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.
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Carriers Weeding Out the Undesireables - When will change come?
Tags: LTL, Freight Management, LTL Carrier Cost, Logistics, LTL Service, LTL Carrier, Detention, Volume Loads, Freight Guarantee, Expedited, Embargo, transportation management
Using FREIGHT DATA to make better BUSINESS Decisions (PART II)
Recalling the question from last week... How often are we seeing "Big Data" referenced in every day business?
Tags: LTL, Freight Rates, Freight Management, Ship Smarter, Freight Data, Logistics, supply chain
Using FREIGHT DATA to make better BUSINESS Decisions (PART I)
Tags: LTL, Freight Rates, Freight Management, Ship Smarter, Freight Data, Logistics, supply chain
ITEM 680 in Your LTL Tariff - Heard of the 65% Rule? It's time...
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: Freight Class, LTL Pricing, Accessorials, Freight Tariffs, Freight Rates, Freight Management, Item 680, Rules Tariff
LTL CARRIER COST DRIVERS – How can I impact pricing from LTL Carriers?
Tags: LTL Pricing, LTL, Freight Rates, Freight Management, LTL Carrier Cost, Ship Smarter
Carrier / Vendor / Customer LTL Freight Conundrum
As the pendulum has shifted, dramatically favoring the LTL carriers, shippers are realizing that if they don't consider changing their processes, they might very well be looking at increases well over 5% in 2018.
Tags: Freight Class, LTL Pricing, Accessorials, Overlength, Freight Tariffs, Detention Fees, LTL, Freight Rates
"Shippers will not move us through their facilities faster without economic consequences." Hence... Detention.
Tags: LTL Pricing, Accessorials, Freight Tariffs, Detention Fees, LTL, Freight Rates
"Transparency" in Freight Management - What does that mean?
Tags: LTL Pricing, Accessorials, Freight Tariffs, Freight Management
OVER-LENGTH FREIGHT - Remember when Over-length was 10-12'??
Tags: LTL Pricing, Accessorials, Overlength, Freight Tariffs
FREIGHT CLASSIFICATIONS - Does the "Density Effect" have you confused?
After reading this post, if you have questions or are still uncertain, click on the link for a Free 30 Minute Freight Class Consultation.
Tags: Freight Class, Density