Becoming a Best in Class Shipper – 2. Knowledge

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Becoming a Best in Class Shipper – 2. Knowledge

9 years ago

Best in Class shippers possess an understanding of the following subjects.  Modal options and trade-offs (e.g. Air, Road, Rail, Marine)  Carrier selection and management in each mode of transport  Routing guide preparation and compliance tracking  Best practices in border crossing and border security (e.g. C-TPAT, AMPS)  Freight rates and freight […]

Freight Bid Tip # 6 – Meet Face-to-Face with Potential Carriers and Perform Due Diligence

9 years ago

We live in an era of impersonal communication. E mails, text messages, tweets and GoToMeetings have replaced face to face communication in many instances. The decision to award millions or tens of millions of dollars in freight transportation to a set of carriers is a very important one. You don’t want to entrust your company’s […]

Will your trucking company be around in 5 years?

11 years ago

If your trucking company hasn’t been purchased or doesn’t get purchased by TransForce, will it be in business in five years? That is the question that came up in a recent discussion with a long time industry colleague. The response I received was that he didn’t think his company would survive. I was a bit […]

FreightSnap – an exciting new visual tool to verify the density of LTL freight

11 years ago

A picture is worth a thousand words. This certainly applies to LTL freight. Shippers can be penalized financially if their LTL freight is priced incorrectly using the wrong class or density. LTL carrier margins suffer when their trailers contain freight that has been priced incorrectly due to inaccurate dimensions and weight. A new start-up venture […]

How do you Transform a Business?

11 years ago

Companies typically call us in when they are having a problem and they are not able to solve it themselves. For shippers, the problem is usually that they are spending too much money on freight and are seeking solutions to bring these costs under control. For carriers, the problem is that they are not achieving […]