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TMS Software Eases the Pain of Zero-Based Budgeting

Supply Chain Collaborator

According to the Wall Street Journal this new practice dubbed “Zero-Based Budgeting”, “requires managers to plan each year’s budget as if no money existed the previous year, rather than using the typical method of adjusting prior year spending.”

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Four Ways a TMS Solution Leverages Predictive Analytics

Supply Chain Collaborator

Leveraging predictive analytics in the TMS a shipper can use historic tendering metrics and spot quote reporting data to identify areas where contracted rates can be bolstered and avoid budget-busting over-utilization of the spot market. This data can be analyzed and leveraged to help reduce dwell times and improve DC throughput.

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Tariffs Just the Latest Reason to Implement a TMS Solution

Supply Chain Collaborator

As if you needed another reason to embrace the cost-saving, capacity-finding, efficiency-boosting, customer-pleasing benefits yielded by the use of a well-designed and deployed TMS platform – the Trump Trade War and associated tariffs add another unexpected cost to already-squeezed transportation budgets.