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Unlocking Shipping Potential: The Importance of Effective Fleet Management

Locus

The critical role of fleet management Without a doubt, fleet management plays an instrumental role for shippers and all other entities involved in last-mile deliveries. Given the impossibility of delivering goods without a robust fleet, tracking and managing these vehicles becomes a crucial business operation.

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How to Benefit from Trucking Companies!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Are you looking to work with a trucking company to transport your products? If so, you want to make sure that you get the most out of transport services. For example, at steelesgroup.com , which is an example of a company that is flexible and relies on transportation to meet your needs and stay on track of deliveries.

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Shippers: Have you considered contracted or outsourced fleets?

Locus

Transportation networks form the vital nerve center for every delivery-focused organization. Even the industry’s titans, who boast sizable in-house fleets, often find themselves outsourcing orders to third-party carriers due to overwhelming volumes and the absence of logistical infrastructure in specific areas and countries.

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Four Ways a TMS Solution Leverages Predictive Analytics

Supply Chain Collaborator

TMS users in transportation logistics organizations are sitting atop a gold mine of actionable data captured by their TMS solutions. Avoiding the Pain of Seasonal “Swings” | Peaks and valleys in shipping volume are nothing new. Here are four ways smart TMS users can harness the power of their data for predictive analytics.

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Shippers- Optimize Truckloads With Intelligent Solutions

Locus

Less than Truckload (LTL) LTL is the democracy of shipping. How do we optimize these loads? Typically supply chain managers at shipping companies would resort to cost cutting strategies and use of legacy solutions. Route Management Advanced analytics solution: Harness the power of AI to track and analyze your shipping data.

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The Ultimate Guide to 3PL Management

Shipsy

Rapidly evolving customer expectations, growing demand for fast shipping and deliveries, and increasing competition rate are a few reasons that are driving businesses to outsource their logistics operations to 3PLs (third-party logistics providers) or carriers. 3PL transportation. 3PL order fulfillment. 3PL storage. 3PL delivery.

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Private vs. Dedicated Fleets: The Right Time to Bring in a Dedicated Partner

NFI Industries

Trucks ship over 60% of North America’s freight and are the most utilized mode of freight transportation in the United States 1. Transportation. Transportation, Transportation Management, Supply Chain, Optimization, Dedicated Fleets. 03/03/2015. Supply Chain.