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For Many, the Annual Freight Bid Season is Not “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”

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Tis the season to be jolly – unless you are overwhelmed with the many tasks traditionally associated with the annual freight Request for Proposal ( RFP ) season. However, the reality is that contracted freight is actually a promise – not a binding agreement. Flexibility to schedule rate bid events based on business needs.

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Supply Chain Digitization Gains Favor as Disruptions Continue

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The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) continues to rank driver shortages, driver retention, and the costs of extensive regulatory compliance on carrier operations as top concerns for carriers. Due to this awareness, freight sourcing is receiving increased interest from shippers. Ease of use is also essential.

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The Top 5 Reasons You Need a Transportation Sourcing Solution

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If you are buying widgets, there are many ways to make your purchase, from going to a retail location, ordering online or using a standard procurement software tool that allows you to order lots of widgets and receive them over a specified period of time. Here are the top five reasons you need a transportation sourcing solution: 1.

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Supply Chain Matters News Capsule Follow-Up

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based Alabama and Georgia production facilities. Labor Department indicating that warehouses and transportation companies employed 25,000 few workers in October than the year-earlier period. The move will reportedly increase existing hourly wage rates 25 percent by 2028. factory workers an 11 percent pay increase this year.

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Supply Chain Matters This Week in Supply Chain Tech- October 10 2023

Supply Chain Matters

This start-up was founded by Matt McKinney and Shaosu Liu, both of whom had backgrounds at Uber Freight and decided to tackle the massive problem of building a new structure for the legacy freight payment system that supports the global supply chain. will reportedly be one of the largest fully interoperable chassis pools in the U.S.,

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The History of Supply Chain Management! (Infographic)

Supply Chain Game Changer

In the mid 1950s, this concept was extended to transportation management with the development of intermodal containers together with ships, trains, and trucks to handle these containers. By the 1960s, a clear trend had developed in shifting more time-dependent freight transportation to truck rather than rail.

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Guest Commentary: Is Your TMS Pulling Its Weight?

Talking Logistics

Like Santa’s reindeer-powered conveyance, your Transportation Department has options available to get the job done. You probably started your TMS project to manage shipping costs for your high-value freight, inbound or outbound. Every interaction within your transportation management process creates a data trail.