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3 Ways a TMS Platform Offsets Inflated Shipping Costs

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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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Four Ways a TMS Solution Leverages Predictive Analytics

Supply Chain Collaborator

Spot Market Timing | Just because all shippers are inevitably exposed to the spot market for critical expedites or during times of tight capacity doesn’t mean they have to “over a barrel” when it comes to paying the premiums associated with spot movements.