By: Tracy Rosser, EVP, Operations, Transplace Transplace manages more than 800,000 shipments into major retailers each year for iconic brands like Del Monte, Nestlé Waters, Kellogg’s, McCormick and Mars. With a centralized group focused solely on OTIF excellence, our team of retail logistics experts has deep experience in the OTIF program and the appointment scheduling…
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Transplace’s third acquisition of 2020 advances the company’s strategic mission of supply chain visibility, innovation and optimization. Since the pandemic and global shutdowns, manufacturers face challenges such as too much inventory or the inability to scale to customer demand. Logistics leaders are seeking new strategies for inventory management and improving inbound logistics. Transplace’s latest acquisition,…
By: Michelle McBride, Senior Product Manager, Uber Freight We recently announced real-time visibility for truckload as a standard capability, without any extra transaction or integration fees, for all of our managed transportation services and Transportation Management System (TMS) customers. We are thrilled to be the first to provide real-time visibility as a standard within a…
By: Greg Umstead, Vice President, Fleet & LTL Services Transportation Management, Uber Freight Within the last few years, less-than-truckload (LTL) rates and capacity have fluctuated. Many carriers have shifted from the traditional National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC) rate-setting formula to density-based pricing, which prices freight according to the amount of space the shipment uses in…