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The Importance of Digitizing Your BOL

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We may be living in the digital age but there are still shippers who are handwriting their BOLs. Handwriting a BOL can cause a variety of problems. Here’s why you should ditch the pen and paper and create your BOL digitally.

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Webinar Alert: Taking Your TMS Beyond Your Shipping Department

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A transportation management system is a valuable tool, and it seems obvious that your logistics team would have access to this kind of tool but it can go beyond your basic logistics functionalities. A good TMS helps to streamline the process from quoting all the way to paying the carriers for moving your freight.

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3 Ways to Manage your LTL Costs

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A majority of our customer base is primarily less-than-truckload (LTL) shippers so we are no stranger to this shipping option and all that it entails. Your LTL carriers have a specific pricing structure that you will fall into, but there are still things you can do to make sure you are being as cost-effective as possible when it comes to your LTL shipping.

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Freight Cost Increases: 2 Ways to Manage Them

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General rate increases (GRIs) are a routine part of the shipping industry, and while they do not directly affect contracted rates, they do help to give you an idea of what to expect when you are negotiating your rates with your carriers each year. While no one is happy about the prospect of paying more, there are things that make the process much easier.

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FedEx 2021 Compatible Solution of the Year

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Six Steps for Successful Change Management

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Change management is the term we use to describe all the various approaches to prepare and support individual employees and teams to make any sort of organizational change. Implementing change within an organization can be really difficult. But, there are things you can do as a leader to make change easier and to reduce any negative pushback from employees.

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Three Lessons Businesses Learned in 2020

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2020 forced many businesses to change processes and innovate in ways that allow for productivity with a reduced number of employees physically on the job, and it doesn’t appear that remote work is going anywhere anytime soon. There are plenty of things we can learn from our experiences in 2020 to ensure a smooth 2021 and beyond. Let’s talk about three crucial lessons we learned.