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What are the Characteristics That Make up Parcel Pricing?

GlobalTranz

Unfortunately, finding savings in parcel shipping costs can be difficult at best, especially considering the major carriers’ constant changes to parcel service guides. Carriers have detailed published rates, counter rates and negotiated rates with various shippers, smaller carriers and even destination types. Negotiations.

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7 Freight Costs Considerations That Will Have Shippers Rethinking In-House Transportation Management

GlobalTranz

Freight costs are eminently controllable, however, efficiently managing this major budget item requires expertise. 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.

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The Top 10 Features of Effective Supply Chain Managers

GlobalTranz

One of the main responsibilities of this manager is to minimize the cost and maximize the effects of the company’s supply chain. Impressive Communication Skills. They have to possess the skill of articulating complex concepts in a way an outsider or a worker on a lower level can understand. Writing Skills. Tech Skills.

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Looking Back at Previous Capacity Crunches & How Shippers Responded

GlobalTranz

Go-to solution for responding to the crunches been higher freight rates, and while carriers have traditionally been in control of this, shippers can no longer pass the costs along to consumers directly. Another strategy that is working the past to keep carriers from putting forth outrageous rate hikes is appeasement. Think about.

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10 Benefits Gained from Keeping Up Positive LTL Carrier Relations

GlobalTranz

Throughout the course of business, demand for items will contract and grow, and your business needs to be able to process customer orders. Over the course of time, an LTL carrier will increase rates to their consumers. For example, the carrier may pay these costs at the time of border-crossing, and you can reimburse the carrier.

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Real-World Scenario: Best Practices for Warehousing Contracts: Part Two

GlobalTranz

Today's blog is a continuation of yesterday's where we discussed cost management and KPIs with warehousing contracts using a real-world scenario. Now we dive a bit deeper with incentives, gain sharing, should-cost models, and governance in warehousing contracts. Some incentives are reducing UNIT PRICING. KPIs Question 1.

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Understanding the Capacity Effects of the ELD Mandate

Blue Grace Logistics

with one or two trucks, so they wanted to adjust the playing field in this market space and be price competitive.” . Long Haul (over 800 miles) The long haul runs are also affected by the ELD mandate, of course, but many carriers operating these runs were already in compliance. . Are we losing money with this a specific vendor?