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Do People Skills Matter in the World of Logistics?

The Logistics of Logistics

Even as the industry is becoming more data driven than ever before and cutting-edge software is increasingly used to manage freight from start to finish, the development of your sales team is still important. According to Supply Chain Quarterly , Quarter 4, 2011 issue: “Supply chain scorecards typically focus on operational metrics.

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Research: What Leading Shippers Do to Obtain Better Truckload Rates and Performance

Talking Logistics

They multiplied three commonly-used metrics for measuring truckload performance to identify the Leaders: First tender acceptance (FTA). Next, researchers looked at freight attributes of shippers. Laggards tend to use low-performing suppliers, and many of them use asset carriers across all freight attribute types.

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9 KPIs to Track for Proper Freight Management

GlobalTranz

However, if you know what critical freight management KPIs or key performance indicators to track, you can know exactly how to change processes to decrease costs, which will result in savings for the end user. Federal Power Over Freight Management KPIs. This freight management KPIs measures a broad scale of maintenance as well.

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

Panelist Hannah Testani, Intelligent Audit CEO and freight-auditing technology expert, noted that COVID brought 2030 volumes to 2020. year agreement will initially enroll corn, soy, and wheat farmers in Kansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Nebraska. million metric tons. . million metric tons. .