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  Consolidate Shipments My last article, part 13 of 22 ways to reduce LTL costs that don’t involve a price reduction, dealt with holding shipments at origin to build pickup density.  That is a strategy which just about any shipper, […]

  13. Hold Shipments To Increase Shipments Picked Up After a bit of a hiatus, I am back to wrap up the rest of the “22 Ways To Reduce LTL Costs That Don’t Involve a Price Reduction”. The year 2022 […]

  The Mixed Commodity Rule Item 640 in the NMFC is a beast of an item.  It is not only long and complicated, but it is also unfair to carriers in many cases and incredibly punitive to shippers in other […]

I am on a quest to map out how each of the major LTL carriers manages and offers Residential delivery service. Every LTL carrier views Residential deliveries through a different lens, has a different set of rules and charges that […]

  11. Fulfill Promised Volumes to Carriers Promises, Promises.  Some say they are made to be broken.  But in LTL, like many other industries, integrity matters.  Promises matter When you think about business transactions, it is quite common for there […]

10. Pay On Time You don’t expect your favorite fast-food restaurant to provide medical advice. You don’t expect your local dry cleaner to also change the oil in our car. So why do you expect your LTL carrier to be […]

9.  Provide Advance Shipment Projections   LTL is so different from other forms of transport.  That is one LTL’s greatest strengths, and why it is so appealing to shippers and growing so well.  Unlike full Truckload where you are essentially […]

Label And Package Freight Accurately And Clearly   LTL carriers are super-heroes. They can deliver thousands, even tens of thousands, of shipments a day of all shapes and sizes and packaging.  They can pick up one to hundreds of shipments […]

  Watch Your Accessorials Probably one of the most under-utilized yet most-effective way to reduce your LTL freight spend is to manage your accessorials.  I run across examples literally every day where a small amount of vigilance can pay off […]