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Truckload

What Can a Company Do if Freight is Eating Away Profits?

by George Muha on March 25, 2012

Recently I wrote an article titled Knowing How Freight Relates as a Percentage of Invoice.  That article might have hit home for some companies because, believe it or not, many companies have no freaking idea how freight relates as a percentage of invoice.  Nor do they know what to do even if they did know [...]

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Knowing How Freight Relates as a Precentage of Invoice

by George Muha March 18, 2012

Some popular business sayings that are relevant today are “companies don’t know what they don’t know”, “knowledge is power” and “you cannot manage what you cannot measure”.  Despite the fact that many executives agree with these quotes and can even be heard saying them, most do not utilize this methodology where it counts the most…within [...]

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The Benefits of Using a Freight Audit & Payment Company

by George Muha March 11, 2012

I am not sure how to say this so I am just going to come out and say it.  You’re crazy if you are not currently working with a freight audit and payment company!  What makes me say this?  Because there are excellent service providers out there that can probably do this function better, faster [...]

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New Hours of Service Rules to Keep Roads Safe

by George Muha January 20, 2012

In an effort to keep our roads safe from sleepy truck drivers the US Government is making changes to the hours of service rules.  On December 22, 2011 the Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced regulations that mandate a new limit on the hours per week truck drivers can [...]

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Rail, The Other White Meat

by George Muha January 17, 2012

A great alternative to consider when trying to reduce overall transportation costs is rail.  A rail provider can come to your facility and pick up your load just like a truckload carrier.  The difference is for the line haul portion of trip, your shipment is moving via rail road. The down side of using rail [...]

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Creating More Profitable “FREE FREIGHT” Rules

by George Muha January 16, 2012

HAVING AN EQUALIZED “FREE FREIGHT” PROGRAM KILLS PROFITS, SO CHANGE IT It’s common for shippers to have an equalized free freight program.  What I mean by equalized freight program I am talking about offering “free freight” to customers who purchase a certain amount of volume of goods, regardless of their geographical location.  The problem is [...]

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Freight Audit Companies Fall Short in this One Area: Aged Invioces

by George Muha October 11, 2011

This post is going to be short, sweet and to the point.  I love what a good freight audit company can do for a shipper!  These firms usually can process invoices way more effectively than a shipper can on their own.  In addition, some of these firms can output metrics and business intelligence that can [...]

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What Time Limit Does a Freight Carrier Have to Send an Invoice

by George Muha September 28, 2011

One question I get a lot is about the time frame in which a carrier has to invoice a shipper.  Shippers get surprised when a freight invoice pops up twelve months after a shipment was executed and they feel there might be some clause that gets them off the hook.  Well, I’m here to burst [...]

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Is it Legal to Mark Up Freight Charges?

by George Muha September 21, 2011

Is it legal to mark up freight charges? No, its not.  So lets load up the paddy wagon and start bringing American businesses to justice!  Okay, I’m only partly kidding around so readers can relax.  Technically it’s not illegal to mark up freight charges but in so doing suppliers may be violating the purchasing terms. [...]

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Better Understanding Fuel Surcharges

by George Muha July 26, 2011

Fuel has jumped an unprecedented 32.34% from the 2nd quarter of 2010 when diesel was $3.03 per gallon to 2nd quarter of 2011 when fuel was $4.01 per gallon.  The good news though, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s projections, is that fuel will hover around the four dollar range through Q4 of 2012. [...]

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