Global Supply Chains

Over the last several decades, business has become truly global. Though globalization has benefitted many organizations via the creation of new markets, it also has presented serious new challenges for supply chain executives who often struggle to achieve desired customer service, quality, cash, cost, responsiveness, and innovation standards.

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LMTS

L&M Transportation Services is a third-party, non asset-based logistics company headquartered in Raleigh, NC, with companion offices in Nogales, AZ, Jacksonville, FL, and Greenville, NC. LMTS handles dry, frozen and refrigerated truckload freight, with a specialization in fresh produce. LMTS manages produce loads from all growing areas and ports to all forty-eight contiguous states, Mexico, and Canada.

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A new era of smart transportation in the United States

whitePaper | September 20, 2022

increases safety for vehicle passengers and vulnerable road users. Advances climate and sustainability goals. Increases transportation equity for low income and minority communities in urban and rural areas.Provides more affordable and accessible transportation options for historically disadvantaged communities. Creates new business models that generate jobs to fuel the U.S. economy.

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Safety in Logistics Operations

whitePaper | February 10, 2022

In logistics operations, the commitment to safety is all too often like the half-hearted embrace we give to an older aunt we occasionally see at family gatherings. We do it because we have to and it’s expected. But we’re not giving safety the full-on bear hug it deserves.

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On the road to the software-defined vehicle – developing andoperating software and services with greater efficiency

whitePaper | January 4, 2023

Digital platforms provide the basis for tool-assisted development and efficient operation of software-based vehicle functions and thus pave the way for various new use cases and business models. The platforms create an ecosystem that must serve as an attractive environment offering added value to both parties – i.e. the provider and the user of services. With PANTARIS, ETAS has developed a solution that is tailored to the specific requirements of the automotive sector. This enables faster development of new functions and easier integration of these functions into the vehicle.

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Zero Ready Framework Ensuring shipping can deliver our zero emissions future

whitePaper | November 10, 2022

Shipping faces a critical challenge. The energy transition is well underway and ocean going zero carbon ships must be in service by 2030. The industry is currently focussed on delivering zero Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by fuelling with renewably sourced ammonia, hydrogen or methanol. But solutions for widespread deployment are not ready yet and ships built today have expected lifetimes of 20-30 years. So, the industry now thinks in terms of ‘readiness’, the ability to ensure that a vessel can use zero carbon fuel once this becomes feasible, either by building new vessels that have this capability from the day they are built, or by ensuring existing vessels can be easily converted.

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Digital transformation during a pandemic situation

whitePaper | May 20, 2022

The outbreak of COVID-19 has caused a lot of disruptions to society with millions of deaths, high unemployment levels, and exhausted businesses. The entire world is now trying to recover from the eects of the pandemic. Today, the way of life is dierent than what it has been, with limited travel, quarantines, closed oces, as well as supply chain and logistics disorders.

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Unlock the true value of your Supply Chain: Business Success through Sustainable Supply Chain Management

whitePaper | November 4, 2019

Is embedded sustainability a sunk cost? Is it a distraction from core business? The answer to both questions is “absolutely not” sustainable management is a necessary part of a sound management approach. Various leading companies around the world know that embedding sustainability into their core business drives value creation and business success; in fact, these are the same businesses that are outperforming their competitors and markets.

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Spotlight

LMTS

L&M Transportation Services is a third-party, non asset-based logistics company headquartered in Raleigh, NC, with companion offices in Nogales, AZ, Jacksonville, FL, and Greenville, NC. LMTS handles dry, frozen and refrigerated truckload freight, with a specialization in fresh produce. LMTS manages produce loads from all growing areas and ports to all forty-eight contiguous states, Mexico, and Canada.

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