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Collaboration is King – 3 Secrets to How Logistics IT Can Ensure Access to Capacity

Supply Chain Collaborator

It seems carriers, shippers and the entire transportation industry are finally getting wise to something logistics IT providers have long known – cross-functional collaboration in supply chain logistics efforts is a win-win scenario for all players involved.

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Four Ways a TMS Solution Leverages Predictive Analytics

Supply Chain Collaborator

Appointment Scheduling & Dwell Times and Pickup/Delivery Locations | Dynamic premise time reporting looks at historical arrival and departure events stored in the TMS and enables calculation of the average premise time for trucks on a location-specific basis./

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3 Ways a TMS Platform Offsets Inflated Shipping Costs

Supply Chain Collaborator

Using TMS and route optimizers to plan more efficient shipments , a shipper can significantly reduce lead times and shrink dwell times. They also avoid the chronic change orders that are a result of insufficiently robust planning and time consuming manual processes. Finding Capacity.

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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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How to Bend the Transportation Cost-Curve Downward

Supply Chain Collaborator

Better scheduling of pickup/deliver appointments and dock door availability improves on-time performance and reduces dwell time for carriers who have their pick of shippers to pull for. Respecting their time with robust scheduling makes carriers more inclined to accept your tenders.

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TMS Delivers on NASSTRAC’s Five Common Sense Suggestions for Shippers

Supply Chain Collaborator

TMS scheduling helps minimize dwell times and optimizes driver Hours of Service which makes a shipper a more attractive partner to busy carriers. TMS carrier management functions and carrier performance analytics enable a shipper to address issues early and provide insightful feedback to their carrier-partners.

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3 Strategies for Locking In Trucking Capacity

Supply Chain Collaborator

The longer lead times and better scheduling enabled by TMS solutions help to minimize unpaid dwell times while fostering quicker load and unload times. The upside of this is more efficient utilization of hours of service and less time spent away from home due to HOS impacts. Use Technology to Benefit Drivers.