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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). Of course, the key to being able to do all this is to have data from a transportation management system, or TMS — your own, or your 3PL’s. states, in lanes with 100 shipments or more.

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PepsiCo’s Massive, Complex, and Difficult Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Logistics Viewpoints

294 manufacturing facilities produced more than 90 million metric tons of food and beverage in 2021. The company is using Blue Yonder for transportation management, Coupa’s Supply Chain Guru for network design, and FourKites ( see the webinar ) for transportation visibility in certain regions or departments to help with this.

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A Recipe for Success: Best Practices for Supply Chain Integration

Talking Logistics

Knowing that the dock managers want to improve on-time pickups and that executives want to know, “How often do we meet customer metrics?” But that’s what logistics service providers do, which is why 3PLs can successfully integrate new businesses without disrupting their customers’ day-to-day operations in the process.

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9 KPIs to Track for Proper Freight Management

GlobalTranz

In modern manufacturing and transportation, savings are everything. Most industry experts rate the cost of logistics as very costly. According to a National Cooperative Freight Research Program report, Performance Measures for Freight Transportation , the following graph breaks down how other respondents rate the cost of logistics.

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Facing Hard Times, Shippers Find Innovative Solutions

Intelligent Audit

From contractor controversies to rising fuel costs, logistics professionals across the transportation industry are turning to innovative solutions to persistent problems. As contractors across the logistics industry begin questioning their relationships with carrier networks , the FRONTdoor Collective is taking a new approach.