August 2024 | Zero Down: Transportation Spend Management

How Freight Analytics Helps Make Data-Driven Decisions

Transportation Spend Management / Brad McBride

Freight analytics is the process of collecting and analyzing shipment data to improve logistical efficiency and make data-driven decisions. It can help to reduce costs, optimize transportation routes, and enhance overall performance. Freight analysis provides invaluable insights into how your business can improve by identifying weaknesses, finding inefficiencies, and helping you address them. This article […]

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A Guide to Understanding Freight Payments

Transportation Spend Management / Brad McBride

Freight payments are payments made to carriers for the transportation of your packages to customers or other recipients. The amount you’ll pay varies based on shipping rates, package sizing, the speed and mode of transport, and other factors, and payments can be made before or after the packages are transported. Efficient freight payment and audit

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What Is Packaging Optimization? A Guide to Better Shipping

Transportation Spend Management / Brad McBride

Packaging optimization is the process of improving your packaging efficiency, effectiveness, and reliability to reduce damage and shipping costs. It optimizes the materials, designs, sizing, and many other aspects of your shipments for both cost and performance. If you’re struggling with high shipping costs and product damage, keep reading to discover how packaging optimization can

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2025 General Rate Increase: A Guide to UPS and FedEx Changes

Leave a Comment / Industry News / Brad McBride

With the FedEx 2025 general rate increase now in full effect, shipping costs are getting higher – again. Both UPS and FedEx have announced their General Rate Increase (GRI) changes for 2025 to keep up with an increasing supply and demand chain. Their base rates for all shipping services are increasing by an average of

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What is LTL Freight? The Ultimate Guide

Leave a Comment / Supply Chain Management / Brad McBride

LTL freight, short for ‘Less Than Truckload’ freight, refers to a shipping method where shipments from multiple businesses share space on the same truck. This method is ideal for businesses that need to move goods without filling an entire truck. In this guide, we’ll explain LTL freight, how it operates, and its benefits. Key Takeaways

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