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Transportation and logistics companies are getting ready for the holiday season - hiring additional workers, renting warehouse space, adding more drivers or contracting with additional carriers, and putting stock on shelves.

A transportation management system should greatly improve any shipper’s transportation operation and reduce the cost of freight, but it’s important to evaluate how its speed of implementation, user experience, and adaptability are going to impact ROI before committing.

Even in downgrading Florence, which is expected to crash into the Carolinas late Thursday night or early Friday, the National Hurricane Center predicted “life-threatening storm surge,” “catastrophic flash flooding and prolonged significant river flooding,” and “damaging hurricane-force winds.”

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking public comment on revising four specific areas of current hours-of-service regulations, which limit the operating hours of commercial truck drivers.

This ebook provides a guide to benchmark your company against best practices in the transportation and shipping industry and helps to put together a strategic approach to capitalizing on the opportunities to manage the “art of the inbound.”

With 15% of carrier invoices being incorrect, manually using carriers’ paper or email invoices to validate billed amounts can easily result in errors - using the right technology, the entire process can be streamlined and automated.

Kuebix, which offers a transportation management system with freight intelligence, has announced Community Load Match which leverages Kuebix’s vast logistics network to help shippers battle the capacity crisis with an easy way to access available trucks.

Managing inbound freight is one of the most crucial parts of managing a successful supply chain, but the fact is… it’s hard!

Kuebix, the creator of a transportation management system that delivers true freight intelligence, takes a look at the impact Amazon Prime Day will have on the supply chain, and how retailers ready themselves for increased volume and customer expectations.

Do you ever stop to think how America's Fourth of July celebrations including food, drink, and fireworks, all come together?

The key to supply chain visibility is a common system that allows all stakeholders to work collaboratively to plan their moves, be alerted to changes as they occur, and make real-time adjustments to keep the supply chain moving smoothly.

As we enter the last half of 2018, companies will continue to turn to technology to increase efficiencies while at the same time begin addressing industry constraints such as the electronic logging device mandate, tariffs, diesel prices, higher rates, capacity crunch, and the customer experience.

With e-commerce now making up a total of 17% of all retail sales in the USA, retailers need to put their focus on improving their supply chains in order to win and retain business.

This ebook describes how through the use of collaboration portals with various stakeholders, you will be able to effectively manage your cost of goods and consistently meet the expectations of your internal and external customers.

The circular supply chain is about taking apparent waste materials and returned goods and turning them into products which can be resold, and with sustainability goals in mind, companies need to find ways to reduce the carbon footprint of shipping freight.