Transportation Spend Management Blog
Practical insights for finance and supply‑chain leaders on parcel & freight audits, carrier contracts, and analytics..
Supply Chain Visibility: Same Day/Next Day Shipping
E-Commerce is all the rage again (still?). Companies from Shopify, to Target, to Amazon are investing heavily in the coming years to expand their e-commerce logistics and fulfillment divisions. The go...
Supply Chain Optimization: Strike While The Iron is Hot
Timing is everything. For the past few years, many companies have been in survival mode, weathering the supply chain storm that came with the Pandemic and heightened geo-political upheaval. But as the...
Supply Chain Solutions: Sight Beyond Sight
In the latest Logistics Report from the WSJ, industry experts are predicting that we won’t see a significant rise in freight demand until later this fall. The reason being that many retailers are st...
Diversifying Your Carrier Portfolio
The idea of a ‘One-Stop Shop’ has always been tantalizing. For the vast majority of projects, knowing where to look for resources or services, and then managing multiple sources or partners, has a...
Transportation Spend Management: A Comprehensive Solution
The last few years have been a roller coaster ride for many industries. But, due to a confluence of factors, the logistics sector in particular has had an especially rough time of it. And according to...
Five Trends for 2023
In their December 2022 digital issue, Inbound Logistics identified five logistics trends that they predict will shape the industry in the coming months.
Digitization, Data and Visibility: Zero Do...
2023 General Rate Increase
In a completely unsurprising move, UPS announced that their General Rate Increase (GRI) for 2023 will match FedEx’s increase of 6.9%. While the two national parcel giants historically mirror eac...