Learn and discover more in various topics of the logistics industry.
This free Managed Transportation educational content explains how shippers can best outsource and optimize their freight operations through a structured, technology-driven logistics model. It focuses on improving efficiency, reducing transportation costs, and increasing visibility across complex supply chains.
Managed logistics combines carrier management, freight execution, and transportation planning into a single coordinated system. It helps shippers move away from fragmented shipping processes and toward centralized control of their freight network.
You will find content covering carrier sourcing, transportation RFPs, freight audit and payment, shipment visibility, routing guides, and performance management. These resources explain how managed transportation improves decision making, strengthens carrier relationships, and creates more predictable shipping outcomes.
TLI delivers managed logistics services through a combination of logistics expertise and its ViewPoint TMS platform. This allows shippers to access real-time data, improve execution, and gain better control over LTL, Truckload, and multimodal freight.
This category also explores how managed transportation supports cost reduction, network optimization, and long-term carrier strategy. Each resource is designed to help shippers scale operations without increasing internal logistics complexity.
Explore these logistics management resources to learn how outsourcing freight management improves efficiency, reduces costs, and strengthens supply chain performance.
By Joseph McDevitt
See where in-house freight management breaks as volume grows, the early warning signs, and how TLI's managed transportation and ViewPoint TMS restore reliability and visibility.
By Joseph McDevitt
Switching freight brokers is often simpler than shippers expect. Many put it off for months ...
By Joseph McDevitt
Contract logistics replaces unpredictable spot-market pricing with negotiated carrier contracts based on your actual shipping history, delivering more consistent rates, stronger service commitments, and greater cost control. TLI analyzes your freight data, conducts competitive carrier RFPs, and loads awarded contracts directly into your Transportation Management System (TMS), creating a scalable transportation program with complete visibility and invoice accuracy across both LTL and FTL freight.
By Joseph McDevitt
TLI combines transportation analytics, multi-mode execution, and continuous optimization into a single managed program, delivered by a dedicated team with 30+ years of freight expertise.
By Joseph McDevitt
Discover 6 key signs that your company has outgrown its current freight broker and learn how to evaluate the right logistics partner.
By Joseph McDevitt
What is the right supply chain strategy for your company? Keeping freight management in-house or delegating to a 3PL?
By Mitchell Kinek
Learn about filing freight claims, the Carmack Amendment, documentation requirements, filing deadlines, and the most common reasons carriers deny claims.
By Joseph McDevitt
Learn how to cut shipping costs! Get accurate LTL freight quotes. Learn CWT pricing, freight class, fuel surcharges, and accessorials.
By Joseph McDevitt
Shippers are advised that incomplete or poorly structured data is the single biggest obstacle to achieving optimal transportation RFP results.
By Joseph McDevitt
Inbound logistics is a critical component of supply chain management that directly impacts production efficiency, inventory management, and overall operational costs.
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