News, Updates & Info about LTL Trucking & CSA Transportation

25 Apr

Preparing Your LTL Shipment

Are you shipping goods with an LTL freight company? Properly preparing and labeling your shipment will help your freight get where it’s going in a timely manner, without being damaged.

For effective packaging and labeling, we recommend following these tips:

Use Shrink Wrap

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24 Sep

Warehouse Performance Indicators: What Should You Measure?

Measuring your performance is a key aspect of managing any business. When you know what to measure key performance indicators, or KPIs, can tell you a lot about the state of your supply chain and help track the performance of your pallet shipping company. But what should you measure and how should you start?

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10 Sep

Updating Your Systems? Anticipate Murphy’s Law

The installation of a new computer system at the Port of New York and New Jersey has caused big delays in the movement of much cargo on the East Coast, and has illustrated a number of important lessons for any LTL freight companies looking to update their systems.

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03 Sep

Supply Chain Vendor Negotiations: Build On Trust, Not Price

When negotiating with a supply chain vendor, it's incredible how shaving one or two percent off the price of each unit can have a major impact on the bottom line. Whether you're one-time Pallet Shipping 500 lightbulbs, or you're putting together a five year contract for the supply of hundreds of thousands of products and parts, it's important to know how to negotiate a win-win situation for you and your supply chain vendors.

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