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Four Ways a TMS Solution Leverages Predictive Analytics

Supply Chain Collaborator

However, being prepared well in advance leveraging the historical data captured in your TMS is an innovation with significant benefits to high volume shippers. This data can be analyzed and leveraged to help reduce dwell times and improve DC throughput.

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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.

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New Tech Bypasses FMCSA Regulations and Mitigates Capacity Challenges Too

Supply Chain Collaborator

Instead, why not use innovative tech solutions to do an end run around the hassles caused by the ELD mandate and onerous Hours of Service regulations? Case in point: innovative new Advanced Scheduling technologies offered by supply chain management solution providers. How can these technologies neutralize the pain of these regulations?

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Top 3 Reasons Food Shippers Need Trailer Temperature Tracking in TMS

Supply Chain Collaborator

More importantly, we’re going to share three reasons why food shippers and other organizations with perishable or temperature-sensitive products should be clamoring for this innovative functionality (if they haven’t already been wishing this feature was available to them). . Reason 1 | Food Safety Modernization Act.

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

Supply Chain Collaborator

This useful innovation dramatically reduces dwell times or deliveries arriving after scheduled windows. But, best in class optimizers deliver a “Location Hours” visualization that shows load planners where each shipment is projected to arrive in relation to every location’s available delivery hours.