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Cutting Emissions Through Better Transportation Planning

Logistics Viewpoints

Derek Gittoes, a vice president of supply chain management product strategy at Oracle, said “this is very much an estimate. For example, Oracle is using average emission from a 5-ton truck, or a bulk tanker. Intel is an example of a company that has committed itself to be carbon neutral by 2040.

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Utilizing Best-Practices to Create the Holy Trinity of Freight Accounting

GlobalTranz

What’s the Difference Between Freight Payment Processing and Freight Auditing? Freight payment processing is basically how a shipper can pay respective carriers for their services. Meanwhile, freight auditing takes on the role of payment verification. Freight Audit. They should!

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Order Management System: What exactly is an OMS?

GlobalTranz

For example, customers using apps or online sites for shopping may trigger notifications in the OMS when the customer places an item in the online shopping cart. Consider the possible ways information in the aforementioned example plays into the omnichannel supply chain. This is the start of the entire process.

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5 Reasons That 3PL Companies are Looking for Blockchain Technology Partners

Shipchain

Shippers have traditionally turned to third-party logistics providers (3PL) to augment their logistics strategies. Instead of merely providing logistics management and expansion of available capacity, today’s 3PL offers a whole host of additional services, including freight invoice auditing, claims management, warehousing and more.

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Full Truckload, Parcel, LTL, Intermodal?Oh My! How to Manage All Over the Road Modes Effectively

GlobalTranz

The Freight & Transportation Management Trends to Know in 2018. That amounts to roughly 64 potential combinations for over the road transportation, and that excludes value-added services, such as ease in freight auditing or payment processing. Freight claims management services. Inbound freight management.

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Choosing Parcel Carriers: How Do I Know the Right Parcel Carrier to Choose?

GlobalTranz

Accuracy of the address , which may vary between physical addresses, shipping addresses, and emergency-identifiable addresses, for example, a 9-1-1 Private Road address versus an estate lot number. Dimensions of the package , which may exclude it from parcel or even freight consolidation for LTL programs.

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4 Ways to Optimize Your Shipping Network Strategy

GlobalTranz

In an environment of increasing freight costs, greater pressures on supply chains, and ever-expanding competition, shippers need to focus on where they can cut costs and increase operational efficiency. A shipping network strategy must consider shipping profiles for different times of the year. download ebook.