Pat Walsh Food Marketing Institute, Chief Business Development Officer and VP, Supply ChainFrom Pat WalshFood & BeverageTechnology Just Might Solve the Dwell Time ConundrumNobody profits when drivers wait in the loading dock of a distribution center for teams to load or unload their trucks. It costs everybody in food retail. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration estimates “detention time” costs trucking companies $3 billion a year and, if you carry that over to the larger economy, the price the public ultimately pays is closer to $6.5 billion a year.April 23, 2019Page 1 of 1