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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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Is Your Freight Spilling Millions Across the Interstate?

Supply Chain Collaborator

Imprecise Shipment Scheduling | Dwell times, detention, long lines waiting for the warehouse to free up an available dock door. Moreover, customers have grown to expect real-time shipment tracking at every step of the way to support their just-in-time inventory strategies.

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A Great TMS Improves Order-to-Cash Lifecycle

Supply Chain Collaborator

With lean supply chain/inventory strategies and just-in-time fulfillment at the forefront of contemporary business practices, it has never been more critical to shorten the gap between purchase order and settlement.

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Volumes are booming this holiday season as F&B, CPG and Retail work to keep shelves full

FourKites

Despite these increases, we’ve seen a decline in dwell time of 43% both in the US and around the world. The Consumer Packaged Goods sector has seen 21% growth in tracked shipping volumes. Within Food and Beverage, shipping volumes have grown by 6%. Focus on the Forecast.

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Why It’s Time to Adopt a Yard Management System Now

FourKites

For the last couple months, we have been taking a close look at the far-reaching benefits of adopting a yard management system, and the challenges that such a platform addresses, including inventory management, operational costs, expensive overtime labor and eliminating arduous manual processes. Inventory control improvements.

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Global Supply Chain Management: Best Practices and Trends

HICX

Investing in customer experience and focusing on departments across the business will assist in overall growth and improve supply chain functions, including inventory optimization and forecasting. These can be as wide-ranging as required, including dwell times in warehouses or where transportation routes could be refined.

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Right Price, Right Supplier: How Predictive Procurement Drives Value in the Automotive Industry

Arkestro

Additionally, the physical tracking of non-conforming material (reverse material flow) is frequently a cumbersome manual process, even using handwritten tags, which is error-prone and impacts inventory reconciliation accuracy.

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