Organizing shipping is necessary for business owners, as it allows them to grow their customer base across large distances. Unfortunately, the complications that come with it can make it a stressful process. If you’re looking for the most hassle-free way to ship freight from one place to another, freight forwarding might be the best option for you.
Today’s eCommerce merchants have various shipping and fulfillment options at their disposal for their shipping strategy. In order to provide excellent customer service, you should gain a deep understanding of what each option entails and how to use it.
A business should always be on the lookout for ways to lower expenses. Controlling your shipping costs (freight rates) is a great way to do this. How do you know you are getting the best freight shipping available? You need to be informed and understand more about shipping carriers and the processes involved.
Large, whole-truck-only shipments are now, for the most part, a thing of the past. With the prevalence of eCommerce and direct-to-consumer deliveries, shipping methods have adapted to accommodate smaller, custom-sized loads.
Because of this, a new type of shipping method was introduced in the 1980's: LTL. This is an alternative to FTL. But what do LTL and FTL stand for?
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The documents here are mostly PDF forms for download. If you are looking for POD's or other scanned documents related to your shipment please request access to CSA's online portal here.
For best results with the PDF forms in the downloads tab please first save the file and then open it with the latest version of Adobe Reader.
These files have been designed as fillable forms where data can be entered and, if necessary partially completed and saved, to reuse later on a similar shipment. For example if you have regular orders between the same locations you can download a Bill of Lading and save it with all the required location information.
To take advantage of this functionality please right click the blue "download" text and save the file to your computer.
Note: If you are attempting to view any of these documents in your browser's PDF viewer (by clicking on them directly), you may not be able to make use the fillable form fields and the save functionality. Check if your browser supports the adobe plugin here and follow the steps to add the adobe plugin to your browser. If you can't get the in-browser forms to work just right click and download the PDF and open with Adobe Reader.
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