Article: Macy's, Schneider National See Savings and Green Benefits from Empty Miles Service.

Article: VICS, GS1 Canada and GS1 US Launch Empty Miles ...
Business Wire;  January 28, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... throughout the continent. The Empty Miles Service matches a company's trailers ... participating companies, the VICS Empty Miles service will save money, produce revenues ... across North America. "The Empty Miles Service addresses a persistent problem ...

Article: VICS, GS1 launch Empty Miles ...
Food Logistics;  March 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... throughout the continent. The Empty Miles Service matches a company's trailers ... participating companies, the VICS Empty Miles service will save money, produce revenues ... tested all functions of the Empty Miles Service. Pilot participants, which ...

Article: Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Solutions Association, GS1 ...
Entertainment Close-up;  October 16, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... a case study focused on the Empty Miles Service being offered by the three ... from the service. The VICS Empty Miles Service matches a company's trailers ... participating companies, the Empty Miles service will save money, produce revenues ...

Article: United States: Groups launch Empty Miles ...
TendersInfo;  February 20, 2009 ;     401 words ... ... crossing the U.S. with no loads. The association has teamed up with GS1 U.S. and GS1 Canada to offer the Empty Miles Service, a computer software program that matches a company s trailers that are returning empty with potential loads that ...

Article: Empty Miles Increase for TL In Scarce Freight ...
Transport Topics;  May 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... have led to a run-up in deadhead - or empty - miles for truckload carriers, a survey by ... Associations shows. The percentage of empty miles reported by large truckload carriers ... reported an increase in the percentage of empty miles: 28.9% in February compared with ...

Article: Kraft successfully reduces empty ...
Food Logistics;  June 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Sustainable Transportation), designed to achieve a reduction in "empty miles" within its U.S. private fleet and top 50 carriers. One ... tractors in order to avoid trucks moving while empty, creating "empty miles." "Even before the increases in the price of oil and the ...

Article: Schneider National Reduces Empty Miles With ...
GlobeNewswire;  October 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... to monitor loads, mitigate disruptions in service, meet last-minute customer requests and reduce both costly relays and empty miles across our network," said Dan Van Alstine, senior vice president and general manager, truckload, Schneider National ...