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LTL in a Post-Yellow World with Curtis Garrett

The Logistics of Logistics

Curtis documents and shares challenges, progress, and goals in a collaborative and community driven way. Curtis’ career has taken him through LTL operations – both driver and dock, Weights and Research, pricing, yield management, strategy, sales, and technology. He is a huge believer of working in public.

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How to Win During Peak Shipping Season

Logistics Business Magazine

This allows you to turn your data into insights and action and surface the best opportunities by giving you visibility across different pricing options vs the best combination of lanes, modes of transport or other business requirements. and automatically calculate optimised award scenarios.

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Four Essential Supply Chain Management Tools

CLX Logistics

Here’s our list of the four essential supply chain management tools you need to provide the best service at the best price. Procurement tools enable businesses to manage and automate purchase orders from suppliers and quickly settle accounts. Shipping Management. Demand Forecasting Tools. Start Building a Next-Level Supply Chain.

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7 Distribution Technology Trends Worth Discussing

GlobalTranz

Modern distribution technology has significantly changed how suppliers get their products to end-users, and consumers are driving changes in how Distributors use technology to better their business processes. Value-Added Services and TMS Capabilities Are Critical Points in Contract Negotiation.

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How manufacturers and distributors can re-imagine procurement in the supply chain

SYSPRO Smarter ERP

They have a contract with a supplier who delivers on time, and who charges acceptable prices. A single supplier focus means that there is a high risk if the supplier closes its doors. The procurement process doesn’t start with raising a purchase order and sending it to a supplier. The procurement process.

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The 12 Most Popular Freight Blog Posts of 2014

GlobalTranz

It’s a lot of work to effectively manage freight and that is evident as readers gobbled up posts around freight claims, freight shipment processing by understanding the documentation and how to class your freight so you can get a freight rate. Readers also wanted to know and make sure they were working with reputable freight brokers.

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How to Reduce Lead Times: 11 Tips for Manufacturers & Warehouses

Conger

Because in this post, you’ll find 11 effective strategies for doing just that. Ditch Unreliable Suppliers. Choose Domestic Suppliers. Consolidate Suppliers. Ditch Unreliable Suppliers. Three key problems are associated with unreliable suppliers: Quoting incorrect lead times. Choose Domestic Suppliers.