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| How to Conduct a Successful Freight Bid |
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Dan Goodwill & Associates Inc. will work with your company to design and execute a Freight Bid that will help your company reduce costs and improve service for both the inbound arrival of your raw materials and the delivery of your finished products. Our primary areas of expertise are in small parcel, LTL and truckload and intermodal shipping. We use the latest tools and resources including on-line bidding tools such as Bid$ense from SMC3.
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| How to more Effectively Manage your Freight Transportation Budget |
The following services are available:
- Post-Audit of Freight Bills
- This service will identify the payment of incorrect rates or the utilization of incorrect carriers. This service is offered at no charge. You only pay a percentage of the overcharge claims that are paid by your carriers.
- Freight Rate Benchmarking
- This service allows you to benchmark your rates and/or accessorial charges on your highest volume traffic lanes against those of companies in your industry or similar industries. You pay a fee by lane for only those lanes specified by you. This competitive intelligence can help you save money on your existing freight transportation expenses and help you identify the costs of serving new markets.
- Freight Spend Analysis
- This service will provide you with an independent analysis of your freight spend. It will provide insights into how to achieve more value for your freight transportation dollars.
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| How to Evaluate and Improve the Performance of Your Carriers |
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Dan Goodwill & Associates Inc. will work with you in designing a 360 degree scorecard that will measure the performance of your carriers on a set of metrics custom designed to your company's shipping requirements. It will also allow your carriers to provide your company with feedback that will help you run a more productive and cost effective transportation program.
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| How to Acquire Transportation Technology that will help your Company more Effectively Manage your Freight Transportation Program |
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Transportation Management Systems (TMS) and other technology based services can help your company improve efficiencies and reduce costs. Has your company ever considered an On-Demand TMS System? Dan Goodwill & Associates Inc. will work with your company to determine your transportation management requirements and select the software that is the best fit for your business needs and financial resources.
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| Carrier Selection and Rate Negotiations |
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Do you feel you are paying too much for your company's transportation services? Would your company benefit from some expert assistance in the areas of carrier selection, freight rate, fuel surcharge and accessorial charge rate negotiations? Dan Goodwill & Associates would be happy to provide your company with assistance in these areas.
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| Outsourced Freight Management |
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Would your company like to focus on its core competence, the manufacture and distribution of your products and leave the management of your freight transportation, carrier selection and rate negotiations to a company that specializes in this area? Dan Goodwill & Associates Inc. would be happy to perform these functions on an outsourced basis for your company.
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| How to Become a "Best in Class" Shipper |
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Would your company like to reduce its transportation expenses as a percent of revenue while improving service? Dan Goodwill & Associates Inc. will conduct a complete Transportation Audit to assess the current performance of your freight transportation program. The audit will consist of interviews with your transportation management team, site visits to your shipping and receiving facilities, an evaluation of your transportation Key Performance Indicators and the administration of a written questionnaire to assess the performance of your transportation management technology. This data is then used to determine if your company is a "Laggard," "Industry Norm," or "Best in Class." Specific recommendations are proposed to improve the performance of your transportation program. We will work with you if requested to ensure "Best Practices" are implemented and your company achieves the desired results.
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| How to Work More Effectively with Your Core Carriers |
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Dan Goodwill & Associates will create and facilitate the implementation of a Carrier Collaboration Program that will help your company increase capacity and reduce costs.
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| How to Redesign or Reengineer your Transportation Network for Greater Efficiency
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Dan Goodwill & Associates will help you evaluate your current and planned Transportation Network to ensure it is meeting the ever increasing service requirements of your customers and providing your company with a competitive advantage. We will take your current shipping data and any planned changes and then model the data to examine a number of scenarios. This will enable you to quantify the opportunities to reduce costs and improve service levels. The models can evaluate the use of your private fleet and common carriers, modal options, and freight consolidation / deconsolidation opportunities in order to assess the cost / service trade-offs.
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| Business Development |
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Are you interesting in growing your transportation business?
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| Operational Improvements |
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Are you interested in improving the effectiveness of your company’s transportation operations?
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| Business Consulting Services |
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Are you seeking to improve the effectiveness of your organization?
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Our associates have worked with and run large and successful trucking and 3PL organizations. Our primary areas of expertise are small parcel, less than truckload and truckload shipping, both over the road and intermodal transportation.
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| Responding to Freight Bids |
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Do you need help in responding to a Combine-Net, Bid$ense, Bid Smart or computer software-based freight bid? If so, please contact us for assistance.
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