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10 Challenges for Shippers in Negotiating Trucking Contracts

FreightWaves SONAR

Transportation analytics is among the most effective tools in trucking contract negotiations. Using real-time data , freight managers can finally begin to recognize their opportunities for better business relationships. Limited network contacts result in higher costs. Disruption is, by definition, unplanned.

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FreightWaves SONAR flatbed data now available in Trucker Tools app

FreightWaves SONAR

For brokers and carriers specifically, these relationships hinge on fair and transparent rate negotiations. This was definitely a customer-driven request, and it’s something that we’re really excited about,” said Trucker Tools CEO Kary Jablonski. New modes and powerful data are the tip of the iceberg when it comes to possibilities.

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Transporeon Launches Freight Marketplace

Logistics Business Magazine

Both buyers and sellers of transportation services face ongoing challenges in aligning capacity and assessing fair pricing. Transporeon’s Freight Marketplace addresses these challenges head-on with a new solution designed to transform logistics procurement and redefine how companies buy, sell, negotiate and contract.

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Transporeon Unveils Platform Innovations

Logistics Business Magazine

Autonomous Quotation Price negotiations remain opaque and manual in the growing freight spot market. Automating the process can also unlock cost-savings by minimising the manual work involved in the quotation process. Freight forwarders, brokers and LSPs spend considerable time manually researching and building quotes.

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December 28, 2023 Update

Freightos

More Resources Home December 28, 2023 Update The Freightos Weekly Update helps you stay on top of the latest developments in international freight by giving you the rundown on the latest economic data, ocean and air demand trends, rate data – and anything else impacting the market. America weekly prices were level at $5.85/kg.

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Supply Chain Leaders – Revealing the secrets of the elite

Log-hub

Then get that strategic mindset and holistic approach to understand IT as a buyer, go deeply into cost-to-serve understanding, and spread AI awareness in your market. An all-inclusive package of skills and tools has to go hand in hand with the top management of every company. Are you into this already?

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The realities of logistics and strategic leadership: lessons from the ADF’s senior-most logisticians

Logistics in War

Through anecdotes, insights and the narration of history valuable lessons were given by these leaders with respect to a wide variety of strategic issues in Defence logistics. Although discussed in the context of strategic logistics they are broadly applicable, and many are clearly relevant to effective strategic leadership.