Trucking Dive: Tariff concerns weigh on freight recovery: report
While pricing improved for LTL and truckload rates in Q1, tariffs seem to be clouding the long-term outlook, according to the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index.
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We helped Mann Lake Bee & Ag Supply automate freight processes by implementing a transportation management system (TMS), reduce parcel shipping costs by 22% and cut LTL shipping costs by 7%.
Global electrical distributor Rexel USA reduced shipping costs by $1.2 million through GRI negotiations and parcel audits, and recovered over $200,000 in LTL claims in just one year of working with AFS.
Musco Family Olive Company needed to reduce the time and cost burden of manual freight brokerage processes. See how a new TMS and managed transportation services lowered their transportation spend by more than 10%.
Shipping costs for western wear retailer Cavender’s skyrocketed during the pandemic. We reduced their LTL shipping costs by 16% with a new TMS and training, and negotiated parcel contracts to cut costs by 14%.
We helped Mann Lake Bee & Ag Supply automate freight processes by implementing a transportation management system (TMS), reduce parcel shipping costs by 22% and cut LTL shipping costs by 7%.
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