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3 Strategies for Locking In Trucking Capacity

Supply Chain Collaborator

Transportation planners and managers have long suffered the pain of capacity crunch and recent government regulations have only exacerbated the challenges. The longer lead times and better scheduling enabled by TMS solutions help to minimize unpaid dwell times while fostering quicker load and unload times.

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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.

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Top 3 Reasons Food Shippers Need Trailer Temperature Tracking in TMS

Supply Chain Collaborator

There is only one enterprise-level transportation management system (TMS) platform that offers trailer temperature tracking in real time. It may seem tangential, but with truckload capacity severely constrained in the current North American OTR market, refer trailers are spending more time on the yard, waiting for pickup and delivery.

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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. Secret #2 – Increase lead times by wringing efficiencies from yard movements and activities using a yard management system integrated with your TMS. Especially when looked at cumulatively on a monthly basis.