By: Elisabeth Kilby, Transplace Transportation Management The Value of Dedicated Fleets Dedicated fleets have always been a potential source of truckload capacity for shippers but have become even more valuable during the current tight market. After years of unprecedented premium spot market rates and low primary tender acceptance, shippers are evaluating where they can implement…
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Originally published in Mexico Business News By: Carlos Godinez, VP Business Development, Mexico This year marks another difficult year across the global supply chain with tight capacity, increasing inflation and lack of reliability continuing to trouble the industry. Carriers are facing high volatility, uncertainty and demand, while shippers need increased confidence so they can find…
The tradition of giving a special someone flowers on Valentine’s Day dates back hundreds of years. While the perfect flower arrangement used to be handpicked by the giver, today, they rely on an intricate, global flower industry to share the best blooms. Shipping flowers has its unique challenges any time of year. They’re fragile, need…
As online shopping continues to soar, small packages are moving to less-than-truckload (LTL) freight and LTL continues to receive truckload (TL) spillover freight. The demand for LTL shipping is far exceeding capacity. Logistics and supply chain experts report the imbalance is higher than they’ve ever seen, causing shipment delays and rising LTL freight costs. The…
By: Ben Cubitt, SVP of Consulting & Network Services Over the past five years, shippers—especially consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies—have added dedicated fleets to their transportation networks to gain greater control over some volume of their freight spend. Dedicated fleets help shippers minimize reliance on the spot market with associated higher costs, as well as…
*The below is an excerpt of an article first published in Talking Logistics. One of the key lessons learned from 2020 is that companies can no longer afford to stand on the sidelines when it comes to investing in technology and digital transformation. This is not only true for manufacturers and retailers, but for logistics…
There’s no question that 2020 has challenged logistics professionals more than any year before. Shippers have faced dramatic capacity fluctuations and variation in supply and demand and are looking at alternative methods to mine capacity. Steve Barber, Senior VP of Platform at Transplace, recently moderated a webinar to address these challenges and illustrate how the…
Increasing Shipper-Carrier Collaboration with Transplace’s Planned Continuous Moves Lanehub Platform
When Lanehub founder and CEO, Mark Hackl, left his position as part of Schreiber Foods’ transportation team in 2015, he had a single mission in mind: Develop a low-cost solution that makes collaboration simple between shippers and carriers. He aimed to use his 20 years of industry knowledge to make shipping more efficient and freight…
Capacity Trends and Tips for International Roadcheck and Beyond 2018 was a historic year for the transportation industry. The truckload (TL) market was extremely tight due to limited capacity—and as a result, many shippers looked to alternative modes of transportation to move their freight and went to extra lengths to increase efficiency and reduce costs….
By Darren Miesner, Vice President of Operations, Transplace It’s a fascinating time in the logistics industry. Increased demand and customer expectations are putting intense pressure on shippers to deliver on-time-and-in-full without blowing their bottom line. And while capacity has loosened in the first half of 2019, the spot market is still well above the levels…