ShipAssist is built to allow flexibility with how your facility’s Shipping Dock information is displayed on your personalized ShipAssist website. You are able to include as much information as you feel is necessary, and in any format. Remember, the idea is to firmly set the ground rules up front for any trucking company coming into your shipping dock – so include any and all information you feel is important. Think of the phone calls and hassles you can avoid by the carriers getting this information in advance!
Click Here for an example of a completed profile.
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You’ll want to include basic information such as Phone, Address, Directions, and Hours.
Most importantly, make sure you include the specific Rules and Regulations at your shipping dock. Here are a few ideas to get you started or click here for an example.
- Are appointments required? Who do they contact for an appointment?
- Upon arrival, drivers must Auto- Check In by texting their load number to xxx-xxxx (*if your facility has eRoutingGuide Auto-Check-In service)
- Is a lumper service required? What is the rate?
- Is a lift-gate required?
- How many hours of wait time should a driver expect before you will approve detention?
- Will a delivery be refused without an Advanced Shipping Notification number?
- Is a pick up or some type of load number required?
- Are drivers allowed on the dock? Are you a shipper load and count (SLC) facility?
- How are OS&D issues handled?
Those points should give you the idea. Once updated, ShipAssist allows you to easily send companies a link to your personalized webpage and require that all carriers and vendors confirm their understanding of the rules and regulations on your ShipAssist website.
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We welcome your questions and feedback: questions@eroutingguide.com
Thank you for choosing ShipAssist.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Routing Guide
eRoutingGuide is built to allow flexibility with how you create your company’s Routing Guide. You are able to include as much information as you feel is necessary, and in any format. Remember, the idea is to firmly set the ground rules up front for all vendors, suppliers or anyone shipping product on your company’s behalf – so include any information you feel is important. Think how easy it will be to get your up to date Routing Guide into the people’s hands that need it. You’ll save time, energy and cost when your freight is routed right the first time.
eRoutingGuide allows you to upload an existing .pdf file to your personalized Routing Guide website that can be accessed by whomever you choose. There is also a large free-form area to add text with additional information for users to be aware of. Click Here for an example of a completed profile.
You’ll want to include basic information such as key logistics contacts with Names, Phone Numbers, Company Locations, etc.
Most importantly, make sure you spell out the specific routing instructions for any supplier, vendor or person within your own company shipping to you, or on your company’s behalf. Below are a few ideas to get you started or click here to see a sample eRouting Guide.
- Who are your preferred carriers? As an example, if there is a supplier routing an LTL shipment moving from Georgia to a location in New Jersey – the supplier needs to know the best carrier to use is X, and it needs to be billed to your correct account number which is XXXX.
- Do you have a national account with Fed Ex or UPS? People within your company need to know what account numbers to use to make sure the correct discount is applied.
- Do you utilize a 3rd Party Logistics company to handle all your truckload routing – make sure their contact information is easily accessible.
- Are appointments required at your facilities? Who do they contact for an appointment?
- Do you require an Advanced Shipping Notification (ASN) number? Make sure vendors and suppliers know that is a requirement and the procedures to follow.
All these points should help give you the idea. Once updated, eRoutingGuide allows you to easily send companies a link to your personalized webpage.
Click Here for an example of a completed profile. We welcome your questions and feedback: questions@eroutingguide.com
Thank you for choosing eRoutingGuide.
Supply Chain Software
Logsitics Blog
Truckload Pricing Trends
Ecommerce Order Fulfillment
eRoutingGuide allows you to upload an existing .pdf file to your personalized Routing Guide website that can be accessed by whomever you choose. There is also a large free-form area to add text with additional information for users to be aware of. Click Here for an example of a completed profile.
You’ll want to include basic information such as key logistics contacts with Names, Phone Numbers, Company Locations, etc.
Most importantly, make sure you spell out the specific routing instructions for any supplier, vendor or person within your own company shipping to you, or on your company’s behalf. Below are a few ideas to get you started or click here to see a sample eRouting Guide.
- Who are your preferred carriers? As an example, if there is a supplier routing an LTL shipment moving from Georgia to a location in New Jersey – the supplier needs to know the best carrier to use is X, and it needs to be billed to your correct account number which is XXXX.
- Do you have a national account with Fed Ex or UPS? People within your company need to know what account numbers to use to make sure the correct discount is applied.
- Do you utilize a 3rd Party Logistics company to handle all your truckload routing – make sure their contact information is easily accessible.
- Are appointments required at your facilities? Who do they contact for an appointment?
- Do you require an Advanced Shipping Notification (ASN) number? Make sure vendors and suppliers know that is a requirement and the procedures to follow.
All these points should help give you the idea. Once updated, eRoutingGuide allows you to easily send companies a link to your personalized webpage.
Click Here for an example of a completed profile. We welcome your questions and feedback: questions@eroutingguide.com
Thank you for choosing eRoutingGuide.
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Routing Guide for Transportation Management Software
Domestic Routing Guide
FillShip.com has developed this guide to improve the process of shipping goods to and from all FillShip.com locations. The routing guidelines contained in the document are intended to govern how all shipments are routing in which the shipment is being sent to a FillShip.com facility and/or the cost of the shipment will be paid by FillShip.com.
Compliance with these guidelines is expected. Non-compliance may result in charge-backs and / or reimbursement for the related expenses. It is your responsibility to ensure that your contract manufactures or third party logistics provider is notified and aware of these instructions. www.RoutingGuides.com
Any questions regarding the rules and specifications outlined in this guide should be directed to FillShip.com at 717-889-8509 or customerservice@fillship.com. Requests for any deviation from the requirements listed in the document will be reviewed and are subject to final approval from FillShip.com.
This Routing Guide is effective August 1, 2010 and replaces any previous versions.
New Updates in this Version:
This document represents an update to the Routing Guide last updated on May 15, 2010. Below are the specific revisions made in the current version.
Supply Chain Software
Logistics Blog
Truckloads Pricing
1. FillShip.com is now requiring an Advanced Shipping Notification (ASN) number for each inbound shipments to our warehouses. Prior to sending a shipment to FIllShip.com, contact your account rep to get an ASN number, or email customerservice@fillship.com.
2. FIllShip.com is now using UPS as its preferred carrier for all small package shipments (Overnight and Ground) – see details below.
3. All trucking companies picking up or delivering to FillShip.com must agree to the terms and conditions as outlined on FillShip.com’s ShipAssist webpage (click here). For more information, contact customerservice@fillship.com for instructions.
Transportation and Routing Instructions:
This section applies to all shipments being sent to any FillShip.com location, regardless of the party responsible for the shipping charges.
The preferred Bill of Lading (BOL) format is found at www.eroutingguide.com/billoflading. This format will facilitate receiving and the inbounding process.
The BOL must include the following:
• A Fillship ASN number (provided by your account rep when scheduling the delivery)
• The correct FillShip.com address
• The number of pallets and number of pieces, with product id’s and descriptions
• Attached copies of the sales orders/ packing lists to the BOL
All suppliers and trucking companies must visit FillShip.com’s ShipAssist page (click here) to access and accept our facility’s receiving rules.
Pallet Preparation Guidelines:
Pallets sent to the FillShip.com receiving warehouse must be on pallets with dimensions 40” x 48” in size, and no more than 72” in height. Each pallet must be clearly labeled with the product and quantity.
Prior written approval must be granted for any deviation from this standard.
The primary receiving location for all FillShip.com deliveries is:
FillShip Fulfillment Operations
1002 Patriot Parkway
Reading, PA 19605
If needed, you will be notified of an alternative delivery address when requesting your ASN number.
This Routing Guide information below is intended to apply to shipments that incur a freight charge that is paid for by, or reimbursed by FillShip.com. Shipments in which the freight costs are totally paid for by the shipper are not subject to the following guidelines.
Billing:
All shipments in which FillShip,com is to pay the shipping costs, should be billed prepaid third party to:
FillShip.com LLC
Routing:
Shipments weighing less than 250 lbs. – all shipments must be routed via UPS. Contact for approval and correct UPS 3rd party billing account number.
Shipments weighing 250 lbs. to 4,999 lbs. – all (LTL) shipments must be routed via Conway. Shipments will be coordinated through FillShip.com’s logistics group. Contact for directions.
Shipments weighing over 5,000 lbs. – all (TL) shipments must be routing via a FillShip.com approved truckload carrier. Contact for directions.
FillShip.com has developed this guide to improve the process of shipping goods to and from all FillShip.com locations. The routing guidelines contained in the document are intended to govern how all shipments are routing in which the shipment is being sent to a FillShip.com facility and/or the cost of the shipment will be paid by FillShip.com.
Compliance with these guidelines is expected. Non-compliance may result in charge-backs and / or reimbursement for the related expenses. It is your responsibility to ensure that your contract manufactures or third party logistics provider is notified and aware of these instructions. www.RoutingGuides.com
Any questions regarding the rules and specifications outlined in this guide should be directed to FillShip.com at 717-889-8509 or customerservice@fillship.com. Requests for any deviation from the requirements listed in the document will be reviewed and are subject to final approval from FillShip.com.
This Routing Guide is effective August 1, 2010 and replaces any previous versions.
New Updates in this Version:
This document represents an update to the Routing Guide last updated on May 15, 2010. Below are the specific revisions made in the current version.
Supply Chain Software
Logistics Blog
Truckloads Pricing
1. FillShip.com is now requiring an Advanced Shipping Notification (ASN) number for each inbound shipments to our warehouses. Prior to sending a shipment to FIllShip.com, contact your account rep to get an ASN number, or email customerservice@fillship.com.
2. FIllShip.com is now using UPS as its preferred carrier for all small package shipments (Overnight and Ground) – see details below.
3. All trucking companies picking up or delivering to FillShip.com must agree to the terms and conditions as outlined on FillShip.com’s ShipAssist webpage (click here). For more information, contact customerservice@fillship.com for instructions.
Transportation and Routing Instructions:
This section applies to all shipments being sent to any FillShip.com location, regardless of the party responsible for the shipping charges.
The preferred Bill of Lading (BOL) format is found at www.eroutingguide.com/billoflading. This format will facilitate receiving and the inbounding process.
The BOL must include the following:
• A Fillship ASN number (provided by your account rep when scheduling the delivery)
• The correct FillShip.com address
• The number of pallets and number of pieces, with product id’s and descriptions
• Attached copies of the sales orders/ packing lists to the BOL
All suppliers and trucking companies must visit FillShip.com’s ShipAssist page (click here) to access and accept our facility’s receiving rules.
Pallet Preparation Guidelines:
Pallets sent to the FillShip.com receiving warehouse must be on pallets with dimensions 40” x 48” in size, and no more than 72” in height. Each pallet must be clearly labeled with the product and quantity.
Prior written approval must be granted for any deviation from this standard.
The primary receiving location for all FillShip.com deliveries is:
FillShip Fulfillment Operations
1002 Patriot Parkway
Reading, PA 19605
If needed, you will be notified of an alternative delivery address when requesting your ASN number.
This Routing Guide information below is intended to apply to shipments that incur a freight charge that is paid for by, or reimbursed by FillShip.com. Shipments in which the freight costs are totally paid for by the shipper are not subject to the following guidelines.
Billing:
All shipments in which FillShip,com is to pay the shipping costs, should be billed prepaid third party to:
FillShip.com LLC
Routing:
Shipments weighing less than 250 lbs. – all shipments must be routed via UPS. Contact for approval and correct UPS 3rd party billing account number.
Shipments weighing 250 lbs. to 4,999 lbs. – all (LTL) shipments must be routed via Conway. Shipments will be coordinated through FillShip.com’s logistics group. Contact for directions.
Shipments weighing over 5,000 lbs. – all (TL) shipments must be routing via a FillShip.com approved truckload carrier. Contact for directions.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Reclaimed Heart Pine - Sustainable - Eco-Friendly Flooring - Transportation Management System - Ecommerce ORder Fulfillment
If you are looking for eco-friendly flooring a great option is reclaimed Heart Pine or antique Heart Pine. What could be a better sustainable flooring choice, or wall panelling, or ceiling or where ever you use wood?
Other choices are Reclaimed White Oak and Red Oak - that really are slighty different that is recycled from an old building. Antique Chestnut is a great material and is sustainable. Redwood from old wine casks.
Take a look at buying online through ecommerce order fulfillment barnwood, wide plank flooring, reclaimed lumber, antique lumber, tongue and groove flooring, antique wood, ALL GREAT OPTIONS.
Don't forget about transportation management system for your logistics needs. Truckload carriers can deliver the wood and manage logistics costs effectively from the warehouse and do small package shipping too. Or, if you are interested in food fresh and frozen online retail ecommerce order fulfillment. Just look at the carrier rates and calculations.
Reclaimed Wood
Other choices are Reclaimed White Oak and Red Oak - that really are slighty different that is recycled from an old building. Antique Chestnut is a great material and is sustainable. Redwood from old wine casks.
Take a look at buying online through ecommerce order fulfillment barnwood, wide plank flooring, reclaimed lumber, antique lumber, tongue and groove flooring, antique wood, ALL GREAT OPTIONS.
Don't forget about transportation management system for your logistics needs. Truckload carriers can deliver the wood and manage logistics costs effectively from the warehouse and do small package shipping too. Or, if you are interested in food fresh and frozen online retail ecommerce order fulfillment. Just look at the carrier rates and calculations.
Reclaimed Wood
Reclaimed Chestnut - Antique Chestnut - Logistics - Eommerce Order Fulfillment
If you are looking for eco-friendly flooring a great option is reclaimed Chestnut or antique chestnut. What could be a better sustainable flooring choice, or wall panelling, or ceiling or where ever you use wood?
Other choices are Reclaimed White Oak and Red Oak that is recycled from an old building. Antique Heart Pine is a great material and is sustainable.
Take a look at buying online through ecommerce order fulfillment barnwood, wide plank flooring, reclaimed lumber, antique lumber, tongue and groove flooring, antique wood, ALL GREAT OPTIONS.
Don't forget about transportation management system for your logistics needs. Truckload carriers can deliver the wood and manage logistics costs effectively from the warehouse and do small package shipping too. Or, if you are interested in food fresh and frozen online retail ecommerce order fulfillment. Just look at the carrier rates and calculations.
Reclaimed Wood
Other choices are Reclaimed White Oak and Red Oak that is recycled from an old building. Antique Heart Pine is a great material and is sustainable.
Take a look at buying online through ecommerce order fulfillment barnwood, wide plank flooring, reclaimed lumber, antique lumber, tongue and groove flooring, antique wood, ALL GREAT OPTIONS.
Don't forget about transportation management system for your logistics needs. Truckload carriers can deliver the wood and manage logistics costs effectively from the warehouse and do small package shipping too. Or, if you are interested in food fresh and frozen online retail ecommerce order fulfillment. Just look at the carrier rates and calculations.
Reclaimed Wood
Reclaimed Oak Flooring - Sustainable and Eco-Friendly
If you are looking for eco-friendly flooring a great option is reclaimed White Oak or Red Oak. What could be a better sustainable flooring choice, or wall panelling, or ceiling or where ever you use wood?
Other choices are Reclaimed Chestnut that is recycled from an old building. Antique Heart Pine is a great material and is sustainable.
Take a look at buying online through ecommerce order fulfillment barnwood, wide plank flooring, reclaimed lumber, antique lumber, tongue and groove flooring, antique wood, ALL GREAT OPTIONS.
Don't forget about transportation management system for your logistics needs. Truckload carriers can deliver the wood and manage logistics costs effectively from the warehouse and do small package shipping too. Or, if you are interested in food fresh and frozen online retail ecommerce order fulfillment. Just look at the carrier rates and calculations.
Reclaimed Wood
Other choices are Reclaimed Chestnut that is recycled from an old building. Antique Heart Pine is a great material and is sustainable.
Take a look at buying online through ecommerce order fulfillment barnwood, wide plank flooring, reclaimed lumber, antique lumber, tongue and groove flooring, antique wood, ALL GREAT OPTIONS.
Don't forget about transportation management system for your logistics needs. Truckload carriers can deliver the wood and manage logistics costs effectively from the warehouse and do small package shipping too. Or, if you are interested in food fresh and frozen online retail ecommerce order fulfillment. Just look at the carrier rates and calculations.
Reclaimed Wood
Wood is Good - use it 2x for sustainability
All wood is good, but reclaimed wood is best. That's what I believe when it comes to talking about building options for your home. Whether it is for flooring in your family room, reclaimed tongue and groove flooring for your kitchen, plank flooring for your bedroom, it is always eco-friendly when it is reclaimed or recycled.
barnwood
antique wood
reclaimed wood
wide plank wood
tongue and groove flooring (T&G Flooring)
It is for ceiling and panelling applications.
Eco-Friendly Flooring
Reclaimed Wood Blog
barnwood
antique wood
reclaimed wood
wide plank wood
tongue and groove flooring (T&G Flooring)
It is for ceiling and panelling applications.
Eco-Friendly Flooring
Reclaimed Wood Blog
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Antique Wood - Reclaimed Wood
Antique Flooring is barnwood, is wide plank flooring. It is all the same but different. Antique Wood. Eco-friendly flooring, reclaimed white oak and reclaimed pine.
Reclaimed Lumber.
Old barns make good recycled wood. End grain wood block flooring is good to. Tongue and Groove flooring. Sustainable flooring and green wood.
American Chestnut.
Reclaimed Lumber.
Old barns make good recycled wood. End grain wood block flooring is good to. Tongue and Groove flooring. Sustainable flooring and green wood.
American Chestnut.
Transportation Management Software - Shipping Department
The Shipping Department coordinates the identification of the products that are ready to ship. This department also arranges the features of the shipment to meet the customer's requirements, such as packing, the carrier according to the delivery time and the quality check of the entire shipment process. The Shipping Department knows the best way to get your shipment from A to B. There are some Shipping Departments who are small and there are those also that are huge shipping department. It actually depends on how big and small the company is. The main difference is that some small shipping departments have only limitations as to how many carriages can they carry or they allow to ship. While those huge shipping departments can ship to big carriages. What I can recommend you in choosing a shipping department are that make sure that that shipping company has been in the business for years or decades. Transportation Management, Bill of Lading, Routing Guide.
This will just show that this kind of shipping department is more reliable and can be trusted than those new existing shipping department. Also, they already have regular customers with them. Some were also companies that relied on them for years just to ship their products. Also, make sure that those companies have shipping rules and shipping regulations. Having all these ensures that this kind of shipping company is reliable and can be trusted. A good shipping company must have their shipping rules and shipping regulations. These are made to avoid conflicts between the customer and the shipping company. These shipping rules and shipping regulations must be followed by the employees of the shipping company. Transportation Management Software, Order Fulfillment.
Consider also the freight of this shipping company. Freight is the method of payment for transporting goods, especially bulky goods either by water, land, or air. Freight is not necessarily expensive. It must be affordable. Make sure that they have Shipping Dock, Receiving, Shipping and nice Shipping Clerk. A Shipping Dock usually refers to a pier or wharf. It is a man-made structure intended for people to be on. In some modern use, pier is normally used to be able to refer to structures that are originally intended for industrial use like seafood processing or shipping. Also these are used for cruise ships. Another aspect that you must consider in choosing the right shipping company is their Shipping Manager. He is in charged of the whole shipment, the Truck Drivers, also the detention charges. Having a goodShipping Manager is a good indicator that the Shipping Company is reliable and they provide quality service. Also, it is important to consider their Accessorial because thesewould be the tools that must be used in order to come up with a good quality service that they can provide to their customers. The Shipping Hours and Receiving Hours of a certain shipping company must be open to their customers. Their customers or clients must know all the schedules so that they will be informed and that they would know when they will go to their shipping company to have their products shipped. Order Fulfillment.
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Transportation Management Software - Routing Guide - Bill of Lading
According to the market research, the Transportation Management Software or TMS market had exceeded $1 billion in 2006. Through the years, the aim of a TMS implementation remains to be the best achievement of customer service level requirements and at the lowest possible cost. Order Fulfillment.
Transportation Management Systems (TMS) is a software application, usually web-hosted, that is used as part of logistics management particularly for activities like the managing shipping units, shipments that are outbound and intra-company, inbound shipment scheduling, bills of lading generation, sales quotation, carrier or transportation mode selection, doing freight invoice audit and payment and processing of loss and damage claims. These systems often feature graphic user interface portal or a "dashboard". The dashboard displays the available data according to key success factors that are relevant to the user. bill of lading, order fulfillment
Companies, especially those company with complex supply chains, make use of their TMS software to be the supply chain solutions, so as to manage and track shipments that may be carried by land, sea or air. Several shipment choices are available for clients including parcel, truck, inter modal, private fleet, rail, or through domestic carriers. Some software or systems allow clients to track their shipments online. Other TMS software incorporates Global Positioning System navigation technology to enable fleet managers to easily monitor and dispatch vehicles in accordance with shipment schedules. The advancement of technology made it possible to transport products such as goods in virtually any mode and incorporate all these can be made simple with the right applications. In TMS software the carrier companies can offer promos for their customers to gain transportation savings due to the fact that carrier companies can easily offer a much lesser carrier rates.
Transportation management software that had been developed is designed to automate a business firm's transportation network, both outbound and inbound. This instrument covers the way towards an efficient day-to-day operation including sources to shipment assignments. When selecting a carrier company make sure that they offer a secure contract about your packages. Moreover, by ensuring a soft flow of these operational activities, relationships with the suppliers and carriers may be strengthened. The benefits of using TMS into a company's operation strategy are not limited to the increased effectiveness of the supply chain. The transportations logistics is on demand because of TMS. In eliminating logistical problems the companies can focus on providing quality services to their customers. Consequently, with high customer satisfaction, overall productivity of a firm will increase.
Management of transportation facilities is usually associated with the concept of supply chain management and logistics. These two principles are mainly concerned with the smooth flow of firm goods from the supplier of a manufacturing firm to the end users which are the firm's customers. Aside from transportation, other vital logistical concerns are inventory management, warehousing, materials handling, inventory management, and customer service. For various businesses in the United States, logistics make up twenty to thirty percent of total operating costs. By utilizing an ideal TMS software or program, it will be more convenient for business executives to organize a plan and implement supply chain activities. In addition, performance effectiveness of the entire supply chain will be guaranteed and the company will surely benefit from cost savings. Routing Guide:
Logistics Blog
Transportation Management Systems (TMS) is a software application, usually web-hosted, that is used as part of logistics management particularly for activities like the managing shipping units, shipments that are outbound and intra-company, inbound shipment scheduling, bills of lading generation, sales quotation, carrier or transportation mode selection, doing freight invoice audit and payment and processing of loss and damage claims. These systems often feature graphic user interface portal or a "dashboard". The dashboard displays the available data according to key success factors that are relevant to the user. bill of lading, order fulfillment
Companies, especially those company with complex supply chains, make use of their TMS software to be the supply chain solutions, so as to manage and track shipments that may be carried by land, sea or air. Several shipment choices are available for clients including parcel, truck, inter modal, private fleet, rail, or through domestic carriers. Some software or systems allow clients to track their shipments online. Other TMS software incorporates Global Positioning System navigation technology to enable fleet managers to easily monitor and dispatch vehicles in accordance with shipment schedules. The advancement of technology made it possible to transport products such as goods in virtually any mode and incorporate all these can be made simple with the right applications. In TMS software the carrier companies can offer promos for their customers to gain transportation savings due to the fact that carrier companies can easily offer a much lesser carrier rates.
Transportation management software that had been developed is designed to automate a business firm's transportation network, both outbound and inbound. This instrument covers the way towards an efficient day-to-day operation including sources to shipment assignments. When selecting a carrier company make sure that they offer a secure contract about your packages. Moreover, by ensuring a soft flow of these operational activities, relationships with the suppliers and carriers may be strengthened. The benefits of using TMS into a company's operation strategy are not limited to the increased effectiveness of the supply chain. The transportations logistics is on demand because of TMS. In eliminating logistical problems the companies can focus on providing quality services to their customers. Consequently, with high customer satisfaction, overall productivity of a firm will increase.
Management of transportation facilities is usually associated with the concept of supply chain management and logistics. These two principles are mainly concerned with the smooth flow of firm goods from the supplier of a manufacturing firm to the end users which are the firm's customers. Aside from transportation, other vital logistical concerns are inventory management, warehousing, materials handling, inventory management, and customer service. For various businesses in the United States, logistics make up twenty to thirty percent of total operating costs. By utilizing an ideal TMS software or program, it will be more convenient for business executives to organize a plan and implement supply chain activities. In addition, performance effectiveness of the entire supply chain will be guaranteed and the company will surely benefit from cost savings. Routing Guide:
Logistics Blog
Routing Guides - TMS - Supply Chain Management Software
Do you know certain company that uses a good strategy as routing guide compliance on their customers? Are your cargos safe when you entrust it to them and is it cost effective or offering a good price? That is the questions usually popping out on a suppliers mind when transporting their package to their customers.
Huge rate savings... not!
Do not expect huge rate reductions just because you have decided to investigate a company which uses a good strategy in reducing the transportation cost. Rates are usually governed by the market price and less about cost. You should be sharing your rate information with your chosen company so they can work with you to put together a rate that is enough for you. You may be wondering, if the company you chose cannot get a good rate savings, then what is the benefit? The benefits come from mode shifting, lesser freight rates, order tracking efficiencies, time savings, consolidations, improved carrier management, shipment visibility and the most important is risk reduction.
Mode shifting
Are you usually shipping using LTL? Routing Guide By working with a good company you can leverage their computer tracking systems or check if they are using good Transportation Management System to observe patterns that would be candidates for consolidation into truckload shipments. For example, if you are shipping twice a week 12 pallets from Toronto to Chicago, you would save considerable amount of money by shipping department one full truck load once a week. While this sounds very simple, these opportunities exist in your shipping data. Try to check that your chosen company have software to find such opportunities and can surely help you take advantage of them.
Order Tracking
How many times have you needed to pay for expedited shipments because something did not go as planned? The problem with a lot of computer tracking systems or TMS software packages that your preferred carrier use is that they end at their shipping docks. As soon as the truck is loaded, the order is complete. You know what really matter is the happiness of your customer who receives your product on time. Order Fulfillment.
Time Savings
Do you have a routing guide? Have you already spent a lot of time trying to enforce it with all your shipping locations? On top of that, even if people are following the routing guide, have you ever considered all the time your people spend calling the chosen carriers on the list to find someone who is available when you need one? There is a big time that will be wasted here. Should not your customer service people be servicing your customers instead of looking for trucks? Having an Automatic Carrier Selection Device will help you conserve time. I think you know where this is going. A carrier company will take on this responsibility. You will always have a truck when you need one. The chosen transportation management software company will take on the brunt of coordination between your plant, customers, and suppliers so your customer service employees can do what their best at.... servicing your customers.... and taking orders! Order Fulfillment.
Transportation Management System
Truckload Pricing Trends
Huge rate savings... not!
Do not expect huge rate reductions just because you have decided to investigate a company which uses a good strategy in reducing the transportation cost. Rates are usually governed by the market price and less about cost. You should be sharing your rate information with your chosen company so they can work with you to put together a rate that is enough for you. You may be wondering, if the company you chose cannot get a good rate savings, then what is the benefit? The benefits come from mode shifting, lesser freight rates, order tracking efficiencies, time savings, consolidations, improved carrier management, shipment visibility and the most important is risk reduction.
Mode shifting
Are you usually shipping using LTL? Routing Guide By working with a good company you can leverage their computer tracking systems or check if they are using good Transportation Management System to observe patterns that would be candidates for consolidation into truckload shipments. For example, if you are shipping twice a week 12 pallets from Toronto to Chicago, you would save considerable amount of money by shipping department one full truck load once a week. While this sounds very simple, these opportunities exist in your shipping data. Try to check that your chosen company have software to find such opportunities and can surely help you take advantage of them.
Order Tracking
How many times have you needed to pay for expedited shipments because something did not go as planned? The problem with a lot of computer tracking systems or TMS software packages that your preferred carrier use is that they end at their shipping docks. As soon as the truck is loaded, the order is complete. You know what really matter is the happiness of your customer who receives your product on time. Order Fulfillment.
Time Savings
Do you have a routing guide? Have you already spent a lot of time trying to enforce it with all your shipping locations? On top of that, even if people are following the routing guide, have you ever considered all the time your people spend calling the chosen carriers on the list to find someone who is available when you need one? There is a big time that will be wasted here. Should not your customer service people be servicing your customers instead of looking for trucks? Having an Automatic Carrier Selection Device will help you conserve time. I think you know where this is going. A carrier company will take on this responsibility. You will always have a truck when you need one. The chosen transportation management software company will take on the brunt of coordination between your plant, customers, and suppliers so your customer service employees can do what their best at.... servicing your customers.... and taking orders! Order Fulfillment.
Transportation Management System
Truckload Pricing Trends
Freight Invoice - Supply Chain Software
When visiting a local importer you usually end up sitting down with their logistics manager to learn how they were coping with these economic hardships and the flood of shifting freight rates and surcharges and Bill of Lading. I was surprised on the trust they placed in their transportation providers to invoice the right freight charges as per their negotiated rate agreements. Perhaps, more amazed to learn that their account payable department had a general naivety about what all those surcharges on the freight invoice meant. Routing Guide.
Logistics industry experts unwillingly acknowledge that it is not unusual for errors to be found in one of every three freight invoices. As the company does some Freight Invoice Audit they will discover errors on their invoices. These errors can usually range from invoicing the wrong shipper for the wrong movement they made to surcharge miscalculations upping the invoice of the freight a few more dollars.
A mainstay of the logistics and supply chain industry that is gaining momentum in this economy is the industry of freight invoice audit. Every company is searching for a lot of ways to lower costs and get the maximum value out of their total transportation spend. One thing the shippers have in common is that they all have to pay their freight invoices because the carrier company usually doing an invoice pre-audit to avoid conflict which might arise in the future. Only a small percentage does detailed freight invoice audits. A lot of companies are still operating by the old-fashioned way, by filling out forms, checking the orders if it correspond with the purchase orders to bill of ladings to an excel rate sheets or scribbled a handwritten notes then writing out checks by hand and then mailing them.
In this budget tight economy where cash is the king and credit is continuously get an increasing tight, the corporate use their initiatives for obtaining SaaS-based freight audit software is absolutely gaining in importance. Corporate leadership knows the value about their logistics departments that are capable in making or breaking the company's foundation. And, failure to do freight invoice auditing is by far one of the biggest cash flow losses. That is the reason why an invoice pre-audit is needed.Some companies outsource their freight audit function. The greatest option is to utilize SaaS software which is affordable and quick to implement within your logistics and accounts payable departments; and easy to incorporate into your other systems. Companies using the logistics industry powerful Tariff-Trek!® and Pay-TreK!® software can swiftly audit freight invoices for accuracy saving money. In addition to freight audit, these software modules store carrier rates and customer pricing with the capacity to track costs in a real time as orders travel from purchase order to bill of leading to final delivery in the entire Logistics Management Lifecycle.
Supply Chain Social Network
Truckload Pricing
Smart logistics managers are busy analyzing and auditing their freight invoices. SaaS+plus(TM) software is very much affordable and enables faster, more granular and event-driven decision-making with flawless visibility, collaboration and cost control in your entire Logistics Management Lifecycle. Order fulfillment services are offered too.
Logistics industry experts unwillingly acknowledge that it is not unusual for errors to be found in one of every three freight invoices. As the company does some Freight Invoice Audit they will discover errors on their invoices. These errors can usually range from invoicing the wrong shipper for the wrong movement they made to surcharge miscalculations upping the invoice of the freight a few more dollars.
A mainstay of the logistics and supply chain industry that is gaining momentum in this economy is the industry of freight invoice audit. Every company is searching for a lot of ways to lower costs and get the maximum value out of their total transportation spend. One thing the shippers have in common is that they all have to pay their freight invoices because the carrier company usually doing an invoice pre-audit to avoid conflict which might arise in the future. Only a small percentage does detailed freight invoice audits. A lot of companies are still operating by the old-fashioned way, by filling out forms, checking the orders if it correspond with the purchase orders to bill of ladings to an excel rate sheets or scribbled a handwritten notes then writing out checks by hand and then mailing them.
In this budget tight economy where cash is the king and credit is continuously get an increasing tight, the corporate use their initiatives for obtaining SaaS-based freight audit software is absolutely gaining in importance. Corporate leadership knows the value about their logistics departments that are capable in making or breaking the company's foundation. And, failure to do freight invoice auditing is by far one of the biggest cash flow losses. That is the reason why an invoice pre-audit is needed.Some companies outsource their freight audit function. The greatest option is to utilize SaaS software which is affordable and quick to implement within your logistics and accounts payable departments; and easy to incorporate into your other systems. Companies using the logistics industry powerful Tariff-Trek!® and Pay-TreK!® software can swiftly audit freight invoices for accuracy saving money. In addition to freight audit, these software modules store carrier rates and customer pricing with the capacity to track costs in a real time as orders travel from purchase order to bill of leading to final delivery in the entire Logistics Management Lifecycle.
Supply Chain Social Network
Truckload Pricing
Smart logistics managers are busy analyzing and auditing their freight invoices. SaaS+plus(TM) software is very much affordable and enables faster, more granular and event-driven decision-making with flawless visibility, collaboration and cost control in your entire Logistics Management Lifecycle. Order fulfillment services are offered too.
Blog Topics for Logistics Management
Here is a list of possible TMS related topics to use for blogs or keywords.
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Topic 1:
Shipping Department
Keywords:
Shipping Department
Shipping Manager
Shipping Dock
Receiving
Shipping
Shipping Hours
Receiving Hours
Shipping Clerk
Directions
Shipping Rules
Shipping Regulations
Detention Charges
Truck Driver
Accessorials
Freight
Topic 2:
Routing Guide
Keywords:
Routing Guide
Routing Guide Compliance
Preferred Carrier
Transportation Management System
TMS
Suppliers
Freight Rates
Automatic Carrier Selection
Topic 3:
Rate Manager
Keywords:
Carrier Selection
Routing Guide Compliance
Carrier List
Preferred Carrier
Transportation Management System
TMS
Carrier Rates
Secure contracts
Freight Invoice Audit
Transportation Savings
Sales quotations
Topic 4:
Freight Invoice Audit
Keywords:
Freight Invoice Audit
Invoice Pre-audit
Freight Rates
Freight Invoice Audit
Invoice Pre-audit
Topic 5:
Transportation Management System
Keywords:
Transportation Management System
TMS
Transportation Savings
Sales Quotation
Carrier Rates
Secure contract
Freight Invoice Audit
Supply Chain Solutions
Transportation Logistics
On Demand TMS
Website: www.eroutingguide.com
Topic 1:
Shipping Department
Keywords:
Shipping Department
Shipping Manager
Shipping Dock
Receiving
Shipping
Shipping Hours
Receiving Hours
Shipping Clerk
Directions
Shipping Rules
Shipping Regulations
Detention Charges
Truck Driver
Accessorials
Freight
Topic 2:
Routing Guide
Keywords:
Routing Guide
Routing Guide Compliance
Preferred Carrier
Transportation Management System
TMS
Suppliers
Freight Rates
Automatic Carrier Selection
Topic 3:
Rate Manager
Keywords:
Carrier Selection
Routing Guide Compliance
Carrier List
Preferred Carrier
Transportation Management System
TMS
Carrier Rates
Secure contracts
Freight Invoice Audit
Transportation Savings
Sales quotations
Topic 4:
Freight Invoice Audit
Keywords:
Freight Invoice Audit
Invoice Pre-audit
Freight Rates
Freight Invoice Audit
Invoice Pre-audit
Topic 5:
Transportation Management System
Keywords:
Transportation Management System
TMS
Transportation Savings
Sales Quotation
Carrier Rates
Secure contract
Freight Invoice Audit
Supply Chain Solutions
Transportation Logistics
On Demand TMS
Routing Guides for Logistics Management
An Overall Rate Manager Order Fulfillment
It may seem like an impossible thing to discover, however, finding a carrier by using only a telephone number is absolutely possible. The trick is simply to find the right and the best service to do it for you online. In carrier selection you must be keen and do background check of the chosen company to make sure that your package or cargo will always be safe due to the fact that there are so many carrier list available on the internet but does not have a good quality of work so be very attentive in choosing one. Routing Guide
There are usually two kinds of carrier search services. There are some that allows you to search for carriers using a computer or some companies allows you to search for your preferred carrier using your mobile phones, and those that allows you to search using a land line telephone number.
It is much easier and more reliable to find out a carrier using a land line telephone number because when using a land line telephone number, it is regularly as simple as typing in the number, and obtaining your desired result. In the case of mobile numbers, there is frequently a delay after the phone number was initially registered and not all sites list all numbers, in using your computer and internet in looking for one then there are so many carrier company claims they have the best which in fact they are not. Furthermore, now that number portability exists, it is very common for numbers to have been transferred to different carriers without registering that way on the reverse phone carrier searches. Order Fulfillment
To perform a search for a carrier by using the phone number, simply input the telephone number into the search field, and then click "search". This will bring you to another page with your desired results. When you selected a carrier company try to ask if they have routing guide compliance.
In choosing carrier company try to see the key points like having its own Transportation Management System or TMS, offers secure contracts in case of troubles, and a good carrier rates. By looking for those key points it will surely help you get the best and the fittest carrier company for you. Bill of Lading
Typically, the search will present you with the carrier. However, some search services will also present you with reverse phone lookup information as well. So your search page will provide you with the carrier, the name associated with the telephone number, the address related with the telephone number and, on occasion, even a map and a direction that show you how to get there from your current location. When you are already on the carrier company office try to ask if they do some Freight Invoice Audit and sales quotations. When you are already convinced to make them your chosen carrier company try to reflect if you can have transportation savings.
This information can be beneficial for a number of reasons, if only to find out whether you have the same carrier as the person that you want to call so that you can use a same-carrier-only calling plan. Usually, you may have many other reasons for wanting to know the carriers telephone number, but no matter what they may be, finding out the information you needed is just that simple.
Logistics Management
Truckload Pricing Trends
Supply Chain Social Network
It may seem like an impossible thing to discover, however, finding a carrier by using only a telephone number is absolutely possible. The trick is simply to find the right and the best service to do it for you online. In carrier selection you must be keen and do background check of the chosen company to make sure that your package or cargo will always be safe due to the fact that there are so many carrier list available on the internet but does not have a good quality of work so be very attentive in choosing one. Routing Guide
There are usually two kinds of carrier search services. There are some that allows you to search for carriers using a computer or some companies allows you to search for your preferred carrier using your mobile phones, and those that allows you to search using a land line telephone number.
It is much easier and more reliable to find out a carrier using a land line telephone number because when using a land line telephone number, it is regularly as simple as typing in the number, and obtaining your desired result. In the case of mobile numbers, there is frequently a delay after the phone number was initially registered and not all sites list all numbers, in using your computer and internet in looking for one then there are so many carrier company claims they have the best which in fact they are not. Furthermore, now that number portability exists, it is very common for numbers to have been transferred to different carriers without registering that way on the reverse phone carrier searches. Order Fulfillment
To perform a search for a carrier by using the phone number, simply input the telephone number into the search field, and then click "search". This will bring you to another page with your desired results. When you selected a carrier company try to ask if they have routing guide compliance.
In choosing carrier company try to see the key points like having its own Transportation Management System or TMS, offers secure contracts in case of troubles, and a good carrier rates. By looking for those key points it will surely help you get the best and the fittest carrier company for you. Bill of Lading
Typically, the search will present you with the carrier. However, some search services will also present you with reverse phone lookup information as well. So your search page will provide you with the carrier, the name associated with the telephone number, the address related with the telephone number and, on occasion, even a map and a direction that show you how to get there from your current location. When you are already on the carrier company office try to ask if they do some Freight Invoice Audit and sales quotations. When you are already convinced to make them your chosen carrier company try to reflect if you can have transportation savings.
This information can be beneficial for a number of reasons, if only to find out whether you have the same carrier as the person that you want to call so that you can use a same-carrier-only calling plan. Usually, you may have many other reasons for wanting to know the carriers telephone number, but no matter what they may be, finding out the information you needed is just that simple.
Logistics Management
Truckload Pricing Trends
Supply Chain Social Network
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