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C.H. Robinson uses AI agents to avoid missed LTL freight pickups

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C.H. Robinson Company launches artificial intelligence agents.

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C.H. Robinson uses AI agents to avoid missed LTL freight pickups. With each truck carrying freight from up to 20 different shippers, missed pickups can cause delays and expenses, firm says. Logistics provider C.H. Robinson has launched artificial intelligence (AI) agents to combat the problem of missed less than truckload (LTL) pickups, the company said. The new technology is now tracking down missed pickups and using advanced reasoning to determine how to keep freight moving. Those agents are also collecting and analyzing previously unavailable data that LTL carriers are now using to improve their technology, scheduling, and operations. C.H. Robinson says it launched the initiative because with one truck carrying freight from up to 20 different shippers, LTL shipping requires complex coordination to pick it all up, take it to a terminal, and recombine it on other trucks with other freight heading the same direction. That complexity means that missed pickups and costly delays can ripple through LTL networks. According to the company, the results are already in: 95% of checks on missed LTL pickups have been automated, saving over 350 hours of manual work per day. And unnecessary return trips to pick up missed freight have been reduced by 42%. "A missed pickup isn't just a minor inconvenience," Greg West, Vice President for LTL, said in a release. "When a truck arrives...

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