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Roadrunner Recognized in Top Tier of LTL Carriers in Annual Mastio Survey as It Launches Outbound Service from San Antonio and Laredo, Texas

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Dramatically improved service and reliability resulted in a breakthrough ranking for the LTL carrier

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Oct. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Roadrunner has been recognized as one of the highest-rated LTL carriers in the annual Mastio LTL survey, a highly respected third-party reputational and operational audit. The company’s significant advancements in service quality, including faster transit times on more than 50 lanes and an expanded guaranteed product offering, have solidified its place among the industry’s best. Today, the company announced the launch of outbound service from the highly strategic Texas markets of San Antonio and Laredo – the busiest shipping port in the U.S.

Roadrunner’s LTL network is uniquely positioned to service the cross-border shipping needs for manufacturing, assembly and distribution required by consumer, e-commerce, industrial, automotive and retail importers from Mexico. This latest announcement constitutes yet another strategic step in the expansion of its network as it rolls out its award-winning service into more markets across the continent.

Once known for service challenges, Roadrunner embarked on a disciplined journey to become the leading, direct metro-to-metro Less-than-Truckload (LTL) provider in the U.S. This transformation involved a comprehensive overhaul of its network, infrastructure, technology and operations. Key initiatives included exiting suboptimal partner-serviced areas, overhauling and top-grading management, improving transit times and on-time performance and expanding services, including its expedited next-day service and cross-border operations to Canada. Today, Roadrunner stands out as a top-rated, long-haul LTL specialist.

“We’ve earned our place as one of transportation’s greatest comeback stories,” said Chris Jamroz, Executive Chairman of the Board and CEO. “Our efforts to rebuild and elevate the customer experience have been recognized and the Mastio survey confirms what our customers have come to know – Roadrunner now delivers the highest quality LTL shipping in the U.S. With a Customer Value Index score of 100.18, the highest in our history, we now rank above industry leaders such as Old Dominion and Saia. Our Net Promoter Score (NPS) also surged by 40 points, marking an unprecedented leap.”

“Four years ago, we knew it was a long road but that we could do it,” said Dave Ross, Chief Strategy Officer at Roadrunner. “This recognition validates the internal progress we’ve been seeing for some time. The significant NPS and CV Index improvement is a testament to our team’s hard work. Our strong performance on key metrics such as on-time deliveries and low cargo claims has enabled us to expand our network and offer customers even greater options.”

Roadrunner’s business decision to focus only on LTL and to improve its operations and linehaul network by moving freight long haul, metro-to-metro direct over the road (i.e., no rail) has been hugely successful for the company. The reduced rehandling of freight in its network due to loading and line hauling direct to the service centers has resulted in an extremely low exceptions rate.

Tomasz Jamroz, Roadrunner’s Chief Operating Officer, added, “We made a decision to streamline our operations, digitize our network and embark on a relentless pursuit of service excellence. We transformed Roadrunner into an organization that relies on data-driven decision-making while prioritizing service, quality and speed. That effort has begun to pay off. Opening new outbound lanes from Laredo, the fastest growing inland port in the U.S., to every end point across our national footprint, reinforces our confidence in Roadrunner’s service capabilities and demand for reliable LTL transportation. Our new and improved direct, metro-to-metro LTL service works, and our customers have noticed.”

“Roadrunner made a huge jump this year in our annual LTL survey,” said Kevin Huntsman, President of Mastio. “This improvement reflects increased satisfaction in Roadrunner’s service and that shippers are benefitting from the many changes they have made.”

Mastio is the leading research company that works with Less-than-Truckload (LTL) carriers and 3PLs and has published its LTL Carrier Customer Value & Loyalty Study every year since 2005. The study identifies and quantifies the perceptions and needs of shippers who use LTL carriers. To provide actionable insights and quantitative information, they conducted 1,635 interviews in the LTL space and evaluated 163 LTL carriers with fewer than 25 carriers featured in the final report.

Roadrunner’s unprecedented improvements on the Mastio survey are due to service and performance investments including its Weekend Plus Advantage, Guaranteed Service and 1-day lanes. The company now offers more than 300 Weekend+ lanes, which offers shippers expedited service at standard LTL rates. In addition, Roadrunner offers 50 Smart Guarantee lanes and five signature 1-day long-haul lanes. Transportation experts are calling Roadrunner’s success the unquestionable greatest comeback in transportation history.

Roadrunner is the recipient of several service quality awards from multiple shippers including: the Platinum LTL Carrier Award from Echo Global Logistics, which recognizes outstanding service, commitment, and performance; the Breakthrough Carrier of the Year Award from GLT Logistics, which celebrates dedication to innovation and improvement; and the Elite Carrier Award from Total Quality Logistics (TQL). Roadrunner was named a Top 100 Trucking Company by Inbound Logistics in 2023 and 2024.

About Roadrunner
Roadrunner offers more direct long-haul metro-to-metro shipping than any other nationwide LTL carrier in the United States. With nationwide presence and terminals across 40+ metro markets, the company’s Smart Network™ is the preferred choice for shippers looking to move freight quickly and reliably. With Driver Teams executing Over-the-Road (OTR) moves and no freight moving on rail, their customers enjoy industry-leading transit times. The award-winning operations platform is fueled by AI and ML technology assuring integrity of custodial controls of freight and real-time tracking and visibility. Direct routing eliminates the need for rehandles and freight handovers and hence reduces the risk of loss or damage.   

More than 1,000 drivers leverage the Roadrunner Smart Network™ to empower their businesses and are fiscally motivated to deliver freight on time, intact, and damage free. Roadrunner was recognized by Newsweek™ as one of America’s Most Trustworthy Companies in 2022. (PINK: RRTS) 

To learn more about shipping with Roadrunner: https://www.roadrunnerLTL.com   

Explore careers in sales, operations, and technology at Roadrunner: https://www.shiproadrunnerfreight.com/careers/work-with-us/   
  
To drive for Roadrunner as Owner Operators and Teams: https://run4roadrunner.com/  

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LITEON Debuts Integrated AI Cloud Server Rack Solutions Powered by NVIDIA at 2024 OCP Summit

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Pioneering Green Data Centers with Five Key Technologies: Power Supplies, Liquid Cooling, Racks, Software, and Systems

AI. Revolutionized. Green Resilience.

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — LITEON Technology (2301.tw) is participating in the 2024 OCP Global Summit ( Open Compute Project ) in San Jose, USA, from October 15 to 17. Under the theme “AI. Revolutionized. Green Resilience,” LITEON will debut its new “Integrated AI cloud server rack solution.” This solution combines LITEON’s five key technologies: high-performance power supplies compliant with ORV3 standards, comprehensive liquid cooling systems, integrated mechanical design, intelligent power management software, and hardware-software system integration. Additionally, LITEON will showcase power supplies, racks, and liquid cooling systems compatible with NVIDIA architectures at the event. These include support for the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 platform with a high-efficiency power system and NVIDIA MGX™ with modular system design racks, as well as liquid-to-liquid and liquid-to-air cooling solutions from LITEON. These innovations aim to enhance high-performance computing capabilities, efficient energy management, and cooling performance in data centers during the AI era, helping customers achieve low-carbon green data center energy management goals and creating comprehensive high-end AI computing system solutions.

Anson Chiu, the president of LITEON, states: “The AI-driven era has already transformed lifestyles and industries. Leveraging our deep technical expertise in high-end cloud server power supplies, LITEON integrates five key core capabilities: power, cooling, racks, software, and systems. This showcases LITEON’s comprehensive autonomous design and development technology. We continue to create sustainable and high-performance integrated server rack solutions, helping our customers achieve sustainable operations in green data centers, and pioneering a revolutionary new landscape in the AI field.”

“LITEON COOLING,” LITEON’s comprehensive liquid cooling solution, brings revolutionary changes to the cooling systems of green data centers, meeting the high-performance AI computing needs of data centers. At this event, LITEON showcases five liquid cooling series products. These include a fanless design 5600W Cold Plate Power Supply Unit with titanium-level efficiency, a liquid-to-liquid multi-intelligent in-row CDU 600kW,, liquid-to-liquid 120kW in-rack CDU compatible with the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 platform, and liquid-to-air 140kW sidecar with the highest heat exchange efficiency, also compatible with the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 architecture. These solutions offer flexible combinations for customers to meet various field and application needs, overcoming the limitations of traditional air cooling, significantly improving cooling efficiency, and enabling data centers to maintain high-performance workloads while reducing energy and carbon footprint consumption, creating more environmentally friendly green resilient data centers.

At this OCP exhibition, LITEON also showcases integrated cabinet power systems and solutions. These provide 97.5% high-density power conversion efficiency to meet the high-performance computing applications of AI servers. Additionally, LITEON’s self-developed intelligent power management system (PMC) offers customers digital management and remote real-time monitoring to assist decision-making, along with a robust power backup system featuring high-efficiency lithium battery backup power (BBU). Supported by intelligent power management software, it visualizes energy consumption patterns to ensure data center reliability.

LITEON integrates the advantages of five core energy management technologies, combining mechanical design, power system solutions, thermal management technology, and hardware-software integration capabilities. Paired with revolutionary server liquid cooling solutions, the integrated server rack design provides customers with rapid deployment in data center applications, committing to the advanced development of green resilient data centers.

For more information about LITEON’s power and liquid cooling solutions of green data center, please visit : https://www.liteon.com/en/solutions/green-data-center

LITEON’s Booth of OCP 2024 Information :

Date: October 15 – 17, 2024Location: San Jose McEnery Convention CenterBooth No.: C17-18Contact: Simon.Ong@liteon.com

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Taobao Malaysia Kicks Off 11.11 Sale, First Time in Both Chinese and English

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Exciting early-bird perks await new and existing Malaysian users

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The highly-anticipated Taobao 11.11 Sale (“11.11”) is back, set to be bigger and more inclusive for Malaysian consumers. With the theme “Shop As Far As You Can Think,” this year’s festival promises attractive offers and an unparalleled shopping experience made even more accessible through Taobao’s beta English Interface, introduced in September to complement the Chinese version.

Starting from 21 October, 8pm, Malaysian shoppers can indulge in a month-long celebration of exciting promotions, enticing instant discounts and chances to grab daily free shipping vouchers worth RM21, discovering exceptional bargains on a wide range of products across participating brands and merchants, from home essentials and fashion items to electronics accessories and more.  

Jess Lew, Country Manager for Tmall Taobao World, Malaysia, said, “We are thrilled to bring Taobao’s 11.11 Sale back to Malaysian consumers and enhance it to be bigger and better than ever. Our commitment is to create a shopping experience that is not only enjoyable but also tailored to the unique needs of local shoppers. With the beta English Interface now available, it has never been easier for everyone in Malaysia to immerse themselves in the excitement of this global shopping festival and discover all that Taobao has to offer.”

The festival kicks off with an early first sales window, running from 20:00:00 on 21 October to 23:59:59 on 24 October 2024, allowing shoppers ample time to check out their shopping cart items to enjoy early-bird 11.11 savings and early arrivals. The second phase will then follow, starting from 20:00:00 on 31 October and running until 23:59:59 on 11 November, where consumers enjoy extended promotional offers to secure their ideal products for the upcoming Christmas and Chinese New Year seasons.

Malaysia was one of the only two markets, alongside Singapore, where Taobao has rolled out a beta English Interface. Featuring artificial intelligence (AI)-powered translations, the new interface aims to bridge language barriers and provide non-Chinese-speaking Malaysian users with the opportunity to enjoy the platform’s diverse offerings in a seamless, user-friendly experience.

“We hope more Malaysian users will leverage this opportunity to shop for anything that comes to mind during this 11.11. Coupled with free shipping, shoppers can have their parcels delivered to their doorsteps in as fast as one week with our robust end-to-end logistics infrastructure,” added Lew.

To mark this year’s 11.11, Taobao Malaysia has curated a series of attractive promotions designed to give Malaysian consumers more ways to save:

Everyday Free Shipping: Stand a chance to grab free shipping vouchers daily at 10am worth RMB35 (equivalent to RM21) throughout the 11.11 period with no minimum spend.Buy More, Save More: Get a platform-wide discount of RMB50 for every RMB300 spent (equivalent to RM29 off for every RM170 spent).Surprise Instant Discounts: Check out daily at 8pm from 21 to 24 October to unlock an instant discount of up to RM300.Daily Promo Codes: Stand a chance to snag promo codes worth up to RMB111 (equivalent to RM66), released daily at 9pm on Taobao Malaysia’s Facebook and Instagram.New User Perks: New Taobao app users can claim exclusive benefits worth up to RM90, including:3 x Free shipping vouchers worth RMB105 (equivalent to RM65) in totalRMB30 off with a minimum spend of RMB31 (equivalent to RM18 off with a minimum spend of RM19)Service fee waiver of up to RMB15 (equivalent to RM10)Free return on first order (for West Malaysia only)

Additionally, Taobao Malaysia users making purchases with one of the following credit cards provided by third-party financial institutions can enjoy an instant discount of up to RM80 during the selected promotional periods:

31 October to 3 November; 10 to 11 November, 8PMCIMB: RM25 off with a minimum spend of RM180RHB: RM38 off with a minimum spend of RM250 OR RM50 off with a minimum spend of RM500PBB: RM30 off with a minimum spend of RM300 OR RM80 off with a minimum spend of RM600

Only on 31 October, 10AMRHB: RM25 off with a minimum spend of RM250

Only on 8 November, 10AMPBB: RM20 off with a minimum spend of RM200

The Taobao app is available to download for FREE on both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. For more details on Taobao Malaysia’s 11.11 promotions, please stay tuned for updates on the Taobao Malaysia Facebook, Instagram and TikTok social media channels or visit the Taobao app.

* The platform rules will prevail over the specific promotion details.

About Taobao Malaysia
Taobao Malaysia aims to facilitate convenient shopping on Taobao and Tmall for consumers in Malaysia. Through the Taobao app, Malaysian shoppers can access billions of products, complete with logistics, payment and other services and offers tailored to their individual market needs. Taobao Malaysia is part of Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group.

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Sennheiser launches the MD 421 Kompakt – an appropriately named, compact version of legendary all-rounders, the MD 421 and MD 421-II

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“Anything. This is the mic for that.”

SINGAPORE, Oct. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — They say that if you’ve heard music, you are most likely to have heard the MD 421, a Sennheiser microphone featured in countless award-winning performances and productions over the past six decades. Now Sennheiser launches the MD 421 Kompakt, an incredibly versatile microphone that delivers the same legendary performance, but in a truly multipurpose package — including a completely redesigned mounting clip. The MD 421 Kompakt features a cardioid pick-up pattern and remarkable dynamic range, delivering crystal-clear sound reproduction in live sound and recording applications.

“The MD 421 is an incredibly versatile microphone. Since its inception in 1960, it excelled as a studio and a vocal microphone, but was also used a lot in broadcasting, where it appeared with many celebrities of the time. Today, its successor, the MD 421-II, which launched in 1998, is an all-rounder for multipurpose miking and well known to be used on drums, guitar cabs and horns,” says Bertram Zimmermann, Manager Live Sound & Studio. “It works on anything, capturing the sound source with precision, detail, and rich sound.”

“With the MD 421 Kompakt, we’re offering the same legendary sound and ability to handle high sound pressure levels, but with an incredibly compact form factor,” adds Jimmy Landry, Category Marketing Manager MI.

Compact design, same great sound

To give the MD 421 microphone its compact dimensions all while retaining the large-diaphragm capsule and the pristine sound of the much bigger MD 421-II, the bass roll-off switch was eliminated. “While this feature made total sense when the MD 421 was designed, and was carried over to the MD 421-II, this functionality has long since been taken over by mixing desks and DAWs,” says Zimmermann. “Omitting the switch allowed us to create a relatively small microphone body, making the Kompakt an ideal tom mic, but also a versatile tool for any recording or live application.”

Sound-wise, the MD 421 Kompakt delivers the same detailed and authentic reproduction of the sound source that the MD 421 and MD 421-II have become famous for. The microphone’s frequency response of 30 Hz to 17 kHz faithfully reproduces both high and low frequencies, with a bass tube ensuring an accurate and extended low-end response. The sound is rich and full-bodied, and incredibly clear and detailed at the same time.

The MD 421 Kompakt also provides effective feedback rejection, and is able to handle exceptionally high sound pressure levels even in demanding environments.

New clip

The clip of the MD 421 Kompakt has been entirely redesigned, and is now part of the microphone housing for easy, worry-free mounting. “The clip is the one thing that users have always criticised,” remarks Landry. “The new clip is an integral part of the mic, and the optional drum clamp securely screws into this clip, ensuring fail-safe mounting on drums.”

Rugged all around

The MD 421 Kompakt is designed to withstand the rigours of touring and heavy studio use. It features a rugged frame with a stainless-steel basket, and a gold-plated XLR-3 connector. A protective inner chassis enclosure reduces the exposure to dust and humidity.

Availability and pricing

The MD 421 Kompakt is available now for EUR 279 (MSRP), the version for drums comes complete with an MZH drum clamp and retails at EUR 299 (MSRP). The MZH drum clamp included with the drum version is also available separately for EUR 19 (MSRP). The MD 421-II will remain in the portfolio alongside the MD 421 Kompakt.

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