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

GlobalTranz

We wanted to bring you some quick strategies and tips that can help your holiday shipping woes or at any time of the year where you experience an increase in shipping volumes. The mantra for all transportation professionals is simple and holds true no matter the holidays or peak seasons: reduce costs and increase customer satisfaction levels.

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Logistics Software Webinar

Logistics Business Magazine

Watch our logistics software webinar , entitled ‘Logistics Software: Beyond the RFI & the RFP. Requesting quotes, proposals and further information from vendors of ERP, TMS, WMS, SCM, SCE and other supply chain software solutions, is just the beginning of thte process. Engage stakeholders for alignment and buy-in.

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The WMS Ecosystem – Six Degrees of Separation from Cal Petty

Logistics Viewpoints

I estimate that I have worked on at least 25 WMS selections for clients that involved over a dozen different software vendors. These projects and the involved vendor interactions certainly impacted my network of contacts over the years. Today, most customers are more knowledgeable about the increasingly mature WMS vendor space.

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7 Easy Steps to Create an Inbound Vendor Routing Guide

GlobalTranz

An inbound vendor routing guide is comparable the beating heart of your operation. Creating an effective inbound vendor routing guide is not without its share of challenges. Assess Your Current Inbound Vendor Routing Guide. For example, provide direction for each vendor that comes from a specific area.

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Value-adding Features of a Great Freight Rating System Within a TMS

GlobalTranz

Investigate how frequently the vendor updates information and the level of shipper involvement in maintenance. Transportation Management Software Systems (TMS) reduces overall hard and soft costs of transportation. The Cerasis Rater eliminates the manual process. Make sure that the data is reliable and as real-time as feasible.

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EDI Vs. APIs in Less-Than-Truckload Shipping: How Do They Compare & What Should a Shipper Use?

GlobalTranz

Yet, the rise of just-in-time delivery has complicated how the transportation industry sets rates for shipments, regardless of the well-documented benefits of electronic data interchange (EDI). EDI eliminates the intermediaries in order processing. EDI can send large volumes of documentation at once. Challenges.

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Reverse Supply Chains: Best Practices for Better Asset Recovery

GlobalTranz

As most warehouse strategies are formed to combat issues of product shortage or provide important accounting data regarding a product, technology has been created to help reverse supply chains and drive larger recovery by serving the business needs for selling surplus. All of it is created within the technology. Monitoring Your Success.