Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 22, 2018

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. Up a whopping 6.2% The pace of cost increases is unsustainable.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JULY 26, 2018

Better scheduling of pickup/deliver appointments and dock door availability improves on-time performance and reduces dwell time for carriers who have their pick of shippers to pull for. Respecting their time with robust scheduling makes carriers more inclined to accept your tenders.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

AUGUST 14, 2019

TMS scheduling helps minimize dwell times and optimizes driver Hours of Service which makes a shipper a more attractive partner to busy carriers. The top performing organizations are already several years into their adoption of tech like AI, machine learning, predictive analytics/BI and overall supply chain digitization.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

ATRI reports detention times have crept up in 2019 following the historic and painful capacity crunch of 2018 during which, shippers pursued “Shipper of Choice” status with their carriers by focusing on ways to make carriers’ lives easier (like reducing detention/dwell time).

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Supply Chain Collaborator

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

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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Supply Chain Collaborator

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

For shippers, this year’s overly-active hurricane season in the US is raising alarm bells for supply chain logistics operations. How do TMS platform and other transportation logistics & supply chain solutions help shippers overcome the challenges posed by natural disasters like the hurricanes of 2017?

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FourKites

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Despite these increases, we’ve seen a decline in dwell time of 43% both in the US and around the world. This decline indicates better planning and optimization, just as we saw around the spike in shipments on Amazon Prime Day. Focus on the Forecast. The closer we get to the holidays, the tighter capacity is likely to become.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

APRIL 8, 2015

While supply chain management has long been viewed as a trusted method for controlling/reducing costs, the transportation piece has come under renewed scrutiny thanks to the savings potential inherent in supply chain logistics automation. The post TMS Software Eases the Pain of Zero-Based Budgeting appeared first on UltraShipTMS.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MAY 26, 2015

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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Supply Chain Collaborator

MAY 8, 2018

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. This one does !

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JULY 25, 2016

A best-in-class TMS helps identify the root causes behind performance so the organization can weed out poor performance and supplant it with the processes that support strong supply chain performance. is useful in understanding the correlation between performance and carrier relationships.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

MAY 27, 2016

As a transportation logistics solution platform, UltraShipTMS already provided robust functionality for ensuring supply chain visibility to its high volume shipping clients using EDI data transmission, online portals, email and other methods. Better scheduling also supports improved customer service.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JANUARY 26, 2018

Enacted last year to combat food borne contamination and illness in the food supply chain, the FSMA was created to address the 48 million cases of illness which occur in the US every year. The FSMA mandates a multi-pronged approach to improving food safety across the entire supply chain. Reason 1 | Food Safety Modernization Act.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JULY 22, 2020

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. They can keep track of the time that cars are being serviced, and they can watch for excessive dwell time. They can also reduce unnecessary delays that can wreak havoc on customers’ supply chains and manufacturing needs. appeared first on Supply Chain Game Changer™.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

JUNE 11, 2015

It seems carriers, shippers and the entire transportation industry are finally getting wise to something logistics IT providers have long known – cross-functional collaboration in supply chain logistics efforts is a win-win scenario for all players involved.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

APRIL 13, 2018

Case in point: innovative new Advanced Scheduling technologies offered by supply chain management solution providers. 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? How can these technologies neutralize the pain of these regulations?

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HICX

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

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. It leaves those organizations that are not focused on the efficiency and robustness of their supply chains susceptible to disruption and revenue erosion.

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FourKites

DECEMBER 30, 2020

With a yard management system, you are armed with data to support improvements made in your supply chain in areas such as detention costs, carrier on-time performance and equipment dwell time, to name a few.

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Arkestro

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Predictive procurement is central to solving a wide range of complex supply chain problems efficiently and effectively. So the speed of sourcing or procurement events can impact premium freight, obsolescence, repair dwell time, and even machine downtime. Frankly, that’s a very difficult and time-consuming task.

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SCMDOJO

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Pain points occur due to miscommunication, unexpected delays, or simply inefficient management within the supply chain. This translates into higher dwell times and lower bounce rates for better SEO rankings. Learn to Identify and Address Pain Points As anyone in a logistics company can tell you, anything can happen.

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Supply Chain Collaborator

AUGUST 3, 2018

is the world’s largest producer and exporter of almonds, with 80% of the global supply coming from California. 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.

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