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Blog Posts by Tag: "freight volumes"

Dan  Goodwill

Take A Fresh Look At Your Freight Management Program With A Transportation Audit

Manufacturers and retailers spend millions of dollars a year on freight transportation. Freight costs can represent between 1 to 10 percent of a company’s operating expenses. Many companies treat freight costs as a necessary evil. Once a year they engage in an annual ritual, the freight bid or RFP. The current carriers are squeezed in their pricing; sometimes new carriers are brought into the mix if some incumbents haven’t performed. Shippers walk away thinking they have done their jobs and optimized the value of their freight costs. They haven’t.... Read More

Tom Kretsinger, Jr.

Ten Million Dollars!

Jessica admired her new pedicure. She hadn’t slept for a week. Her life had taken a dramatic turn. Ten million dollars! She would never have to work again! She had been dreaming all week about what she was going to do with all that money. After her lawyer took forty percent, and taxes, she had about five million left. Her attorney advised that she open an account in the Cayman Islands so she had already booked the best room in the casino. And best of all, Nick was finally leaving his wife to move in with her. “Oh, what a great life we will have,” she thought, as she poured another Margarita.... Read More