| Truckload (TL) shipping generally refers to the | | | | allows companies greater leverage in the shipping |
| transportation of an amount of cargo that is enough | | | | process and it removes the need to pay a middleman |
| to fill an entire semi-trailer. Unlike less than truckload | | | | to dialogue with carriers. When companies implement |
| (LTL) shipping, where carriers take partial loads from | | | | logistics software, they essentially go from |
| two or more shippers, combining them into a full load | | | | outsourcing their logistics to being their own logistics |
| and dividing the load price, companies that perform | | | | provider, using an easy to use user interface that's |
| TL shipping contract an entire load to a single shipper. | | | | customized to their company's particular shipping |
| While LTL shipping can present attractive pricing | | | | needs. |
| options for small to midsized companies that regularly | | | | Logistics software can be customized in accordance |
| ship less than a full truckload of products, the basic | | | | with a variety of shipping concerns, but freight |
| advantage TL shipping over LTL shipping is that the | | | | optimization and route optimization two aspects of |
| freight is never touched en route to its destination. | | | | truckload shipping that logistics software applies to in |
| LTL shipments are commonly handled multiple times | | | | all cases. Freight optimization deals with a variety of |
| en route. While truck load shipping is a more simplistic | | | | freight concerns, including freight size and volume, |
| shipping process than less than truckload shipping, | | | | packaging and composition, all of which affect the |
| companies that use LTL shipping can still benefit from | | | | cost of shipping. To put it simply, truckload |
| using TL logistics software to arrive at the best | | | | logistics-software is used to find a carrier that offers |
| shipping solutions. | | | | the best price in relation to the combined factors of |
| TL logistics-software is a particular form of truckload | | | | freight optimization. Similarly, logistics-software gives |
| logistics software that helps companies optimize their | | | | companies the ability find the best shipping routes |
| freight and shipping routes to realize the most cost | | | | based on various criteria, including: shortest distance, |
| effective TL shipping solutions. In lieu of | | | | construction patterns, traffic patterns and road |
| logistics-software, companies that don't have their | | | | surface quality. By performing freight optimization and |
| own shipping fleet or employ logistics professionals | | | | route optimization, logistics-software presents |
| usually hire third party logistics (3PL) providers. | | | | companies significantly reduce their shipping costs |
| However, for companies that need to save as much | | | | while improving their delivery time. According to |
| as possible on the shipping process, logistics-software | | | | recent studies, companies that implement |
| is a more cost effective logistics solution than | | | | logistics-software can reduce their shipping costs by |
| outsourcing to a 3PL provider for two reasons: it | | | | 10 percent at the end of one year. |