Surge Transportation

Routing guides are going digital

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...

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Don’t compete with noncompetes

By Omar Singh, president and founder, Surge Transportation

As we navigate our way through the Great Resignation, which is happening at the same time our nation is facing supply chain challenges of all kinds and thus creating intense competition for talent, I thought it would be worth taking a moment to consider competing for talented logisticians in a fair and reasonable way. 

As an employer, I frequently encounter the issue of restrictive agreements when interviewing prospective candidates and...

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Using pricing to your advantage — Put That Coffee Down

Surge Transportation is the fastest growing 3PL in the logistics space today. Based in Chicago and Jacksonville, they offer unrestricted access to almost all accounts, limitless territory, and a chance to be a key player in a growing company. To find out more email jobs@eric-lisciandrellosurgetransportation-com

Developing a solid relationship with your carriers can be one of the top strategies to employ as a broker, especially when it comes to leveraging prices. 

On this episode of Put That...

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The dark rate: Broker-to-Carrier Contract

Most benchmarking rate tools divide rates into two categories: either shipper-to-carrier contract rates or broker-to-carrier spot rates. There is a third category that nobody really talks about: broker-to-carrier contract. Let me set the stage first. One of the most reliable ways that the tools gather their information is to ask motor carriers and brokers to export their load information to them every night in Excel or some flat file. That information is separated into those two categories...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/the-dark-rate-broker-to-carrier-contract

The value of brokerage in a digital world — Put That Coffee Down

Surge Transportation is the fastest growing 3PL in the logistics space today. Based in Chicago and Jacksonville, they offer unrestricted access to almost all accounts, limitless territory, and a chance to be a key player in a growing company. To find out more email [email protected]

Kevin Hill and Richie Daigle welcome two guests on this episode of Put That Coffee Down and they discuss a common theme: standing out and seeking value in the transportation industry. 

First up is Steve...

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Surge Transportation forges digital pathway with TMS integrations

Digital brokerages have played an important role in the technological revolution of the transportation industry. Their disruptive innovation has challenged legacy players to take a step back and analyze the value of their current service offerings and motivate them to invest in bringing true capacity optimization and efficiency to customers, both carriers and shippers.

This revolution can be intimidating to the thousands of brokers looking to bootstrap their way into the digital era. From...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/surge-transportation-forges-digital-pathway-with-tms-integrations

Tech in logistics: Disruption or distraction?

By Omar Singh, president and founder, Surge Transportation

Until recent history, all of the top brokerages have been profitable companies. This is not the case with all of the investor-backed technology companies currently taking up market share, which leads me to ask the question: Is it better to be a technology company learning supply chain or a supply chain company learning to adopt technology?

There is an old joke in our industry: “How do you become a millionaire in the trucking business? You...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tech-in-logistics-disruption-or-distraction

Automating the sales process — Put That Coffee Down

This podcast is sponsored by Surge Transportation. Surge Transportation is the fastest growing 3PL in the logistics space today. Based in Chicago and Jacksonville, they offer unrestricted access to almost all accounts, limitless territory, and a chance to be a key player in a growing company. To find out more email [email protected]

Automation is making waves in every sector across the transportation industry, but where does it fit into sales?

On this episode of Put That Coffee Down,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/automating-the-sales-process-put-that-coffee-down

API vs. RPA — what’s the difference?

By Omar Singh, president and founder, Surge Transportation

Do you remember studying something in school and asking yourself or your teacher, “When am I ever going to use this?” Well I asked that once of a professor when talking about a calculus class. He explained that we were not studying calculus because we were going to use it in whatever jobs we ended up having. We were studying it to learn how to solve complex, multistep problems: “I know you are not going to use the quadratic equation in...

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