JBF Freight Transportation Bulletin #39

Howdy and Happy Summer,

Welcome to Edition #39 of the JBF Bulletin!

Back to business after a long holiday weekend – we have several insightful articles curated in this month’s collection highlighting the importance of due-diligence ahead of vendor selection.

• One Subtle Change Will Greatly Improve Your TMS Implementation Outcome
• The Key to Effective Vendor Selection in Transportation Logistics Technology

We are ‘beating this drum’ loudly, as we believe the small investment of time and attention prior to vendor selection can serve to both mitigate significant implementation risk, and improving outcomes for the buyer.

This concept can be applied to every software investment – not just TMS.

We explored some of these synergies with the great folks over at Alpine Supply Chain – who specialize in WMS vendor selection – in this webinar recap.

Or for those of you ‘TL;DR’ (too long; didn’t read) people, Mulqueen’s quote from the Talking Logistics piece, The Key To Effective Vendor Selection In Transportation Logistics Technology, is an excellent sound byte to leave you with:

“In software development, there is an adage that if you identify and correct a bug in early-stage design, it costs you a penny, a nickel in development, a dime in test, and after release, a dollar.” 

Thank you for your continued interest in our monthly Bulletin. Happy reading!

-Brad Forester, CEO

P.S. Last week our industry acknowledged ‘National Logistics Day’. The truth, I suspect, is more like “today kicks off our peak shipping season, so yeah – it’s National Logistics Day everyday”! To commemorate the occasion, we compiled a list of the top logistics focused podcasts for you to enjoy!

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-Brad Forester, CEO

 

Read the full Edition 38 newsletter here.

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The JBF Freight Transportation Industry Bulletin is a newsletter curated by the JBF Consulting team, with a focus on supply chain, transportation, logistics and of course freight.

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