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Freight & Transportation Management Trends for 2020 to Know

GlobalTranz

The transportation management trends for 2020 reflect a growing consensus that new technology and visibility will define the successes of the future supply chain. Adoption rates for new services and cloud-based technologies are climbing, and the global transportation management system (TMS) is expanding.

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Transportation as a Service: The Value of Cloud-Based Transportation Management + 3PL Partnerships

GlobalTranz

Cloud-based transportation management offers a variety of benefits for businesses that operate in the global supply chain. But there are times when it becomes necessary to outsource the entire process thoroughly, which many refer to as transportation as a service. Top Benefits of Cloud-Based, 3PL Provided TMS Platforms .

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Manhattan Associates Launches Manhattan Active Transportation Management

Logistics Viewpoints

From a historical perspective, transportation management systems are all about freight savings. Manhattan Associates unveiled its latest TMS, Manhattan Active Transportation Management, last week during the company’s virtual user conference. Unification. Final Thought.

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Three Transportation Management System (TMS) Essentials Your Logistics Teams May Be Missing Out On

Talking Logistics

The second-best thing they can do is to equip those experts with a best-in-class Transportation Management System (TMS). The modern transportation management system (TMS) is the cornerstone.

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How Automation in the Supply Chain Will Make Employees More Strategic & Improve the Overall Supply Chain

Speaker: Adam Robinson, Director of Marketing, Cerasis

Improved Supplier/Vendor Management (Automated buying on an e-commerce website for repeat orders, automated freight pickups for inbound delivery, automated tracking alerts). Find Freight Capacity & Reduce Freight Costs with Automated, AI, & Blockchain Driven TMS.

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9 of the Most Useful Tips on How to Negotiate Freight Rates

GlobalTranz

Editor’s Note: This is a guest article from Laura Jelen with negotiations.com who discusses some useful tips on how companies can negotiate freight rates a bit better. The post 9 of the Most Useful Tips on How to Negotiate Freight Rates appeared first on Transportation Management Company | Cerasis.

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Transforming Freight Benchmarking

Logistics Viewpoints

Carriers move shippers’ freight. It has spot procurement functionality that you would see in a transportation management system (TMS), and the request for proposal (RFP) functionality you would see in contract planning or procurement solutions. Because of this, it is feasible for Emerge to provide freight analytics.

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Case Study: DSV Implements a Single-Instance Control Tower with a Global Footprint

Supporting inbound freight management, outbound flows, domestic distribution, and storage and value-added services would require all three of DSV’s multi-national business units to participate. At the time, each unit had its own team operating according to their own systems and processes.