Tired of fighting with Carriers over discounts, minimum charges and accessorials? Given the economy, capacity pressures, and LTL carrier's current perceived leverage, you may be more successful reducing your freight cost by taking a deep dive into your organization's shipping processes.
Tags: LTL Carrier, Logistics, Ship Smarter, LTL Pricing, Freight Terms, Freight Tariffs, LTL, Freight Rates, Freight Management, Reclass, Reweigh, Freight Audit, Freight Pay, Carrier performance, Freight Data, Accessorials, Density
Recently, an article from the Journal of Commerce (JOC), "Tech Transforming payment services into shipper intelligence," explored the evolution of freight audit and pay firms to data managers. Surprisingly, the article seems to suggest audit firms are creating a new space, but are they?
Leads me to question, if you are using a 3rd party to audit and pay carriers on your behalf, what are today's reasonable expectations?
Tags: LTL Carrier, Logistics, Ship Smarter, LTL Pricing, Freight Terms, Freight Tariffs, LTL, Freight Rates, Freight Management, Reclass, Reweigh, Freight Audit, Freight Pay, Carrier performance, Freight Data, Accessorials, Density
One of the most identifiable differences between Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) and Full Truckload (FTL) Carriers is the amount of freight you can move at one time. Far too often shippers will throw 7-8 pallets onto an LTL trailer and think nothing of it; it’s not a full truckload, right? Big... mistake!
Tags: Bill of Lading, Volume Loads, LTL Carrier, Logistics, Ship Smarter, Overlength, LTL Pricing, Density, Freight Terms, Freight Tariffs, LTL, Freight Rates, Freight Management
If we were given a dime for every time we hear the frustration, "but it's supposed to be 2 day transit!" As frequently as we hear it, and as poor as LTL carriers' timeliness of delivery numbers look, suggested transit times are not changing and shippers need to plan accordingly.
Tags: Logistics, Freight Management, LTL, LTL Service, LTL Carrier, Expedited, Freight Guarantee, Ship Smarter, Late Delivery, Standard Transit Time, Carrier performance, LTL Transit Time
"The carrier missed the pickup yet they still count it delivered on time?"
Can you rely on carrier stats? What are your real and most meaningful LTL carrier performance stats?
Tags: transportation management, LTL Carrier, LTL Service, Logistics, Freight Data, Ship Smarter, Freight Management, LTL, Carrier performance
It’s 2018, what seems to be the year of LTL Carrier Strength. That being the case, carriers are not missing the opportunity to increase revenue every chance they get.
Tags: transportation management, Rules Tariff, LTL, Density, Freight Class, Freight Terms, LTL Pricing, Accessorials, Overlength, Freight Tariffs, Ship Smarter, LTL Carrier, Bill of Lading, Reweigh, Reclass
Recent conversations with Account Representatives from Regional and National LTL Carriers are indicating unprecedented service failures and not recently seen actions to counter their overload of business.
Tags: Logistics, Freight Management, LTL, LTL Service, LTL Carrier, Detention, LTL Carrier Cost, Volume Loads, Expedited, Freight Guarantee, Embargo, transportation management
Recalling the question from last week... How often are we seeing "Big Data" referenced in every day business?
Tags: Freight Management, Freight Data, Logistics, Freight Rates, LTL, Ship Smarter, supply chain
How often are we seeing "Big Data" referenced in every day business? Constantly... right?
Tags: Freight Management, Freight Data, Logistics, Freight Rates, LTL, Ship Smarter, supply chain
See the pallet in the picture below? If it is not clear to you what's wrong with it, you should consider exploring the details of LTL Carrier Packaging Rules as described in Item 680 of most Carrier Rules Tariffs.
Tags: LTL Pricing, Accessorials, Freight Tariffs, Item 680, Freight Rates, Freight Management, Freight Class, Rules Tariff
So much is changing in the freight industry. Carriers are changing rules tariffs regularly, adjusting their methods of pricing and unfortunately, they don't really give you a lot of notice or explanation.
Do you need a fresh set of eyes looking at your processes? Take advantage of a quick free consult:
