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Four Essential Supply Chain Management Tools

CLX Logistics

To meet these demands, shippers need the right supply chain management tools with the flexibility to grow and scale as needed. The right supply chain management tools help not only to enable shippers to provide better customer service and on-time deliveries but also to remain competitive with everyone else in the market.

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The Cost of Using the Wrong Mode When Capacity is Tight

Blue Grace Logistics

What This Blog Is About: Shipper’s top concerns for their supply chain. The opportunity cost of choosing the wrong mode of transportation. All things considered, 78% of shippers were concerned with reducing shipping costs in general. Analyzing Transportation Mode Opportunity Cost.

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Locus Listed as Representative Vendor in 2022 Gartner® Market Guide for Supply Chain Network Design Tools

Locus

It gives us immense pleasure to announce that Locus has been listed as a Representative Vendor in the 2022 Gartner® Market Guide for Supply Chain Network Design Tools. And as supply chains continue to grow in scale and complexity to meet these demands, so do the costs. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc.

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How to Get a Job in the Supply Chain Sector

Logistics Bureau

You are not alone, especially as in the time since we first penned this article, one huge and unforeseen event has raised awareness of the global importance of this vital sector—and shown it to be an attractive career choice. That event was the global COVID-19 pandemic, which erupted during the first half of 2020. Networking.

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3 Ways Parade's Book Now Loads Boost Your Brokerage’s ROI

Parade

Here’s How Parade’s Digital Booking Tool, Book Now, Increases ROI. Brokerage reps spend less time to set up a Book Now than they would to get a typical load booked, even with all the automation and tools that Parade offer to simplify booking. ROI gained by using Parade’s Book Now feature goes deeper than you might imagine.

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DFB Tech Stack: Making the Most of Truckload Rate Benchmarks

Parade

In this post, we explore truckload pricing tools as an important part of every digital freight brokerage’s operations. Truckload pricing software is key to a broker’s ability to buy freight and sell capacity profitably in the daily spot environment. As a freight brokerage, you live and die by your pricing.

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DFB Tech Stack: Making the Most of Truckload Rate Benchmarks

Parade

In this post, we explore truckload pricing tools as an important part of every digital freight brokerage’s operations. Truckload pricing software is key to a broker’s ability to buy freight and sell capacity profitably in the daily spot environment. As a freight brokerage, you live and die by your pricing.