MercuryGate

MercuryGate said that through this partnership shippers can now access the CSX online booking tool, ShipCSX, which enables shippers to plan, ship, and pay for intermodal shipments, through MercuryGate’s TMS.

During this webcast we'll examine the path needed to gain 100% visibility across all modes as well as explore the common challenges companies face when managing complex multi-modal, multi-leg shipments.

TMS users achieve an average freight savings of 7.5 percent thanks to increased usage of preferred carriers, better procurement negotiations, and use of lower-cost mode selections, and now the cloud is making it easier than ever for midsized businesses to reap the benefits.

Transportation sourcing and management is critical to your company’s success.

Members of FIATA, The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations are offered favorable market positioning by MercuryGate

Major European food manufacturer uses a transportation optimization platform to manage an unusual order/demand profile environment, reduce transportation costs, cut down on CO2 emissions, and improve end-to-end supply chain visibility.

With adoption levels still low, three top industry analysts outline their reasons why every shipper should be integrating a tms, transportation management system, into their overall supply chain management efforts.

Factors such as rising freight rates, shrinking capacity, an increased desire for supply chain visibility, and the move to install a culture of continuous improvement in logistics operations have all worked together to drive the need for transportation management systems (TMS).

Factors such as rising freight rates, shrinking capacity, an increased desire for global supply chain visibility, have all worked together to drive the need for instituting a culture of continuous improvement in logistics operations and transportation management systems (TMS). To meet today's complex logistics challenges, managers are stepping into a more streamlined, automated approach to transportation management in order to function at optimal levels both domestically and internationally. Read the latest special report.

Companies that are only using a TMS’ basic functionality miss out on a big chunk of savings and benefits. Industry surveys show that more than 60 percent of TMS users gain at least an 8 percent savings in freight costs, while over 20 percent report cost reductions of 10 percent or more.

Ultimately, managing global transportation from a single, web-based platform that’s available to users 24/7 puts shippers in the driver’s seat and allows them to see and control their end-to-end supply chains in unprecedented ways.

Regardless of what and where you are shipping, the goal is to achieve total control over your global logistics process and the associated costs. Successful logistics organizations are supercharged by the MercuryGate TMS to achieve maximum velocity and flexibility while minimizing costs.

Are you sure you’re using the most recent information about the carriers you rely on? Are you manually organizing the critical information about each carrier? Do you have the most up-to-date data about their insurance coverage and safety record?

With today’s increasingly complex business and logistics environment, companies are demanding that their outsourced service provider deliver flawlessly, not only with operational, execution excellence, but also with real-time, event-oriented information management.

After implementation, ULS consistently outperformed previous production records, increased profitability and reduced training time and costs by 80%.