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Rising Detention Times and the Cost of Not Protecting “Shipper of Choice” Status

Supply Chain Collaborator

ATRI reports detention times have crept up in 2019 following the historic and painful capacity crunch of 2018 during which, shippers pursued “Shipper of Choice” status with their carriers by focusing on ways to make carriers’ lives easier (like reducing detention/dwell time).

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TMS Software Eases the Pain of Zero-Based Budgeting

Supply Chain Collaborator

Even Coca-Cola has embraced zero-cost budgeting as part of its plan to cut $3 billion in costs by 2019. __. TMS software is proven to help reduce costs by improving lead times and pickup delivery scheduling. Decreasing dwell times, missed delivery times and other assessorial fees levied against inefficient shippers is just one example.