What Causes Shippers To Receive Lower Truckload Pricing?

Lawrence

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This is about truckload - but there is interesting info here...

When it comes to getting a good price, there are things that one would reasonably suppose would lead a shipper to get better pricing when dealing with carriers. But do they?

For example, one might reasonably expect that the way a shipper treats drivers when they arrive on site to pick up or drop off a load, could affect price or service levels. For example, is there an onerous driver check in process? Do the drivers have lounges and restrooms they are allowed to use? The TMC division of C.H. Robinson provided a large data set from their managed transportation operations to researchers at Iowa State University.


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Ragman

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This is about truckload - but there is interesting info here...

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About 2 - 3 times in a 2 month period, we will see a load at a shipper that is a very quick paying place. The only issue is, they are a pain in the ass to deal with.

With this in mind, we bid high. I'm amazed we get the load.
 
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geo

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Walmart, target, navy exchange, aafe, and a few other have a nice waiting area and restroom for the driver
also Newport news shipyard has a nice area to
 
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