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Freight Talk: 20 of the Most Common Shipping Terms You Need to Know

If the supply chain is only as strong as its weakest link, then you’ll need to be able to speak the language of the entire freight-shipping industry. The process is easy enough to grasp, however, the scale at which it takes place is massive with hundreds of moving parts and possibilities for error. As with…
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The Top 5 Load Boards for Brokers

The American supply chain depends on trucking. Everything shipped here or from here has to be loaded on a truck at some point and driven to another location. With thousands of trucks on the roads daily, organizing them is big business. Freight brokers are middlemen who work between shippers and drivers to get a company’s…
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How to Use a Freight Broker to Streamline Shipping Logistics

What is a Freight Broker? If you carry freight or ship it, you know how many moving parts there are and how easy it can be to miscommunicate, cause delays, or even damage freight. If you are struggling with time or staff to maintain quality standards, a freight broker can help you boost your earning…
Supply chain professionals seeing how supply chain visibility can improve the receiving process.

How Supply Chain Visibility Can Improve the Receiving Process

Supply chain visibility is essential for businesses to remain competitive in today’s marketplace. It enables companies to identify bottlenecks and provide proactive solutions to improve efficiency and profitability. But knowing precisely how visibility can improve the receiving process helps you capitalize on the benefits even more. Supply chain visibility involves tracking the location, movement, and…
Warehouse employee scanning packages to gain a real time tracking competitive advantage in logistics

Your Quick Guide to How Real Time Tracking in Logistics Improves Competitive Advantage

In today’s hypercompetitive world, anything that gives you an advantage matters. Logistics is often hidden from your customers—until something goes wrong and items are on backorder or arrive late. But one of the things that can help you manage your logistical problems is real-time visibility, letting you and your partners know exactly where parts and…
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How EDI Shipping Speeds Up Shipping and Freight

Fast and reliable shipping has never been more critical, and EDI shipping is the solution. With more consumers and businesses opening online, how quickly merchandise moves from manufacturers to distribution centers to stores or consumers can mean the difference between a sale and no sale. Recent studies found that two of the top reasons why…
Cargo staff using computer laptop to monitor real time tracking in logistics

What Is Real Time Tracking in Logistics?

Every consumer knows the thrill—and sometimes frustration—of using real-time tracking to keep tabs on an incoming package from Amazon or their favorite online store. Today, customers count on being able to track their packages’ every move, and feel the joy of seeing it inch closer and closer to their address and the anguish of seeing…
Businesswoman with a digital tablet showing and talking about retail logistics

What Is Retail Logistics?

Retail logistics includes the processes needed to move merchant inventory from point A to point B. Retailers, especially eCommerce sellers, need to move their merchandise from warehouses or distribution centers to the buyer. Some retailers may move inventory from one location in their distribution network to another, such as from a receiving facility to a…
A grinning woman collecting boxes at the bottom of a sorting chute working for a logistics carrier

What, Exactly, Is a Logistics Carrier?

Anyone who has been following the news in the last few years have surely noticed an uptick in the number of references to issues with supply chains around the world. Some of the results of these issues are particularly devastating such as a recent story reported by the NY Daily News about a baby formula…
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What Is 3PL Freight?

The transportation industry has many industry-specific terms that come up frequently when discussing even routine matters of business. Thus, it should come as a shock to no one that there are a lot of terms that the public may not be incredibly familiar with. We want to look at one specific concept in transportation that…
Employees working in a warehouse fulfillment center to demonstrate what is a fulfillment center

What Is a Fulfillment Center? Everything You Need to Know

It would be simply impossible for the planet to accomplish all that it does every day without the assistance of fulfillment centers. We rely on them as a society to help us move products from one location to another and help provide goods to the people who order them. It is essential that we understand…
Large semi truck hauling freight on the open highway in the western USA under an evening sky to demonstrate ftl shipping

LTL vs. FTL Shipping: What Is the Difference?

Businesses that require freight carrier services have multiple options to transport their goods. Among the most common transportation methods in North America include LTL shipping (Less Than Truckload) and FTL shipping (Full Truckload). Hence, it is essential to understand what LTL and FTL freight shipping entails, including the differences between these two forms of cargo.…