Transportation Spend Management Blog
Practical insights for finance and supply‑chain leaders on parcel & freight audits, carrier contracts, and analytics..
LTL vs Full Truck Load: How to Choose the Best Option
Trying to decide between LTL vs Full Truck Load for your shipments?
LTL, or Less Than Truckload shipping, is designed for smaller shipments that do not require the entire space of a truck. On...
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 ...
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...
2024-2025 100 Great Supply Chain Partners (Supply ChainBrain)
When customers vote, the truth comes out. Zero Down was named one of Supply Chain Brain's 100 Great Supply Chain Partners for 2024, following a six-month poll of logistics professionals who praised th...