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Transportation Strategies for Continued Success

Logistics Viewpoints

The three traditional methods are the use of a transportation management system (TMS), transportation execution system (TES), and managed transportation services (MTS). A TMS offers optimization capabilities across multiple modes to improve service levels and reduce freight spend. Look to the Cloud.

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Produce Shippers: Find Capacity During Produce Season

Trinity Logistics

Make Use of Technology Making use of transportation management (TMS) technology can help during this season. A TMS can help you with routing decisions by matching freight with the best carriers, lanes, rates, and transit service. Having a TMS on hand gives you a full view of your network and transportation management.

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5 Ways a 3PL Provider Can Transform Your Supply Chain

GlobalTranz

Selecting a partner that is the optimal fit for your business can be challenging. Look for a 3PL provider that offers a TMS and technological capability to provide real-time data to drive optimized decision-making and automation. Supply Chain Solutions. 3PL vs. 4PL. Technology. Multi-modal Expertise.

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Transporeon acquires SupplyStack and Nexogen

Logistics Business Magazine

The company thereby provides easy-to-consume capabilities, optimising transport flows and complementing respective in-house IT capabilities delivered by ERP and TMS systems for an ever more sustainable, cost and time-sensitive economy. Shippers and forwarders will be able to further automate their transport planning, assignment and execution.

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Peak Shipping Season Update: What’s Driving Change in the Industry?

GlobalTranz

Approximately 73% of respondents cited progress in omnichannel improvements over the past year, but express cautious optimism for their company's supply chain and capacity. Shippers are thinking about better use of multimodal shipping, managed services, and consolidation. Longer transit times. Peak season surcharges. Download Report.

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How Regional Networks Create Trucking Efficiency

GlobalTranz

As the logistics market continues to create supply chain disruption, shippers are looking for consultative support and solutions to help maintain a competitive advantage. Creating trucking efficiency through transportation management optimization is an essential part of supply chain management and network navigation. strategic roles ?within

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Integrating ERP and TMS: Why Your Business Needs Both Systems

GlobalTranz

Built to centralize processes, increase productivity and provide end-to-end visibility of your company, why would you ever consider another solution? In order to resolve this issue, many businesses are integrating ERP and TMS software. One of the first ways TMS accomplishes this is with automatic carrier selection.