GlobalTranz

APRIL 10, 2015

With a proactive plan towards an eye on optimized transportation management that is well executed can make the difference between excellent customer service, and customers looking elsewhere for their needs. Measurable Benefits of a Third Party Logistics Company on Transportation Costs. The Effective Use of Warehouse Space.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The same holds true for their impacts on varying transportation modes. rely on these three dominant transportation modes, let’s look at how capacity crunches affect them. As FT availability declines during capacity crunches, shippers must choose between LTL and parcel shipping. Since shippers in the U.S. The Big Picture.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 21, 2023

Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® News Press Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search Dana Ricksecker - March 21, 2023 A stressed supply chain is making businesses reconsider alternatives. Two strategies that have become more common to hear about are nearshoring and friendshoring. What is Friendshoring?

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GlobalTranz

MAY 21, 2015

One of the often missing links, however, in supply chain visibility, is transportation management. We call this the transportation supply chain. What is the Transportation Supply Chain? This requires a new broad look at the business of transportation supply chain, including supply chain management, logistics, & procurement.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 14, 2018

Understand Accessorial Charges Contribute to 20 Percent of Total Transportation Costs Parcel cost control must underscore the importance of controlling accessorial charges, including fuel surcharges and surcharges not otherwise specified, like Saturday delivery, next-day delivery, and hazardous material handling. DOWNLOAD WHITEPAPER.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 13, 2015

Here at Cerasis, there are numerous technologies that we offer that are designed to help simplify the way your transportation management practices. If you’re not taking full advantage of everything available to you, taking a closer look at some key points can help. Identify factors that impact your freight shipping costs.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 24, 2015

Editor’s Note: This post is a slightly modified guest post from Ahern & Associates , a transportation management consultancy. Benchmarking as a Hard Rule within Transportation Cost Analysis Can Be Damaging. And more… for a full list, see our White Paper on Transportation Metrics. Specialized – $1.73

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GlobalTranz

AUGUST 25, 2015

In the complex world of modern transportation, companies lacking the experience to professionally handle the intricacies of transportation management are sure to find controlling shipping costs an extreme challenge. Freight costs are eminently controllable, however, efficiently managing this major budget item requires expertise.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 13, 2021

Don’t expect to plan for every disruption; instead, develop a strategy to overcome supply chain disruption, regardless of the source. Preparing your supply chain for resiliency begins with risk management and a proactive strategy. Capacity constraints and transportation delays. It’s not enough to have a Plan B, just in case.

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FourKites

DECEMBER 9, 2020

At its core, rolling out a real-time transportation visibility platform – or any enterprise technology, for that matter – is both a change management project and a leadership opportunity. Understand where your supply chain digital strategy is going in your company, and tightly link a visibility tool with that effort.

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Penske Move Ahead

APRIL 29, 2020

Penske Logistics senior vice president of global sales Joe Carlier will join a panel of experts in a May 21 webinar hosted by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals ( CSCMP ) on the 2020 Third-Party Logistics Study. The publication, available at no cost at www.3PLStudy.com Please click here to register.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 29, 2015

We continue our series on the most read articles from the Cerasis blog for 2015 today by featuring any of the blogs in the transportation management or transportation categories. . Top 10 Most Read Transportation Management and Transportation Articles of 2015. We list them in order of the tenth most read to the most read.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 24, 2016

As a result, more supply chain entities are turning to transportation consolidation programs otherwise known as truckload consolidation, explains Joseph O’Reily of Inbound Logistics , to meet these demands. What Is a Transportation Consolidation Program? The infrastructure for the existing transportation providers is deteriorating.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 9, 2017

There are additional advances in automation that push the supply chain toward greater use and deployment of technology and transportation planners are the key. Increased use of ELDs will require transportation planners and supply chain entities work together to ensure compliance and bring information gathered together into one system.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 9, 2015

Fortunately, Third-Party Logistics Service Providers (3PLs) offer a solution to this problem to help in gaining efficiency in transportation management. By outsourcing to a transportation management provider, you can reduce your in-house expenses on shipping processes. A Transportation Management Provider Have the Bargaining Chips.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 18, 2015

Companies that integrate reverse logistics systems into their logistics systems distinguish themselves from competitors in: effective management of inventory availability and cost. In the interest of both, businesses are increasingly tying reverse logistical operations to transportation management as a natural fit. Recapturing Value.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 12, 2018

The problem goes much further than that, including lacking compliance management, subpar, if any, use of transportation management systems (TMS), and failure to utilize granular shipment activity data. Fill out the Form Below to Get a Free Copy of the White Paper to Your Inbox!

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Blue Grace Logistics

MARCH 20, 2023

Shipper's Guide to Planning Ahead Show Submenu Resources The Logistics Blog® News Press Whitepaper Case Study Webinars Indexes Search Search BlueGrace Logistics - March 20, 2023 Data shows there is a consensus that revenue will increase and inventory levels will build. This is the cyclical market of supply chain transportation.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

We continue our series on the “State of the Transportation Management Systems” today with our post on the 4 key processes enabled by the use by shippers of a transport management system or TMS. The popularity of the use of transport management system (TMS) has been growing steadily in the last few years.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 19, 2018

These rates will have natural implications for smaller shippers seeking to lower overall transportation and freight spend, and paired with a “blurred lines between peak shipping and shopping seasons,” shippers will experience increasing trouble when trying to procure full truckload capacity. As a result, spot rates will remain “super high.”

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GlobalTranz

MAY 9, 2016

While the parodies are quite “terrifying,” the problem remains, but one piece of legislation, passed in December 2015, the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act ), offers a solution, and actionable steps are being laid out to define a way to dramatically reshape the infrastructure-landscape in several key ways.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Today begins our series about electronic data interchange or EDI in transportation. In this series, we will first talk about how EDI in transportation works and what it is, covering the history of EDI in transportation, the definition, how it works technically, and then some common EDI codes used within the transportation industry.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2021

In a thoughtful webinar today digital freight forwarder Zencargo co-Founder, Richard Fattal, and Bis Henderson ‘s Louisa Hosegood debated the unprecedented pressures in the global supply chain this year and how they jeopardise retailer’s profitability. Hope is not a strategy. There will always be a new challenge.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 30, 2015

A Class C CDL is typically for a bus driver, such as a school bus or public transportation system. Shippers May Need to Turn to Expertise in Transportation Management. When a dispatcher gets a driver with a Class B to handle a tractor-trailer that exceeds the 10,000 pound towing weight, this is against the CDL regulations. Regan asked.

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Blue Grace Logistics

MAY 18, 2021

These embargoes are also widely misunderstood since they effectively impact the middle mile of transportation, resulting in shippers failing to plan for them. Whenever disruption strikes, there is only so much capacity available. Implement the Right Transportation Program to Reduce Risk of Embargoes Now and in the Future.

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 28, 2018

(Eagan, MN) – North American third-party logistics (3PL) company, Cerasis, in partnership with Pierbridge , a leading transportation management software development company, announces the addition of multi-parcel carrier shipping management to the Cerasis Rater, a web-based transportation management system (TMS).

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 20, 2018

For objectivity, better refers to accessing more available truckload capacity, which is tightening more than ever, says the Journal of Commerce, scheduling freight with the right type of carrier that specializes in a given type of full truckload, and securing such capacity at competitive rates. Defining “better” is also a difficult task.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

As a 3PL focused on transportation management , and especially LTL freight management , Cerasis is well positioned to help you achieve the "Best in Class Shipper" status. . Unfortunately, a myriad of available shippers, third-party logistics providers ( 3PLs ), and other transportation carriers continue to confound your LTL options.

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GlobalTranz

JUNE 15, 2018

An effective warehouse management strategy is key to staying competitive and meeting consumers’ expectations in the omnichannel world. To understand this paradox, warehouse managers need to understand the pitfalls of omnichannel warehouse management and how to develop a winning strategy.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 27, 2017

Predictions for transportation management in 2016 highlighted growing stress and concern. Obviously, supply chain entities providing less-than-truckload and other modes of transportation do not want drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Big Data Became Essential to Transportation Management.

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Blue Grace Logistics

APRIL 24, 2023

BlueGrace, a freight brokerage and provider of managed transportation services, got its start in 2009 amid a particularly weak freight market. Over the years, the role of 3PLs in the broader transportation industry has expanded. 73 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest third-party logistics companies in North America.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 28, 2016

This open source software has one of the most extensive features catalog, that you will ever find within any available e commerce platform. . Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn The post [INFOGRAPHIC] eCommerce Platforms: Magento vs Shopify & LTL eCommerce Shipping Solutions appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 22, 2017

As the shipping industry prepares to face these challenges, figuring out how to take advantage of available shipping capacity can be challenging. During periods of a shipper capacity crunch, certain carriers may not have any available capacity. Click Here. Use Technology to Search Through More Carriers During a Shipper Capacity Crunch.

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GlobalTranz

APRIL 8, 2015

The transportation and logistics industry has mountains of data available, and experts encourage carriers and their customers to embrace data backed business decisions. In the transportation and logistics industry algorithms will begin to enable human decision makers to make better and faster decisions by preforming valuable analysis.

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AIMMS

MARCH 8, 2016

To address this, retailers must use available infrastructure at full capacity even as they struggle with a large breadth of SKU assortments and volumes per channel. Transportation capacity and cost: carriers are more selective about which retailers they work with and parcel pricing strategies are changing. A large U.S.

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AIMMS

MARCH 8, 2016

To address this, retailers must use available infrastructure at full capacity even as they struggle with a large breadth of SKU assortments and volumes per channel. Transportation capacity and cost: carriers are more selective about which retailers they work with and parcel pricing strategies are changing. A large U.S.

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GlobalTranz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

It’s the sender’s responsibility to make sure the parcel is packaged correctly but accidental damage obtained through transport is possible. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn The post The Five Top Packaging Tips to Help Avoid Damage appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis. Use parcel tape, NOT sellotape .

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