pat Walsh, Food Marketing Institute, Chief Business Development Officer and VP, Supply Chain
Food & Beverage
Technology Just Might Solve the Dwell Time Conundrum
Nobody profits when drivers wait in the loading dock of a distribution center for teams to load or unload their trucks. It costs everybody in food retail. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration estimates “detention time” costs trucking companies $3 billion a year and, if you carry that over to the larger economy, the price the public ultimately pays is closer to $6.5 billion a year.
April 23, 2019
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