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Freight payment
enters a dynamic,
global era
Using analytics and Big Data, the next generation of freight bill
payment and auditing companies comb all aspects of freight
transportation operations to highlight supply chain efficiency
improvement opportunities.
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People used to have traffic departments with stacks and rows of tariffs,
says George Pezold, executive director of the Transportation Logistics
Council. People would pull down
the tariff and make sure the trucking
rate checked out with any accessorial
charges. Nowadays, very few companies have that.
Todays modern, lean companies
may have one logistics manager who is
busy arranging moves with freight forwarders in India, for instance. Meanwhile, freight bill payment verification
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