For small to midsized companies, transportation logistics typically arrives in one of two forms: by a company outsourcing its logistics to a third party logistics (3PL) provider or by implementing logistics software solutions that are available as an online software application. Given that logistics software offers an easy to use interface can be customized to [...]

The problem with full truckload shipping-also known as TL shipping-for small to midsized vendors isn’t that they can’t ship less than a full truckload of their goods in a full semi trailer; it’s that doing so is cost prohibitive. As a result, small to midsized companies typically turn to less than truckload shipping-also known LTL [...]

When companies outsource to a third party logistics (3PL) provider, the provider develops shipping solutions that are in its best business interest, meaning that shipping companies can miss out on shipping options that would benefit them the most. Because logistics software is tailored to apply to a company’s unique shipping process and offers an easy [...]

In some cases, growing companies try to negotiate their own truckload (TL) transportation management solutions. But in order to arrive at the most favorable truckload transportation management solutions, companies usually require the aid of transportation logistics in the form of either full truckload logistics software-also known as freight transportation software-or by contracting with a third [...]