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UltraShipTMS Integrates MacroPoint for Superior Shipment Visibility

Supply Chain Collaborator

The MacroPoint solution, already in popular use among more than half a million carrier organizations, uses drivers’ cell phones to automate shipment status updates, in transit check calls and other critical logistics notifications. As a result, shipping via these carriers meant less visibility to shipments in transit.

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3 Ways a TMS Platform Offsets Inflated Shipping Costs

Supply Chain Collaborator

from the year before, shippers have been absorbing the costs of rising interest rates and labor costs, higher fuel costs, and soon, high tariffs on imported goods. Using TMS and route optimizers to plan more efficient shipments , a shipper can significantly reduce lead times and shrink dwell times. Up a whopping 6.2%

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TMS Delivers on NASSTRAC’s Five Common Sense Suggestions for Shippers

Supply Chain Collaborator

In a competitive business climate organizations need to make the right decisions the first time. TMS scheduling helps minimize dwell times and optimizes driver Hours of Service which makes a shipper a more attractive partner to busy carriers. Step 1 – Establish coherent, data-driven plans.

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Global Supply Chain Management: Best Practices and Trends

HICX

This has led to organizations investing capital in and spending time on optimizing supply chains to cut lead times, improve supplier performance and increase business profitability. These tools can provide real-time insights across the supply chain while predicting future trends, ensuring organizations can remain proactive.

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Why It’s Time to Adopt a Yard Management System Now

FourKites

In my time at FourKites, I’ve assisted in many yard management system (YMS) implementations and asked customers why they decided to adopt a yard management system. Fortunately, with Dynamic Yard , they’re able to see real results in both of those areas immediately post-implementation. And yet, only 21% of companies have adopted a YMS.

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Tariffs Just the Latest Reason to Implement a TMS Solution

Supply Chain Collaborator

But China has quietly closed a trading loophole that for years allowed large volumes of American almonds to be transported into the country through Vietnam without incurring import taxes.”. The current glut in the almond market and its depressive effect on prices would have been painful enough for almond growers to endure.