The program covers in-depth understanding of transportation industry. You will learn:
Opportunities in transportation
Business concepts and set-up
Government regulations and requirements
Finding customers, loads, contracts and Accounts Set ups.
Price Quotation and Negotiations
On-line market and freight matching
Route Optimization
Fuel Optimization
Freight Order Management and Freight Dispatch
GPS Tracking
Accounting Concepts including cost-benefit analysis, invoicing, driver settlements, and payment receipts.
Transportation Software and subscription services
Introduction to Logistics and IT
This course provides an introduction to concepts and issues in operations management and is designed to give a firm grounding in the basics of managing materials. It examines the influence of transportation on decisions made by firms, both from the standpoint of users of transportation and carrier management,It focuses on processes that add value through the production and delivery of services and products in the supply chain,and the tools needed to manage these processes effectively.
Load Matching and Acquisition
Online load matching systems provide a fast, convenient way to help ensure that no truck drives an extended trip with an empty load. We provide in-depth training featuring the popular software package LoadLink, how it is used to advertise loads and how to contact and negotiate with load brokers.
Dispatching
Dispatching is a complex process that can quickly get out of hand without the right tools. We use Truckload LinkDispatch as a case study in how dispatching software can help increase efficiency, reduce operational overhead and improve accuracy.
We also discuss the integration capabilities of LinkDispatch with:
Mileage tracking software such as Promiles or PC Miler
GPS packages such as Linktrak, CanCom
Accounting software such as MYOB, Quickbooks, Simply Accounting and ACCPAC
Mileage and Route Optimization
Selecting the right route can often be the difference between a loss making trip and a profitable one. We discuss the use of software packages such as Promiles and PC Miler which can help find optimal routes from one destination to another based on distance, toll cost, and live information on fuel prices at stations all over North America.
GPS Tracking
GPS tracking is an extremely powerful tool for logistics companies, allowing the position, speed and other vital information about trucks in a fleet to be tracked in real-time. We feature the webbased GPS-tracking service LinkTrak in our training.
