An ever-expanding supply chain is, from afar, a good thing. A growing supply chain means a growing business, and that’s typically great news for a CFO. However, a growing supply chain also presents increased risk as well as boundless opportunities for improvement via reduced spend and improved customer experiences. Supply chain audits are one of the ways CFOs can harness the supply chain’s full potential for savings.

Less than truckload (LTL) freight shipping is complex. Adding a pandemic, inflation, capacity embargoes, and rising diesel prices further intensifies the issue. Shippers left bearing the burden of these continuous challenges to satisfy their customers while controlling costs often makes LTL shipping seem like an insurmountable task. Understand your true cost of your LTL shipping with our LTL Toolkit.

An ever-expanding supply chain is, from afar, a good thing. A growing supply chain means a growing business, and that’s typically great news for a CFO. However, a growing supply chain also presents increased risk as well as boundless opportunities for improvement via reduced spend and improved customer experiences. Supply chain audits are one of the ways CFOs can harness the supply chain’s full potential for savings.

This new research brief, written in conjunction with Logistics Management Magazine, highlights some of the key challenges LTL shippers are facing in the current marketplace and explains the role that an experienced, tech-enabled 3PL can play in helping to eliminate some or all of these roadblocks.

Guidelines have gotten stricter over the years. Major big-box retailers like Walmart, Whole Foods, and Target Corporation set high delivery standards that mandate shippers to stay in line with the regulations to continue doing business with them. Read more about actionable steps shippers need to take to work with major big-box retailers who set high delivery standards.

Supply chain leaders have a problem. Despite the advancements in technology, many organizations still rely on manual processes, especially when mapping route and load optimization goals. While that works in some cases, profitability hangs in the balance. As the supply chain changes, the ability to dynamically load plan at the order level will lead to decreased freight spend and improved service for the customer.

Strained capacity, sky-high rates, rising fuel prices and serious port congestion have colored the market for the past two years. While some early market signals point to a slow push toward stabilization, shippers remain hesitant to put much stock in the shifting market. FreightWaves teamed up with BlueGrace Logistics to survey shippers about the state of the less-than-truckload market and their approaches to LTL shipping in today’s environment. Download the free Evolution of LTL Whitepaper today.

At BlueGrace Logistics, we are experts on hurricanes. Situated in the Tampa Bay area of Florida, we mark our calendars for the beginning of the hurricane season on June 1st and breathe a sigh of relief at the end, November 1st. Through a series of direct hits (Irma) and near misses (Dorian) in the last 3 years, we have developed a cadence for preparing and responding to significant storms that disrupt the supply chain in Florida, the Southeast, and occasionally the Mid-Atlantic seaboard.

Produce season is upon us and with the increase in shipping of these perishable goods, so are capacity issues for everyone. Produce season is rife with a number of logistics challenges for retailers and distributors, given the nature of highly time sensitive goods. Discover more about why this happens and how to maximize your timely shipments with a new Inbound Logistics program.

How can predictive analytics improve supply chain operations? Leveraging predictive analytics starts with understanding the workflow. Make more sound decisions and reduce the guessing game.

What Are The 5 Steps To Deliver Supply Chain Success? Hint: they draw from finance, data, and analytics. Who is best placed to action this change? That strategic overview, that experience with finance and data – all fingers point to the Chief Financial Officer. It requires a skill set that is comfortable with reviewing the sort of information held within supply chains, identifying patterns and understanding what it means. A broad view of the entire business, its overall goals and strategy is also a necessity.

FreightWaves partnered with BlueGrace Logistics to survey shippers about types of risks, volatility and disruption that could impact the performance of their supply chain. One of the most effective ways for shippers to mitigate risk and improve decision making is by focusing on real-time data, insights and analytics.