Freight Rates

Ford Motor Company, one of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers, has worked with Penske on several Six Sigma initiatives.

The annual freight rate contract negotiation process is underway, and it is imperative that shippers fully evaluate their carrier options, utilizing knowledge of historical changes and past performance in their trade lanes.

New tariff eliminates fuel surcharge when average price of diesel fuel is under $3.00 per gallon.

Transportation management: Improving delivery performance, increasing efficiency, and reducing freight costs to drive tangible bottom-line benefits.

Autumn is spreading splashes of color across the hillsides, which means it’s time to share the findings of Logistics Management’s (LM) Annual Study of Logistics and Transportation Trends (Masters of Logistics), the clearest picture available of transportation spending across the modes—and by far the most comprehensive summary of how logistics professionals are managing their operations in light of current business conditions.

What makes carriers prefer to move one shipper’s freight over another’s? Research shows that of all “favored shipper” qualities, longer dwell times result in higher transportation costs.

Our panel of trucking analysts takes a deep dive into the federal regulations that are driving increased cost pressures on carriers—and, in turn, driving up rates on shippers.

If it’s approved, Priority Mail International will increase 6.8%, adding zone pricing in Canada, and Priority Mail Express International will increase 6.7% percent.

Our leading market analysts explain how shippers should ready themselves for sustainable demand and plan for incremental rate hikes.

With so much attention given to the difficult winter weather conditions at the end of 2013 and into 2014 and how they impacted freight transportation and logistics operations, it looks like market conditions may be turning the corner headed into spring, according to the most recent edition of the Cass Freight Index Report from Cass Information Systems Inc.

If you are a high-volume, or even mid-size parcel shipper, this paper is a must-read. Parcel carriers employ many little known, but highly detrimental tactics to confuse or take advantage of their shipper clients – all in the interest of generating carrier revenue. These are the Seven Dirty Little Secrets of Parcel Shipping that can make a big impact in your ability to reduce and control your parcel shipping costs.

Jack Pollak, an owner of a successful freight brokerage for over a decade, saw first-hand the inefficiencies and inequalities of the entire shipping business -- the incredible amount of back-and-forth calls involved in getting quotes and booking freight -- just for a single load.

Choosing a freight audit and payment provider is a strategic decision. Although many aspects of the solution are certainly tactical and task-oriented, the ability to deliver complex solutions and powerful business intelligence is not.

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Oz Development, a provider of OzLINK, a cloud-based product that integrates and automates the order management process, announced their promotion to Strategic Alliance within the UPS Ready Program.