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https://www.freightwaves.com/news/daily-infographic-your-guide-to-successful-rfps
The way that transportation has been traditionally bought and sold has left shippers and transportation providers siloed and connected only to those partners within their existing networks. Until now, the tools and practices available have left these industry participants unable to get out of the daily operational weeds in order to connect outside of their silos and engage in forward thinking and long-term planning.
Leaf Logistics was founded to rethink the way that transportation is bought,...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/new-solutions-that-help-transportation-providers-compete
Now is the time for shippers to run or rerun their annual RFPs as spot market rates continue to fall toward or below contract rates.
“Freight volumes typically begin to trend upward in the spring compared to the winter, but that’s something that we haven’t seen this year,” said Michael Colin, founder and CEO of MVMNT.
Colin suggests that declining freight volumes and the record volume of new truck orders over the past year may partly explain why spot rates have plummeted to around $3 per mile...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/run-your-rfp-for-free-with-mvmnt
By Omar Singh, president and founder, Surge Transportation
Routing guides are always going to fail. The basic reason is that forecast is linear but demand fluctuates so they are not always in perfect alignment — especially when taking lead time into account. The end result is tender rejection, a failed routing guide and a need to source capacity in the spot market.
Let’s take a moment to contemplate a routing guide that never fails. Let’s talk about one that incorporates a version of the spot...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/routing-guides-are-going-digital
Completing the annual request-for-proposal (RFP) process is a time-consuming task, especially considering the sheer volatility of the market. Shippers devote a significant chunk of both their time and resources to annual RFPs, so it is crucial that these tasks be completed with the utmost care. For shippers hoping to spend minimal time engaging with the spot market, a forward-looking approach is also necessary.
In an industry in which change is the only constant, planning for all probabilities...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rethinking-rfps-the-power-of-conversation
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