If you could save a conservative 3% on $100 million in freight spend via freight audit and payment automation, your $3 million savings would easily pay for a TMS investment. What are your options when it comes to freight audit and payment?
In my last blog post, I talked about continuous improvement within your TMS. One way to attain this was by eliminating repetitive spot quote lanes. Today, I am going to dive a little deeper into the pros and cons of the spot market. Recent analysis of spot quote data revealed…
Photographic artist, Michael Massaia focuses his camera lens on 18-wheelers at rest stops at night in New Jersey to truly astounding effect, reminding us there is art in transportation. Transportation management systems and transportation optimizers are in essence, just so many millions of lines of code. They are beautiful in…
According to Logistics Management’s Annual Software Users Survey conducted by PRG, 37 percent of companies were using TMS in 2012, up from 32 percent the prior year. Twenty-five percent of respondents say they plan to buy or upgrade-steady from 2011’s numbers-and a net 50 percent were either using or planning…
A Transportation Management System implementation project involves a tremendous amount of work before the solution achieves the “steady state”. The selection process alone is a heavy lift. That’s why many are inclined to heave a sigh of relief and kick their feet up after the new transportation management software is…
Although they failed to pass the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development bill (perhaps appropriately referred to as “THUD”) before departing for recess, past is prologue yesterday as four Congressmen, Reps. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.), Tom Rice (R-S.C.), Trey Radel (R-Fla.) and Todd Rokita (R-Ill.) introduced an amendment designed to block the…
Implementing a Transportation Management System can be a daunting task. A variety of stakeholders from diverse quarters of the business must be involved. Regardless of the inevitable conflicts of opinion and competing concerns facing this cross functional group, freight must continue to be picked up and delivered on schedule, regardless…
Not all Software as a Service (Saas) or cloud-based TMS (Transportation Management System) solutions are built with equal architecture. Selecting a provider can be a long, uncertain process, especially for those who may lack experience working with SaaS providers. There are many questions to be answered above and beyond system…
How Will Your Transportation Management Program Handle the Coming Crunch?
If it seemed like you were getting everything you wanted for a price that couldn’t be beat when you were seeking a transportation management system (TMS) solution, you might have acknowledged that little voice in the back of your mind that said, “This seems too good to be true”.
