Logistics for Nonprofits: 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Shipping Goods

To discuss how brokers can work to secure reliable capacity, FreightWaves and Trucker Tools are partnering for a one-hour webinar on Tuesday, January 15, at 2pm. This interactive webinar will feature insights from Prasad Gollapalli, CEO at Trucker Tools, as well as Jeff Henderson, Senior Vice President of Operations for Ryan Transportation Services, to share how technologies like Smart Capacity can help provide accurate, up-to-the-minute visibility into your carriers and their needs, supported by collaborative tools and real-time data to keep your carriers in the money…and your customers’ loads moving.

In this webinar you will learn: Why using intelligent benchmarking in your supply chain, especially container freight rates is important. What impact real-time market intelligence and benchmarking data has on your overall logistics and supply chain management.

Distribution centers store a variety of products that vary in size, shape, and weight. While a standard bay of pallet rack isn’t always the best solution to store these products, it is unfortunately often settled upon.Identifying and implementing the ideal material handling solution can ensure optimized storage density and selectivity while increasing efficiency and, ultimately, profits. This is why it’s so important that your material handling system aligns with your products characteristics and picking processes.

Your ERP, supply chain, MES and quality systems gather and store hundreds or thousands of data points every day. For companies using standalone, legacy and homegrown systems, it’s difficult to get a cohesive picture of supply chain performance. Manufacturers tell us one of the greatest benefits of having Supply Chain Management (SCM) integrated with their ERP systems is the ability to excel at passing audits from customers and regulatory agencies.