Guest Commentary: TMS – Customizable and in the Cloud
All software companies want to build products that are feature-rich, defect-free, and easy to maintain. Meanwhile, software users demand a rapid ROI, low-cost implementations, and customizable...
View ArticleGuest Commentary: Is Your TMS Pulling Its Weight?
Can you name all eight of Santa’s reindeer (nine, if you count Rudolf)? I did an unscientific survey of those around me and found most could only name Rudolf plus three others. Everybody seemed to...
View ArticleGuest Commentary: CytoSport Enables Fast Growth with a TMS
Manual processes can only get you so far. Eventually, they hinder your ability to grow and scale, which was the challenge CytoSport faced a few years ago. CytoSport is a fast-growing, premier...
View ArticleFinding Global Transportation Optimization Opportunities
When I boarded the largest passenger airliner in the world, the Airbus 380, I wasn’t sure what to expect. They have to load a tremendous amount of people on this plane and in my mind it would take...
View ArticleFour Ways to Secure Carrier Capacity Using Bid Optimization
Ask any trucking company how their business is going and the response you’ll likely hear is, “Great! Maybe the best it’s ever been, except we can’t find drivers.” The driver shortage, it turns out, is...
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Adding Up the Benefits of Omni-Modal TMS
The global and domestic transportation landscape is becoming increasingly complex. To compete effectively, both shippers and logistics service providers (LSPs) need a transportation management system...
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Preparing Tomorrow’s Supply Chain Leaders: The Importance of Technology...
With the logistics industry growing at 22 percent annually, both shippers and transportation providers are searching for workers who have what it takes to succeed in their line of work, which...
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7 Ways to Strategically Elevate Freight Procurement
In the last decade, many companies, especially those with manufacturing operations, have evolved direct materials sourcing from an administrative function to a strategic procurement process. The...
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Why You Should Include Parcel in Your Omni-modal Transportation Management Plans
Global e-commerce sales are set to top $1.65 trillion in 2015 and are expected grow at double digit rates over the next 5 years. E-commerce has now evolved into a cross-channel buying experience. The...
View ArticleTop 5 Ways to Benefit from TMS with Integrated Fleet Management
Historically, shippers and third-party logistics providers (3PLs) that operate private fleets have divided their transportation and fleet management between two or more software systems. The same is...
View ArticleGuest Commentary: Transportation Management Wasn’t Always This Easy
Today’s logistics departments have a lot of options for systems that help them plan and execute the shipments that drive their businesses. It wasn’t always this easy though. A brief look in the...
View ArticleGuest Commentary: The Top 15 Signs You’re Ready for a Cloud-Based TMS
Since September of 1985, David Letterman of The Late Show has been amusing viewers with his Top 10 lists. Because we’re enjoying a holiday this week, let’s use that format to explore the technology...
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The Top 5 Reasons You Need a Transportation Sourcing Solution
If you are buying widgets, there are many ways to make your purchase, from going to a retail location, ordering online or using a standard procurement software tool that allows you to order lots of...
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Are You Ready to Leverage Parcel to Support Your Transportation Goals?
The explosion of e-commerce and the evolution of omni-channel fulfillment has been a topic that has been widely published, written and spoken about. There is no question that Amazon has been blazing...
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Baseball and Logistics: The Top Four “Rules of the Diamond”
With baseball season in full swing, fans are out supporting their favorite teams in ballparks across the country. It will be several weeks before the top four teams face off in the the League...
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Trucking Regulations: What’s In, What’s Out, and What Does It Mean to You?
In the ever-changing landscape of trucking regulations, the industry hit an unexpected bump in the road on Jan. 30, 2017. When the Executive Order from the Trump administration to suspend any new...
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5 Ways a TMS Can Help You “Go Green”
Last Saturday, we celebrated Earth Day, making this an excellent time for each of us to examine our own commitment to the environment. In recent years, businesses and consumers across the country have...
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How Do You Measure “Free Time” Across Your Global Supply Chain?
While we all think that we measure time in the same way, that can change inside a complex global supply chain. Consider the term “Free Time,” which is the amount of time from when a vessel or container...
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How is Your Supply Chain Positioned for the Ocean Carrier Mergers?
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. – Jimmy Dean. Change is the only real constant when managing global supply chains, regardless of the...
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5 Tips for Surviving (and Possibly Thriving in) a Capacity Shortage
For those who keep a close eye on freight market trends and have lived through past capacity shortages, the signals arrived early this year that the freight market would quickly tighten, and that rates...
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5 Things to Know About U.S.-Mexico Logistics
Trade flowing across the United States-Mexico border has grown exponentially since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was enacted in 1994. It has been further spurred by the trend of...
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Top Four Ways to Score Savings Using Freight Optimization Tools
“March Madness” is in full swing in college basketball and some industry analysts might also use a similar term to describe the current transportation environment: “Rate Madness!” Shippers are dealing...
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Five Ways to Be a Shipper of Choice: Lessening Capacity Crunch Impact with a TMS
Whatever the cause, the end result is the same: trucking capacity is tight, really tight. Shippers are paying higher rates, and even with offering higher rates many shippers are seeing rejected loads...
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Today’s Freight Capacity Crisis: Where Do We Go from Here?
More than a year into a freight capacity crisis that shows little sign of weakening, it’s time for all parties involved in logistics and freight transportation to meet this issue head on. Solving the...
View ArticleRedefining Logistics Management in a Digital World
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View ArticleNavigating the Complexities of Retail Shipping: How a Transportation...
There’s no question that the retail industry is evolving at a rapid pace. With the explosive growth of online retailers, consumers can now shop anytime and anywhere for everything from clothing and...
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