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TMS Software Eases the Pain of Zero-Based Budgeting

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Here’s what you need to know about the new practice and how your TMS solution and other Logistics IT tools can help ease the pain. These proven solutions provide visibility into even the most granular cost drivers of transportation like those examined by zero-based budgeting.

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

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Unsurprisingly, these suggestions aligned perfectly with the technology solutions already in production from top TMS software solutions. TMS scheduling helps minimize dwell times and optimizes driver Hours of Service which makes a shipper a more attractive partner to busy carriers.

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Top SEO Strategies for Logistics Companies to Improve Online Visibility

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Search engine optimizations is one of the best digital marketing hacks out there for your industry since it helps buyers hunting for a transportation and logistics company find you online – and you don’t have to pay for PPC advertising. Naturally, finding rapid solutions is in everyone’s best interest.

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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. The key is to shrink the amount of time between order submittal, invoice delivery and customer payment. . <br><br

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UltraShipTMS Integrates MacroPoint for Superior Shipment Visibility

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Software-as-a-Service Solutions Provider Enables MacroPoint Load Position Monitoring Capability for More Effective Transportation Execution. More timely and accurate updates on shipment status are key to improving pickup and delivery scheduling, easing delays at origins and destination sites.

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3 Strategies for Locking In Trucking Capacity

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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.