3PL Providers
When your Flat Bridge team manages driver dispatch, tracking, load entry and load board management you can get back to the business of BUILDING your business.
Pain Points
Third-Party Logistics providers have proven themselves to be an invaluable part of the supply-chain process. Ever more, shippers and carriers are relying on these organizations to drive efficiencies. Effectively answering that call means that freight brokers must invest heavily in technology, staffing and business development, even as competitors pour into the marketplace. How does a company continue to make investments while margins continue to compress? The most obvious solution is to manage your operational costs.
Flat Bridge Background
Flat Bridge was built to service the third-party logistics industry. Each member of our team undergoes a 12-month training process to introduce them to the world of logistics and the 3PL industry specifically. During their first year, your Flat Bridge associate will have attended over 20 workshops on topics ranging from common carriers, hazardous material, intermodal shipments, contract carrier negotiation skills, and customs/border crossings. Our team has extensive TMS experience using products from Oracle, SAP, Transplace, Mercury Gate, BlueJay, One Network, and Realtime Freight. Our data-management team has built integrations allowing Flat Bridge to interact with over 100 load boards automatically and instantly. Every day we practice these skills while dispatching hundreds of drivers.
Flat Bridge Solution
Operations is a necessary “cost center” activity but not every 3PL has the same operational needs. The following list of services can be carefully curated to help clients focus on the “profit center” activities of business development.