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Investing in Transport Software– The ROI on a TMS

When considering different pieces of transport software for freight brokers (also known as a TMS or a transportation management system), it’s critical to consider ROI. As a business owner, even if you’re just starting out, you understand …

May 24, 2017
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Why your customers need their own portal for booking LTL shipments

One of the main reasons your customers choose to outsource their freight shipping is because they can’t get the same rates or deals that you can for shipments.  In addition to that, they place their trust in your business that you can …

May 11, 2017
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Starting a Freight Brokerage business– Keeping costs down is the key to success

Starting a freight brokerage business can certainly seem like a mountain of a task—and it is. Look, I’m not going to pretend that starting and running your own business is simple, straightforward, or in any way easy. It’s hard. It takes …

March 1, 2017
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Supply Chain Optimization for Freight Brokers– a quality TMS is your best friend

When it comes to the world of freight brokerage, margins are thin on the best of days.  Though working hard to achieve efficiency (and to keep operational costs down) is crucial to success, supply chain optimization (for freight …

February 22, 2017
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Efficiency, Margins, and Profit: What your third-party logistics company needs from its TMS

In the Less-Than-Truckload world, businesses succeed on razor thin margins. As Jeff Bezos once said, “Your margin is my opportunity.” To prevent your competitors from seizing the opportunities in your margins, you need an efficient, …

February 14, 2017
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Value vs. Cost– What’s the best 3PL software for the money?

Looking for a new third party logistics software can be a headache, especially once you start comparing the pricing.  What’s worth paying more for?  What’s not? What’s worth paying for at all?  When it comes to the 3PL …

January 25, 2017
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How to be a Freight Broker who kicks butt and takes names

Let’s talk about how to be a freight broker who has carriers and shippers alike beating down their door for business. It’s an unfortunate truth of our industry that quality can vary widely from one freight broker to the next. It’s not …

January 9, 2017
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RateShare: The Freight Broker’s Secret Weapon

I get it, you’re busy. But that’s no excuse for not utilizing one of the easiest, and fastest ways you could be getting better rates on each of your shipments! RateShare is one of those advanced features you don’t get from free …

November 21, 2016
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Load boards for brokers: Are they even worth your time without a TMS?

Load boards, for brokers, are often a simple, quick tool to find a handful of business when times are tight. And unfortunately, it seems like times are tighter and tighter these days. The life of a broker is a life lived in the margins, at …

November 14, 2016
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Logistics Management for Brokers: If you can’t differentiate yourself from the competition, efficiency is critical

We’ve been on a bit of an efficiency kick lately — it’s a topic that constantly comes up around our office as we consider how to perfect logistics management for brokers and how to help them become as lean as possible. You see, in the …

November 7, 2016
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The power of APIs, or why BrokerWare™ is one of the best TMS solutions out there

The transportation management system industry is saturated with subpar TMS solutions, but we think we’ve got the best one out there in Brokerware™. We might be tooting our own horn a little bit here, but hey… Toot toot. When we decided to …

October 3, 2016
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Why you shouldn’t ever pay for (or even need) Transportation Management System software training

If you think days and weeks of transportation management system software training is just a painful reality, just part of implementing a new TMS, then take that idea… Ball it up tightly. And toss it out the window. The entire point of …

September 12, 2016
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5 More critical freight software features your Transportation Management System needs to have

When it comes to freight software features, your transportation management system (TMS) should have a small core of key features — and these features can make the difference between successfully implementing a new TMS… And failing utterly. …

September 5, 2016
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When you need to invest in a Transportation Management System

Whether you’re a new transportation brokerage or you’ve been around a while, there’s one thing you need to effectively (and efficiently) run your business. That’s a transportation management system. When is it worth investing more than the …

August 29, 2016
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Where you’re really bleeding money – and how TMS can stop it

You know you need software to help you manage your business.  These days, transporting freight anywhere requires more than just a paper trail – it needs to be digital, and it needs to provide a wealth of information both for your …

August 22, 2016
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API’s in the Freight Business

What are API’s and why should you care?  In this article, I will explain what API’s are and why they’re relevant to your business.  API stands for Application Programming Interface.  Every computer program or website on …

February 26, 2016
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Five Tips for a TMS

Finding a good solution for Transportation Management Systems TMS can be a mind numbing experience.  I have put together some useful tips for what to look out for from my years of being in the software, and transportation …

February 26, 2016
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Instant Proof of Delivery

To further enhance your user experience, use XML to retrieve a signed pod

February 25, 2016
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LTL Freight API’s

The latest trend in TMS platforms with regards to rating engines/pricing LTL freight is web services or API.

February 25, 2016

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