The 7 most popular MercuryGate logistics blogs of the past year reveal a window into the priority topics for logistics and supply chain managers.
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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are great at managing core business functions. However, a transportation management system (TMS) is often needed to keep pace with complex transportation models in an increasingly challenging supply chain environment.
Four important capabilities in our TMS vs. ERP comparison:
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A digital freight marketplace allows shippers, carriers, and digital freight providers to orchestrate win-win-win scenarios across the shipping process. Shippers access lower, real-time rates to move their freight. Carriers and digital freight providers fill more empty trailer space and backhauls. LSPs tap into greater profit with improved market awareness opportunities.
This logistics blog explains the need for a digital freight marketplace, as well as the digital freight matching benefits for all freight and transportation industry stakeholders.
National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, organized by the American Trucking Associations, recognizes nearly 3.5 million truck drivers who safely and efficiently deliver goods nationwide.
This blog takes a closer look at National Truck Driver Appreciation Week and how it salutes the valuable contributions made by truck drivers throughout the United States.
The transportation and logistics industry is notoriously unpredictable. Understanding and preparing for current challenges in transportation and logistics is crucial for businesses to thrive in this dynamic environment.
Read our logistics blogs here to access strategies for overcoming challenges in transportation and logistics.
Leveraging dynamic rulesets within MercuryGate TMS supports growth and scalability. This workflow automation technology empowers organizations to overcome real-world supply chain challenges from the first to the final mile across all modes.
Several of our logistics blogs provide a how-to look at MercuryGate solutions and define standard transportation management terms and software options. This blog explores the advantages of workflow automation and how using dynamic rulesets can streamline your planning and logistics management by automating processes.
Watch our Velocity webinar on-demand to learn more about the advantages of workflow automation using dynamic rulesets. It highlights how dynamic workflow management enables process efficiency and optimization within MercuryGate TMS.
Selecting the right TMS can be a massive undertaking for an organization. Whether your company is implementing a TMS for the first time or seeking more functionality over an existing system, the process starts with your TMS RFP.
One of our more popular logistics blogs offers the first steps for a TMS RFP, as well as a template for TMS RFP questions to consider during evaluations.
The value of automation in logistics is rapidly becoming synonymous with supply chain efficiency. To help you create more value within your supply chain, this blog explores how automation in logistics management emerged through the evolution of transportation processes.
Among those tips are important caveats when launching automation in your transportation operation.
During the past year, logistics blogs published during 2022 also proved popular. Among them, we shared what shippers and LSPs need to know about software price.
Read the blog to discover critical differences between TMS price models and 7 benefits you can access through a cloud-based platform.
Meanwhile, the best strategies for managing risk factors across logistics execution always attract attention. MercuryGate TMS helps improve compliance with your logistics processes.
Here’s one of our 2022 logistics blogs with 5 tips for managing compliance risks.
Learn more about managing compliance through your MercuryGate TMS here.
MercuryGate logistics blogs emphasize how our technology solutions align with marketplace challenges that threaten your transportation cost and service. Stay tuned during the year ahead for success stories from our clients who reveal how our tools delivered measurable improvement in their business.
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