Do RFPs support carrier-shipper relationships? October 22, 2019 The dreaded request for proposal (RFP) was a hot topic of debate at this year’s Surface Transportation Summit, held Oct. 16 at the International Centre.
How to deal with the dreaded RFP when trucking October 17, 2019 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Carriers hate’em. Shippers say, gotta have’em. The dreaded request for proposal (RFP) was again a hot topic of debate at this year’s Surface Transportation Summit, held Oct. 16 at the International Centre.
FreightSnap – an exciting new visual tool to verify the density of LTL freight September 15, 2013 A picture is worth a thousand words. This certainly applies to LTL freight. Shippers can be penalized financially if their LTL freight is priced incorrectly using the wrong class or…
More on Shipper-Carrier Collaboration and Freight Bids May 26, 2013 In last week’s blog, I shared some ideas from the recent SCL – CITA annual conference on how to improve shipper- carrier collaboration. Various suggestions were proposed by a panel…
Shipper-Carrier Collaboration – How do you make the RFP Process work for Both Parties? May 19, 2013 The subject of Shipper-Carrier Collaboration and Freight Bids came up in at least three tracks at this week’s Supply Chain Canada Annual Conference, presented by SCL and Canadian Industrial Transportation…