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Transportation Management Made Easy
Freight management is an increasingly complex yet profitable business prospect. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, the value of freight moved is expected to increase to $1,377 per ton in 2040. If you want to keep …
One of the biggest time drains for brokers across the board is carrier selection — the carrier selection process, depending on how you’re doing it, can be quick and easy, or can be long and painful… Or worse, long, painful, and expensive. …
For the savvy broker, attracting ecommerce customers makes all the sense in the world — and carrier selection plays an outsized role in that. You see, the problem that most brokers run into is this — most of your customers and potential …
Of all the most critical transportation management system features, I’d argue that the ability to set lane-specific pricing is right there at the top. Most TMS’s use Web Services to create lane-specific pricing, a feature that allows you, …
The days of paper documentation are rapidly coming to an end, but not everything has gone completely digital — electronic proof of delivery (and all of the associated documents with deliveries) is one example of a critical form of …
A recent article out of Logistics Management had something very interesting to say about TMS adoption in small-to-medium-sized companies (which includes most freight brokerages). Here’s what the article had to say: “Historically, 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 …
Let me paint you a picture. You’re in your office – maybe it’s a home office, maybe you have a business location with a handful of team members, or you’re big enough for a full scale office building. Regardless, you’re at the office, and …
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 …
When you’re managing a business that operates primarily with Less-Than-Truckload shipments (LTL), you’ve already got a lot on your plate to manage multiple shipments. From finding them, handling documentation, providing quotes, booking the …
A transportation management system is more than just a piece of software that lets you manage all of your shipments in one place. It’s a way to streamline your logistics company. It allows you to be more efficient, more effective, and …
Freight brokerage isn’t what it used to be — thankfully, neither is freight brokerage software. One major thing that has changed is simply the way the term “broker” is used. I’ve seen how a lot of shippers refer to brokers, especially in …
This year, the TIA conference is taking place at the Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa, in Las Vegas, Nevada. It’ll run April 5th through April 8th, and the trade show floor is completely sold out – meaning a packed conference for all …
A Transportation Management System is an integral part of the freight brokerage business. More often than not, a good TMS is the deciding factor of who wins and who loses in this industry. Tools have been essential to humanity since the …
You’ve probably heard the phrase “work smarter, not harder”. You also probably apply that to quite a few aspects of your life. That kind of thinking applies to freight brokerages, too. Particularly when it comes to managing your …
You have a sales team (however large or small it might be), whose sole purpose is to source and book shipments for your freight brokerage. They call the customers, they get quotes for the customers, they figure out rates and services for …
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 …
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 …
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, …
Roadrunner Transportation has been in the news lately due to their need to restate their financial statements for their quarterly earnings as far back as 2014. They’re investigating errors in unreconciled balance sheets, as well as issues …
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 …
Modern trucking software (known as TMS software in the industry, or Transportation Management System software) has come a long way in the last few decades. One of the most important features that’s been added into every quality piece of TMS …
Modern trucking software (known as TMS software in the industry, or Transportation Management System software) has come a long way in the last few decades. One of the most important features that’s been added into every quality piece of TMS …
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 …