How to keep carriers happy and performance high during peak season

It’s no secret the holiday season is the busiest time of year for the logistics industry.

Dan Cicerchi, general manager and vice president of transportation management solutions at Descartes, sat down with FreightWaves to discuss various ways for brokers and 3PLs to improve service and keep morale high during this year’s peak season.

According to Cicerchi, freight brokers and 3PLs should be focused on accommodating carriers’ specific needs in order to improve service levels.

“We kind of live by...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-to-keep-carriers-happy-and-performance-high-during-peak-season

Carriers bet on Capacity-as-a-Service

Over the past decade, as-a-service (aaS) business models have infiltrated supply chain actors in order to advance the industry to keep up with increasingly tech-focused lifestyles.

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) has targeted shippers across the globe, promising an easier way to handle in-house procurement and transportation workflows, and offer a layer of resilience when unforeseen hurdles arise.

SaaS-based solutions have also been promoted within the freight brokerage space, eventually fueling the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/carriers-bet-on-capacity-as-a-service

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