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13 years ago

Reduce Your Company’s Transportation Costs Reduce your company’s transportation costs with consulting services from Dan Goodwill & Associates. Our consulting services for shippers revolve around these three key areas: Transportation Management Consulting Freight RFP Consulting Freight Network Optimization Transportation Management Consulting You can trust the team at DG&A to perform a comprehensive audit of your […]

Transportation Industry Vendor Consulting

13 years ago

Transportation Industry Vendor Consulting DG&A can help your company market its products and services to the transportation industry. We identify prospects that are a match for a company’s service portfolio; we qualify them and then prepare a powerful marketing program to effectively communicate with them. As part of the services we will: Prepare and conduct […]

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What TMS system is right for you?

14 years ago

As economic indicators improve, there is growing interest among shippers and buyers of transportation services to re-start some of their infrastructural systems improvement projects that had been postponed due to cost-cutting. Improving inbound transportation practices is a major focus and one that often requires an effective TMS (Transportation Management System). A typical question is simply […]

Best Practices in Transportation – Freight data management: which elements are essential to capture

14 years ago

One of the most frequently repeated lines in business is that you can only manage what you measure. This well known business principle applies just as well to freight transportation. To effectively manage freight transportation, there are a number of key data elements that need to be captured… Best Practices in Transportation – Freight data management: which elements are essential […]

How to run a successful freight bid

14 years ago

As shippers continue to face the challenges of capacity shortages, high fuel surcharges and upward pressure on freight rates, many are turning to freight bids to secure consistent capacity and rate stability.There are ahost of other variables that are encouraging shippers to move in this direction… How to run a successful freight bid

RFQ Secrets – How to achieve success with freight bids

14 years ago

As shippers wrestle with the continuingchallenges of tight capacity, increasing freight rates and elevated fuel surcharges, many companies are turning to a formal request for quotation (RFQ) process to address these issues. The RFQ process is now viewed by someshippers as a mechanism to leverage their freight volumes to secure the capacity they require while […]

It’s all in the numbers

14 years ago

A company’s freight spend often represents between 2% and 10% of its total expenses. Formany companies in the manufacturing, distribution and retail sectors, their freight spend hasa direct impact on the company’s bottom line… It’s all in the numbers

Competing with the giants

14 years ago

At a recent transportation industry conference, an executive of one of Canada’s major freight carriers was quoted as saying that within the next 25years, the transportation industry will be controlled by 15 global transportation organizations. What struck me as amusing is how many times I have heard the same prediction over the years… Competing with […]

The Backup Plan

14 years ago

The safety and dependability of your company’s supply chain can “make or break” your company. A supply chain is only as strong as its weakest link. A failure to deliver your company’s products on time can shut down an assembly line and result in fines and lost revenues. While product recalls (i.e. toys, pet food, […]