Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 11, 2015

It seems carriers, shippers and the entire transportation industry are finally getting wise to something logistics IT providers have long known – cross-functional collaboration in supply chain logistics efforts is a win-win scenario for all players involved. Fewer attempt to tackle the complexities of inbound logistics.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

AUGUST 14, 2019

TMS scheduling helps minimize dwell times and optimizes driver Hours of Service which makes a shipper a more attractive partner to busy carriers. TMS provides the data visibility needed to illustrate the value of well-managed logistics processes and supports iron-clad business cases. Step 4 – Adopt 21 st century technology.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MAY 8, 2018

Although not as dramatic a spectacle, many shippers are wasting similar sums of cash across the nation’s freeways each year by operating with weak and inefficient controls over transportation logistics. Imprecise Shipment Scheduling | Dwell times, detention, long lines waiting for the warehouse to free up an available dock door.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

With a best-in-class logistics IT platform, organizations are compressing the order-to-cash lifecycle while improving cash flow and overall operations. _. Finding ways to reduce the time between each of these activities is the name of the game for different software tools. • Order shipment to customer. Customer payment sent/collected.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

APRIL 8, 2015

Here’s what you need to know about the new practice and how your TMS solution and other Logistics IT tools can help ease the pain. TMS software is proven to help reduce costs by improving lead times and pickup delivery scheduling. They also eliminate product lost to theft, damage claims and misplacement on the yard.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

For shippers, this year’s overly-active hurricane season in the US is raising alarm bells for supply chain logistics operations. It continues to be those organizations with flexible, responsive transportation logistics planning and execution functions that are better equipped to adapt than those without.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JULY 25, 2016

Examination of KPIs such as on-time performance (and the reasons for lateness, long dwell times, slow loading/unloading, OS&D claims, etc.) is useful in understanding the correlation between performance and carrier relationships. The post TMS SuperUser Secrets – Benchmarking Using TMS Data appeared first on UltraShipTMS.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MAY 27, 2016

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. Better scheduling also supports improved customer service.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MAY 26, 2015

The longer lead times and better scheduling enabled by TMS solutions help to minimize unpaid dwell times while fostering quicker load and unload times. The upside of this is more efficient utilization of hours of service and less time spent away from home due to HOS impacts. Use Technology to Benefit Drivers.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

APRIL 13, 2018

We urge carriers to find and embrace shippers using the UltraShipTMS platform for transportation and logistics management. In super tight capacity environments, carriers can be as choosy as they wish when it comes to accepting tenders.

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FourKites

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Despite these increases, we’ve seen a decline in dwell time of 43% both in the US and around the world. Anyone who’s worked in the logistics industry knows that we are change managers, above all. The Consumer Packaged Goods sector has seen 21% growth in tracked shipping volumes. Focus on the Forecast.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 22, 2020

They can keep track of the time that cars are being serviced, and they can watch for excessive dwell time. When railyards use the data provided through AEI tags, they can put their cars into the rotation more often, thus increasing their bottom line.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JANUARY 26, 2018

Understanding this challenge thanks to its history of serving some of America’s largest food shippers, one TMS company developed the capability to log trailer temperature readings alongside other critical transportation and logistics data in real time. Reason 2 | Minimizes In-Transit Spoilage and Wasted Product.

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FourKites

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Find out why Food Logistics named FourKites an FL100+ award winner in the Predictive Analytics & Yard Technologies categories! With a yard management system, you are armed with data to support improvements made in your supply chain in areas such as detention costs, carrier on-time performance and equipment dwell time, to name a few.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

AUGUST 3, 2018

Here are some ways food shippers can harness the value of logistics IT solutions to protect their margins. . Advanced Scheduling – ensuring more exact pickup/delivery times, reducing dwell times, optimizing Hours of Service, increasing DC throughput and providing visibility into dock door utilization.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Search engine optimizations is one of the best digital marketing hacks out there for your industry since it helps buyers hunting for a transportation and logistics company find you online – and you don’t have to pay for PPC advertising. Using website addresses that describe concerns using logistics keywords drives traffic.

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