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LTL in a Post-Yellow World with Curtis Garrett

The Logistics of Logistics

Curtis documents and shares challenges, progress, and goals in a collaborative and community driven way. Curtis’ career has taken him through LTL operations – both driver and dock, Weights and Research, pricing, yield management, strategy, sales, and technology. He is a huge believer of working in public. The Greenscreens.ai

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The Freight Forwarder’s Era: The Top Advantages of Working with a Freight Forwarder

MTS Logistics

Expertise of Freight Forwarders Freight forwarders are well-versed in the knowledge of how to handle the customs regulations and documentation for your international shipments. Well, a freight forwarder negotiates rates on your behalf, knowing the market.

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Ethics in Procurement – Simple, but Not Always Easy

Logistics Bureau

It does not matter whether you are a procurement professional, internal customer, external customer, senior executive, or supplier. Practice integrity, avoid conflicts of interest and personal enrichment, treat suppliers equally and fairly, and comply with legal and other obligations. Directly or indirectly, you are affected.

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What is Supply Chain Consulting?

Logistics Bureau

Supply chain consulting is an advisory service that helps organisations optimise their flow of goods, services, and information, starting with raw material suppliers through to end consumers. Management consulting professionals are adept at digging up information and presenting it as usable data. The problems don’t end there.

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Peak Time or Holiday Shipping: Strategies & Tips to Stay Sane, Mitigate Extra Costs, & Keep Customers Happy

GlobalTranz

Holiday shipping prices for 2014 are pretty similar to what they were last year, only a bit higher. The truckload market spiked last year about this time and the prices never went down. Holiday shipping prices going INTO California and heading west are looking good. Communicate with Customers and Suppliers.

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Peak Time or Holiday Shipping: Strategies & Tips to Stay Sane, Mitigate Extra Costs, & Keep Customers Happy

GlobalTranz

Holiday shipping prices for 2014 are pretty similar to what they were last year, only a bit higher. The truckload market spiked last year about this time and the prices never went down. Holiday shipping prices going INTO California and heading west are looking good. Communicate with Customers and Suppliers.

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Why Is It So Hard to Find Good Help These Days?

Material Handling and Logistics

Instead of using Google to search scientific literature, imagine hundreds of women using massive mainframe computers searching for physical documents based on key words submitted by scientists. It is difficult to know, however, how long these tariffs will last, as they very plausibly are negotiation tactics being used by President Trump.