ltl BLOG - April 22, 2024 Should you expect your LTL costs to rise? This year, the Journal of Commerce announced that Less-than-Truckload (LTL) shipping rates will increase by 4.1% on average in 2024, following a 2.4% increase in 2023. This marks more of the increases we’ve been seeing over the past half decade. At the moment, LTL rates per pound are over 50% higher than they were in January 2018. If you’re locked into a contract with an LTL provider, this might not seem like a huge deal.…
ltlsps BLOG - April 8, 2024 Supply chain implications of the Baltimore bridge collapse In the early moments of March 26th, 2024, the Francis Scott Key Bridge, in Baltimore, Maryland, was struck by the container ship Dali, taking out one of its support pillars, causing it to collapse, and shutting down the Port of Baltimore to freight traffic. The structure was the third longest continuous truss bridge in the world, carrying an estimated 11.5 million vehicles annually. The port will be closed for the foreseeable future, although crews have…
telecom BLOG - March 25, 2024 How is generative AI changing UCaaS’s potential? Unified Communications as a Service or UCaaS, refers to the consolidation of an organization’s crucial communication systems, including voice, video, messaging, and other cloud-based collaboration tools all on one unified platform. The likelihood you already utilize a UCaaS is high, and many organizations use such platforms, for both external and internal communication. Like everything else in the tech-space these days, one of the trends impacting the future development of UCaaS is generative AI. In this…
packaging & shipping supplies BLOG - March 11, 2024 Are you on top of your different kinds of packaging and shipping supplies? It can be difficult to conceive of all the moving parts that are required for large organizations to successfully ship product around the world. On top of the materials already needed to make your product, you need plenty more just to ensure safety when transporting it. Unfortunately, for a lot of business owners or operators, all these different supplies can be overwhelming. In this article, we look at the different subcategories of packaging and shipping…
saas BLOG - February 26, 2024 SaaS, PaaS, or IaaS? What’s the difference, and how can you tell which one’s right for you? When it comes to cloud computing, if you’re not on board, you’re already behind. Given the rise in popularity and accessibility of cloud-based business solutions, to say the market wasn’t already saturated would be an understatement. In this article, we examine the different kinds of cloud computing structures and how they have the potential to reduce company expenditures and improve productivity. SaaS vs PaaS vs IaaS The cloud computing ecosystem can seem daunting to companies…
merchant services BLOG - February 12, 2024 Payment integration, No. 2: What are payment integration connectors? In our last article about payment integration, we looked at what payment integration is and how to it can optimize your merchant services. In this article we’re looking at API connectors; a software secret that opens your options as a merchant, and potentially allows for significant savings on your payment processing expenses. Payment integration requires payment APIs. Integrated payments are facilitated through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) – protocols that allow different software applications to communicate…
merchant services BLOG - January 29, 2024 Payment integration, No. 1: What is payment integration? The world of payment processing is incredibly complicated, with lots of different moving parts. Depending on how your business or organization operates, it only becomes increasingly complex. Payment integration is the process that simplifies all of that, ensuring a seamless experience across various systems, platforms, or applications. In this article – part one of a two-part series on payment integration – we look at what payment integration is, and its benefits for both the merchant…