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ABF Freight System, Inc.
ABF Greatly Expands Next-Day and Second-Day Service Through Regional Network
October 3rd, 2008
ABF Freight System, Inc.(R), announced faster transit times in more than 24,000 station-to-station lanes including approximately 1,300 new next-day lanes and 21,000 new second-day lanes. As a result, ABF has reduced transit by at least one day in over 445 million zip-to-zip combinations. Called the Regional Performance Model, or RPM(R), the network first offered regional service along the eastern seaboard in 2006 and later added regional service for the eastern two-thirds of the United States in early 2007. The latest enhancement reduces the transit times in over 25 percent of the lanes in the carrier's North American network. By the end of 2008, ABF plans to expand RPM...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-10-03)
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