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Making your carrier sales team as powerful as your customer sales team

FreightWaves SONAR

The freight brokerage industry has traditionally focused its attention on the training and development of its customer sales staff. In our recent white paper , we discussed the growing importance of carrier utilization. Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves at Edge Logistics. This will be key in 2021.

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What Shipping Analytics Tools Should Freight Market Participants Have in Their Freight Stack?

FreightWaves SONAR

For example, just-in-time fulfillment models, drop-shipping, and cross-docking avoid wasted space. For example, market conditions show shippers’ rate trajectories. Transportation only provides a partial picture of an industry. Download the White Paper. Wasted warehouse space leads to higher overhead.

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Which is better for fleet assets? Contract or spot freight?

FreightWaves SONAR

Unfortunately, disruption and market volatility – sudden changes within the industry – will often have a dramatic effect on the spot market. Freight management remains an industry in which balance reigns supreme. Download the White Paper. As the industry moves past the anniversary of the initial U.S.

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5 Tips for Writing a Transportation Management Plan

GlobalTranz

It is essential in organizing activities in the transportation industry effectively and efficiently. The challenges that the transportation industry faces are enormous. Government regulation that touches on aspects of volume and carriage is another force that’s in play in the industry. Download White Paper.

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How Do You Budget Better for Full Truckload?

GlobalTranz

If negotiations rely on an understanding of all inbound and outbound freight statistics and processes, lacking information will result in strong variances between rates and trouble securing available capacity. Full Truckload White Paper Series. Access our complete Full Truckload Shipping White Paper Series.

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Amazon’s Freight (Train) Is Coming

GlobalTranz

I hope we can agree that Amazon will disrupt an industry if it wants to. GET YOUR FREE WHITE PAPER. DOWNLOAD WHITE PAPER. It’s simple: you mix your own outbound shipments with inbound and outbound 3rd party deliveries so the truck is never empty. So how does this work?

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The Benefits of Evolved Vendor Managed Inventory Model Led by Web-Based VMI

GlobalTranz

In a VMI model, part of the equation is the inbound & outbound flow of the inventory. If you are looking to optimize VMI in regards to transportation management, contact Cerasis today to speak to one of our Account Executives or read our white paper on Inbound Freight Management. ” What is Vendor Managed Inventory?