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Freight Claims Management: How to Reduce Risk and Recover Costs
Freight claims management refers to the process of resolving issues like damage, loss, or delay during shipping to recover costs and improve supply chain performance.
When shipments go ...
A Guide to Duty Drawback: How to Recover Import Costs
Duty drawback allows businesses to get refunds on customs duties, taxes, and fees paid on imported goods that they eventually export or destroy. This practice can drastically reduce costs and increa...
Transportation Management System: Key Features & Benefits
A Transportation Management System (TMS) helps you streamline logistics, saving time and money. It simplifies shipment planning, execution, and tracking, making the supply chain more efficient a...
How Freight Analytics Helps Make Data-Driven Decisions
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,...
A Guide to Understanding Freight Payments
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 spe...
What Is Packaging Optimization? A Guide to Better Shipping
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 man...
What is LTL Freight? The Ultimate Guide
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 bus...
Simplifying the Freight Audit Process: Auditing & Payment Guide
Freight audit and payment is a process companies use to monitor and manage their transportation costs. This process includes reviewing freight invoices to track costs, verify their accuracy, and pay c...
3 Parcel Spend Strategies to Reduce Shipping Costs
What Is Parcel Spend Management?
Parcel spend management involves analyzing and optimizing your shipping costs to reduce parcel delivery expenses. It’s a logistics-wide effort that looks at...