Parade

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Peak season isn’t quite as daunting a prospect at FreightSaver this year, despite that we’re entering our second holiday season of the pandemic and brokerages are busier than ever. Their customer service-oriented culture means that they work hard to understand their customers’ needs and deliver value for their dollar.

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Parade

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Peak season isn’t quite as daunting a prospect at FreightSaver this year, despite that we’re entering our second holiday season of the pandemic and brokerages are busier than ever. Their customer service-oriented culture means that they work hard to understand their customers’ needs and deliver value for their dollar.

Supply Chain Software 78

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Parade

JANUARY 24, 2017

Despite all of the hype surrounding new technology in supply chain, many of these same startups have blown through their funding, ending up out of business or as regular brokerages with a nicer, more expensive toolset. Understanding Platforms. Sounds foolproof right? So why's it taking so long?

Modeling Software 60

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Parade

JANUARY 24, 2017

Despite all of the hype surrounding new technology in supply chain, many of these same startups have blown through their funding, ending up out of business or as regular brokerages with a nicer, more expensive toolset. Understanding Platforms. Sounds foolproof right? So why's it taking so long?

Modeling Software 60

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares select individual prediction snapshots that are included in our annual 2023 predictions for industry and global supply chains research advisory.

Predictive Analytics Software 52

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The Logistics of Logistics

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Nick is a tenured veteran of full truckload freight brokerage who has firsthand knowledge of technology’s power in the freight industry. To succeed, both startups and companies at scale need to make decisions about how to effectively acquire new customers and address their target audience. Key Takeaways: Different and Better.

Material Savings 182

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Zipline Logistics

DECEMBER 17, 2019

According to a report from Gartner about 3PL relationships, “Customer attitudes toward their third-party logistics outsource providers are changing for the better, however, that pace of change needs to accelerate.”. She adopted a philosophical shift in the way her organization worked with freight brokerages.

Price Reduction 52

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Parade

JULY 15, 2019

Before starting his company, Johnson worked for a large brokerage, managing and fulfilling load opportunities the traditional way; no technology tools to grow and foster his business, just sheer grunt-work, phone trees, and a mental rolodex. For example, managing unforeseen risks and providing customers with visibility.

Industrial 97

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Parade

AUGUST 12, 2019

Having interviewed multiple CSRs and CSR managers to understand their problems, I have identified a consistent trend across the industry. In this post, I share the top 4 common challenges CSRs face in 2019, and what the brokerage industry can learn from these challenges. ,1: What can brokerages do about it?

Optimal Sourcing 60

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Parade

AUGUST 12, 2019

Having interviewed multiple CSRs and CSR managers to understand their problems, I have identified a consistent trend across the industry. In this post, I share the top 4 common challenges CSRs face in 2019, and what the brokerage industry can learn from these challenges. What can brokerages do about it? Control how they respond.

Optimal Sourcing 60

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Parade

AUGUST 12, 2019

Having interviewed multiple CSRs and CSR managers to understand their problems, I have identified a consistent trend across the industry. In this post, I share the top 4 common challenges CSRs face in 2019, and what the brokerage industry can learn from these challenges. ,1: What can brokerages do about it? CSRs have less.

Optimal Sourcing 60

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Parade

AUGUST 19, 2019

Over the past 15 years, brokerages have largely adopted good foundational technologies like a Transport Management System (TMS), a tracking system, and a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system such as Salesforce. Subsequently, the brokerage to carrier experience was also unchanged. 2) Consider a Restructure.

Freight 60

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Freightera

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Unlike our competitors that set the price for freight services with truckers, take it or leave it, or reverse auction models, we work with the pricing that trucking companies provide us. They can choose by price, service quality or estimated delivery time. appeared first on Freightera Blog. Google, you’re welcome.

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Parade

AUGUST 19, 2019

Over the past 15 years, brokerages have largely adopted good foundational technologies like a Transport Management System (TMS), a tracking system, and a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system such as Salesforce. Subsequently, the brokerage to carrier experience was also unchanged.

Freight 60

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Parade

AUGUST 19, 2019

Over the past 15 years, brokerages have largely adopted good foundational technologies like a Transport Management System (TMS), a tracking system, and a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system such as Salesforce. Subsequently, the brokerage to carrier experience was also unchanged.

Freight 60

Freight Supply Chain Network Software Modeling Software Logistics Network Optimization Software 60

Parade

AUGUST 19, 2019

Over the past 15 years, brokerages have largely adopted good foundational technologies like a Transport Management System (TMS), a tracking system, and a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system such as Salesforce. Subsequently, the brokerage to carrier experience was also unchanged.

Freight 60

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Parade

JUNE 24, 2019

In a recent article, Peter Rentschler, CEO at CarrierDirect, discussed why freight brokerages should focus on better utilizing their existing Transport Management System (TMS) to increase operational efficiency, rather than investing in upgrading their systems or purchasing something new. The question is: how?

Eliminating Excel in Purchasing 60

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Zipline Logistics

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

These smaller mom-pop service providers and added sources of capacity are easily accessible through a brokerage, who functions to build a comprehensive network of carriers. As a result, large shippers have begun to include more freight brokerages in their RFPs. But not all freight brokerages are created the same.

Freight 40

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GlobalTranz

MARCH 3, 2016

It’s a great time to be in the freight brokering business, and there are plenty of reasons to consider starting your own brokerage now. Before you take the first steps to launching your freight brokerage, it’s a good idea to review the role of the broker in the industry. How to start a freight brokerage.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 7, 2021

They all involve a degree of outsourcing transportation functions, whether that’s supply chain cybersecurity management or white glove services , and technically, all 4PLs and 5PLs exist as 3PLs too. Shippers should understand these layers of logistics and how each brings value to a logistics strategy.

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GlobalTranz

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Editor's Note: This is a blog post about the state of the freight brokering business in 2015. We bring this information to the community so that both shippers and those in the industry understand the state of the industry. This means that shippers, too, will more often be using the services of freight brokers.

Freight 120

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Tailwind

JULY 31, 2018

Blog post based on the Tailwind Transportation Software Webinar: Risky Business – Avoiding the Five Most Common Freight Business Risks (30 mins; Now Available On-Demand). That said, a TMS (such as Tailwind Transportation Software …) can help you manage the five most common faced in freight transportation, namely: Losing Your Customers.

Freight 44

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Tailwind

JANUARY 27, 2016

I'm Not a Blogger, I'm a Trucking Software Kind of Gal ​A blog, they asked…Can you please write a blog. I know nothing about blogging. I am a trainer and a customer service gal that just wants to help her clients implement and use a good dispatch software program. What good will a blog do, I ask.

Procurement Solutions 28

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Tailwind

APRIL 25, 2017

If you run or lead a small trucking or freight brokerage company you have to do everything – finding loads, dispatching, creating BOLs, invoicing and payments. Tailwind understands this reality and that is why we’re excited to announce the launch of the first of our three Portals. Customer Account Balance. Request a Quote.

Just-in-Time 39

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Freightera

AUGUST 17, 2020

Freightera’s customers can now subscribe to a range of Membership Plans that provide enhanced freight transportation services, tailored to their unique requirements. To gain an understanding of the origins of the company’s membership plans, Dan Goodwill spoke with Zhenya Beck, co-founder of Freightera. API integration.

Analytics Software 28

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Tailwind

OCTOBER 12, 2016

They look at situations where customers aren’t necessarily being served effectively – like waiting on a street corner trying to find a ride home at 1am in downtown Vancouver – your choice on what narrative you want to choose for Uber, Prab”. Who will buy our Freight Brokerage Software then?”. “No No – no Prab. Not exactly Prab.

Las Vegas 28

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Tailwind

APRIL 25, 2017

If you run or lead a small trucking or freight brokerage company you have to do everything – finding loads, dispatching, creating BOLs, invoicing and payments. Tailwind understands this reality and that is why we’re excited to announce the launch of the first of our three Portals. Customer Account Balance. Request a Quote.

Just-in-Time 28

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Tailwind

MAY 7, 2018

Recently I read some articles by other transportation management software providers in the marketplace that are skeptical of the movement towards the ‘software as a service’ model. At Tailwind Transportation Software we understand the journey from client-server to remote desktop to browser based technology quite well.

Modeling Software 45

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Tailwind

AUGUST 31, 2016

Despite the best of intentions sometimes we let customers down with our promises. Perhaps the customer had some selective recall of the original promise – focusing on the pieces that made so much sense but not absorbing some of the limitations or drawbacks that were mentioned. It occurs in our industry.

Modeling Software 32

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Tailwind

JULY 23, 2018

The two primary reasons are: They want the former owner there to make sure that the employees stay, and the customers are retained during the transition. You would then need an application or tool to keep track of all the interactions you have had with your customers. That is important.

Data 32

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6 River Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

trillion on logistics and transportation services in the United States in 2018, an increase of 11.4% He has worked with a variety of different customers over his career; some of the more notable accounts include WaWa, RaceTrac and Cardinal Health. We have built a system to track orders that are on the way to a customer.

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Tailwind

APRIL 19, 2017

He had worked in the Pepsi organization, and from what I understand had led the Pepsi concert series at one time. He believed that in moving a business forward that he first had to transform its people so that they, in turn, would transform their customers. My understanding is that he was gone a year or so after I had left the company.

Modeling Software 32

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Tailwind

JUNE 28, 2018

So if you are like most people, and not insane, when you find yourself stuck in your trucking or freight brokerage business, you try something different. The drivers and salespeople are getting frustrated about their pay because it’s not being tracked correctly, and they don’t understand the details behind it. And you started using it.

Canada 32

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Tailwind

JANUARY 4, 2017

But it’s important to understand that the arbiter for success of a business isn’t measured whether it did something right, or whether it did something wrong. I run a trucking software and freight brokerage software business. To truly – and I mean it – truly thank a customer who phones into complain. That is understandable.

Oakland 35

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3rdwave

JANUARY 23, 2019

From the perspective of Trade Compliance, understanding digitization is particularly relevant because Trade Compliance is heavily dependent on lots of information and much of that information is still in analog format. Digitization is an essential cornerstone capability that enables Trade Compliance to deliver to its true potential.

Supply Chain Design Software 66

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3rdwave

JANUARY 23, 2019

From the perspective of Trade Compliance, understanding digitization is particularly relevant because Trade Compliance is heavily dependent on lots of information and much of that information is still in analog format. Digitization is an essential cornerstone capability that enables Trade Compliance to deliver to its true potential.

Supply Chain Design Software 40

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FLEXE

DECEMBER 11, 2016

And if you think about the services you use trucking for and your flatbed where you’re driving in temperature controlled refrigerated frozen, same-day parcels, a full truck load, contracted… A pretty broad array of trucking things. So it’s really just mashing the traditional trucking services with technology inside of it.

Modeling Software 31

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