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Global Supply Chain Management: Best Practices and Trends

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As an increasing number of organizations engage with vendors on a global level to fulfill their supply chains, the need for supply chain robustness has never been so critical. The Global Supply Chain Landscape: What is the current situation?

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3 Ways a TMS Platform Offsets Inflated Shipping Costs

Supply Chain Collaborator

Supply chain experts point to broader carrier relationship development as critical to surviving and remaining competitive. Here’s 3 ways a TMS platform including the latest supply chain management solutions are precisely what shippers need to accomplish this goal. The pace of cost increases is unsustainable.

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

Supply Chain Collaborator

In a competitive business climate organizations need to make the right decisions the first time. TMS scheduling helps minimize dwell times and optimizes driver Hours of Service which makes a shipper a more attractive partner to busy carriers. Step 1 – Establish coherent, data-driven plans.

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Is Your Freight Spilling Millions Across the Interstate?

Supply Chain Collaborator

Inefficient Optimization of Routes | Empty miles, inefficient multi-stop route planning, poor visibility into last-minute changes to orders. All these things can be ameliorated through the use of a powerful optimization engine like this one. Here’s how you may be hemorrhaging cash over the road and what you can do about it.

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Tariffs Just the Latest Reason to Implement a TMS Solution

Supply Chain Collaborator

Advanced Scheduling – ensuring more exact pickup/delivery times, reducing dwell times, optimizing Hours of Service, increasing DC throughput and providing visibility into dock door utilization. Especially useful for food shippers during production peaks in a tight capacity environment.