Freightquote

DECEMBER 20, 2019

For small to medium-sized businesses, ensuring they have a strong e-commerce shipping strategy in place is essential to holiday success. Learn how to prepare for the holiday shipping season.

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Logistics Business Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2024

This guide aims to provide insightful strategies and practical tips for businesses to weather the storms of supply chain disruption and emerge stronger and more resilient in the face of global trade and uncertainty. Recognizing these issues highlights the importance of resilience and adaptable strategies.

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FreightWaves SONAR

JANUARY 28, 2021

Adjusting current logistics strategies demonstrated the second great challenge of the pandemic. Embracing new and improved logistics strategies remains the best way to adapt to clients’ changing demands in 2021 and beyond. Strong and versatile logistics strategies depend on this data. Download the White Paper.

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GoShip Blog

AUGUST 4, 2020

Creating and sticking to the right truckload shipping strategy can enhance your overall efforts, save money, and increase profitability. Truckload shipping is the most common way of transporting goods, but not many businesses know how to make the best use out of it. How to optimize your truckload shipping strategy.

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Now, That's Logistics

MARCH 23, 2022

This has put companies in the position of once again having to put more time and effort into forecasting, planning, budgeting and generally just thinking way ahead when securing ocean freight capacity for their imports and exports. The escalated cost has changed the way shippers shop around for freight capacity.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 5, 2018

Develop a comprehensive truckload strategy so you’re prepared to handle just about anything. Building the right truckload strategy for your business. The key to a great truckload strategy is aligning capacity communities with attribute segments of your freight portfolio. Your best bet to avoid unexpected trouble?

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MTS Logistics

APRIL 3, 2023

However, with demand now lower-than-anticipated, warehouses are operating at reduced capacity, leading to higher warehouse rates. Overcoming Inflation in the Shipping Industry: Consolidation and LCL Shipping To overcome the effects of inflation, companies can adopt some strategies to reduce their costs.

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MTS Logistics

JUNE 30, 2023

Shippers had to keep products moving when full container load (FCL) capacity and equipment became scarce. And 52% are looking to consolidate more shipments overall, a strategy for which LCL can play an important role.” For this reason, transporters were forced to prefer LCL transportation.

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Trinity Logistics

JULY 22, 2021

It’s not a secret that capacity remains tight and freight rates stay high. Yet, produce shippers that take the time to think about the situation and what they can do to push through will have a better chance at finding capacity and keeping costs manageable. The challenges with finding capacity during produce season aren’t new.

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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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3PL Links

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

How to Innovate Your Supply Chain Management: What You Need to Know | Image Source: Axestrack Organizations must prioritize supply chain management and implement strategies to increase its efficiency if they want to compete in the market. How to innovate? The supply chain is crucial in this regard.

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CH Robinson Logistics

DECEMBER 15, 2021

However, with this year’s volatility, I was also given a front-row seat to a new level of hyper collaboration – including individuals going out of their way to help each other, more strategy sessions between shippers and forwarders, and continually leaning into historical data and current market insights to find smarter solutions.

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Parade

JANUARY 7, 2022

Parade’s new feature helps brokerages find carrier capacity in every quote, even the ones they don’t use. The New Parade Feature in a Nutshell The new feature focuses on showing customers not only capacity within their current network, but also other potential capacity our system has identified. There’s no shame in it.

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Parade

JANUARY 7, 2022

Parade’s new feature helps brokerages find carrier capacity in every quote, even the ones they don’t use. The New Parade Feature in a Nutshell The new feature focuses on showing customers not only capacity within their current network, but also other potential capacity our system has identified. There’s no shame in it.

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Supply Chain Brain

MARCH 20, 2023

Small carriers have meaningful capacity that can have an impact on a large shipper; it’s just that the shipper doesn’t know how to find them, argues Heather Mueller of Breakthrough.

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SYSPRO Smarter ERP

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Industries are facing the need to plan new strategies and invest more in technology to gain a stronger foothold. A B2B e-commerce strategy is therefore becoming increasingly necessary for manufacturing businesses that want to better sell their products or procure the necessary components for manufacturing them.

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GoShip Blog

MARCH 9, 2021

Most fruit and vegetable farmers, as well as importers, start to look for the capacity to distribute their products across the country when the demand for fresh produce greatly increases. Refrigerated capacity is normally tight during this season. Tips for shipping fresh produce: How to ship frozen food. Book cold capacity.

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Locus

JUNE 23, 2023

So, knowing more about order fulfillment, its importance, process, and strategies is critical. Read Also: How to Improve Net Promoter Score for Your Courier Company What are the processes involved in Order fulfillment? How many orders am I currently shipping? How many orders is my business looking to ship next year?

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Watch this: Related articles on this topic have appeared throughout our website, check them out: KPIs for Your Warehouse: How to Choose and Use Them. And discover the respective term of each area in these 3 categories: Short, Medium, and Long. KPI Key Performance Indicators in Supply Chain & Logistics.

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3PL Links

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Image source: Flickr | Logistics Planning 2024: How To Carry out Logistical Planning for This Year Have you ever given the recent evolution of logistics any thought? Read also: How to Make Reverse Packaging Logistics More Efficient? How to carry out logistical planning for 2024? Why is logistical planning necessary?

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CLX Logistics

JULY 13, 2020

2019 brought a dramatic swing back in favor of shippers as capacity loosened. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, dry van capacity was at a premium. What you really need to understand and be able to communicate to management is where you should be and how to get there. Now, let’s look at how to get there. But is that enough?

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3PL Links

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Unlocking Customer Satisfaction: Is Your Fulfilment Strategy Aligned with Expectations? But in this post, we’ll focus on what is arguably the trickiest and most important topic of all: how to place inventory in the “Omni” consumer era across the entire network.

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Logistics Business Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2023

This article by SHIPSTA addresses six of the most common challenges that can surface in peak shipping season, while providing solutions on how to best address them. Take a closer look at SHIPSTA to see how its platform and services can help you both during and outside the peak shipping seasons.

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FreightWaves SONAR

APRIL 1, 2021

Many LTL industry trends, including capacity limitations, increasing accessorials, surcharge rates, changes in market trends and buying patterns, are almost certain to continue through 2021 and for some time to come. Major shippers and transporters have only so much space available to work within LTL shipping capacity.

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Unfortunately, warehouse capacity around the country is tight, but available capacity is only being used at rates shy of 70 percent. How can warehouse capacity be both tight and utilized less than 100 percent? Capacity among distribution centers has slipped 1 percent to 66 percent this year as well.

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CH Robinson Logistics

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In a fast-moving world which has been shaken by a global pandemic, ongoing geopolitical challenges, and an untold capacity shortage, shippers are trying hard to stay on top of the game keeping their supply chains moving without sacrificing on their delivery promises. Control costs and improve efficiency through reliable capacity networks.

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GoShip Blog

JUNE 6, 2022

Learn how to do it within your budget. Understanding the freight shipping rates cycle will help you recognize the early signs of market shifts and modify your logistics strategy dynamically. The tight market brings increased shipping rates due to the lack of moving capacity. How to predict freight rate changes?

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Locus

JUNE 16, 2023

Efficient fuel management can enhance route planning and capacity utilization. Read also: How to Calculate the Cost of Transport 2. Read also: What Makes Every Delivery More Efficient Than the Last How to reduce delivery costs of last-mile?

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GoShip Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

While it might seem complicated, a good truckload shipping strategy can improve your customer satisfaction, save costs, and increase business efficiency. How to get the best truckload quotes. To find the best rates for your shipments, it’s important to understand how the freight quoting process works. Learn the basics.

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Now, That's Logistics

APRIL 13, 2021

“That choice these companies make dictates their logistics, fulfillment, and transportation strategies,” Largeau points out. Where those taking the DIY approach can maintain direct content with their customer bases and control the customer experience, they also have to build out their own fulfillment and shipping strategies.

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Locus

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Similarly, before the peak shipping season, logistics businesses must secure their capacity and ensure the best drivers are available during those unforgiving times. Read Also: How to Manage Your Logistics during the Peak Seasons in the US? They can provide incentives to the best-performing drivers and retain them.

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Parade

MAY 6, 2020

Ryan is the Director of Engagement at CarrierDirect, a transportation strategy consulting firm. A nthony is CEO at Parade, a freight technology company providing the industry-leading capacity management platform. Co-authored by Ryan Schreiber and Anthony Sutardja. Cash is king.

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Dedola Global Logistics

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The increase in air cargo demand corresponds to high ocean rates, limited capacity, container shortages , and other issues. The dynamic load factors –defined as how close to capacity an aircraft is when considering freight volume and weight in significant trade lanes –have been comparatively high since September of 2021.

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Freightquote

JANUARY 31, 2020

Securing affordable capacity is an essential part of any SMB's shipping strategy. Learn what factors influence the cost of LTL shipments, and how you can leverage them to optimize cost.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 15, 2020

When capacity is tight, being a shipper of choice can help shippers secure space with carriers. Capacity is tightening across the industry, and ACT Research forecasts double-digit growth in spot rates for the rest of this year and 2021, said Tim Denoyer, senior analyst at ACT Research, during a webinar on Sept.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Some of the tightest of the previous capacity crunches have occurred within the last two decades. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, capacity hit a breaking point. However, shippers have learned a few things about how to respond when Mother Nature or consumers throw a proverbial curveball. Think about. Consolidate.

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Morai Logistics

JANUARY 11, 2018

This post highlights three strategic areas which many companies overlooked in 2017; strategy, security & interaction, and how to best achieve improvements in these areas. For this reason in today’s blog post, we’ve highlighted some important developments in the world of supply chains and how to best tackle these new challenges.

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