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Most transportation companies view freight payment as a difficult process. However, improved freight payment systems is making the process simpler to perform. There are now also more companies offering services that promise to improve companies' freight payment systems. More businesses are utilizing the services offered by these companies., Freight payment might seem like a necessary evil, but many organizations are converting the tedious task into a necessary commodity. Whether done internally or externally, freight payment. and the headaches [...]

Core carriers providing consolidation and delivery appointments improve LTL services for this Atlanta-based home supply center. Reliable next-day service from its core carriers enables the western division of Atlanta-based Home [...]

GTE Supply embarked on a campaign to reduce its transporation costs by consolidating its freight handling processes. GTE Supply is the logistics arm of the $27 billion firm GTE, the largest US local telephone firm. GTE Supply's transporation costs reached $84 million in 1993, prompting its management to form a task force to address the problem of streamlining. Aiming for daily savings of $40,000, GTE implemented a pilot crossdocking project to reduce cycle time, number of shipments and damage claims. GTE realized savings of $1.1 million in 1994., When the transportation group at GTE Supply got wind that its vendors were jerking the group around, it decided to make some changes. The GTE national logistics center in Westfield, [...]