How did the near elimination of aged invoices affect your future rate negotiations?
Natalie Rekow, Ecolab sr. logistics manager, shares how the near elimination of aged invoices transformed their status as a preferred carrier in the freight payment space. With freight payment no longer a focus in carrier meetings, Ecolab can now concentrate on driving better business outcomes and maintaining competitive rates by ensuring timely payments.
What business outcomes did Ecolab realize with RateLinx?
Natalie Rekow, Ecolab sr. logistics manager, highlights the significant improvements her team experienced after partnering with RateLinx. From reducing internal workloads and labor to accelerating invoice processing and eliminating aging, RateLinx helped Ecolab nearly eliminate rate tolerances and gain strategic insights into their financial data and spend.
How difficult is it to eliminate rate tolerances with a 700K invoice volume annually?
RateLinx CEO Shannon Vaillancourt dives into the complexities of auditing freight invoices with precision. Listen as he discusses the common practice of accepting small discrepancies in freight charges and how RateLinx goes beyond by auditing every penny—transforming the way companies like Ecolab handle massive invoice volumes. Discover why ‘horseshoes, hand grenades, and freight bills’ are now inseparable in the world of logistics.
How does $0 rate tolerances with RateLinx help procurement?
RateLinx CEO Shannon Vaillancourt explains how eliminating rate tolerances provides companies like ‪Ecolab with a reliable foundation for procurement. By ensuring accurate rate comparisons and offering detailed analytics, RateLinx empowers Ecolab to make more informed decisions, optimize carrier selection, and explore potential cost-saving opportunities.
How does RateLinx help carriers and clients with Freight Audit & Pay combined with its Carrier Resolution Services?
RateLinx CEO Shannon Vaillancourt explains the value of our collaborative approach to resolving billing issues. By working closely with carriers to fix problems at the root, RateLinx achieves a 98% first-pass yield, ensuring that invoices are paid accurately and efficiently. This proactive strategy not only saves time and costs but also fosters strong relationships with carriers, leading them to recommend RateLinx to other clients.
What were Ecolab’s Freight Audit challenges?
Ecolab’s freight audit challenges were daunting: from overwhelming manual processes and backlogged invoices to uncooperative carriers and inadequate data for decision-making. Natalie Rekow, Ecolab sr. logistics manager, shares how these obstacles hindered their operations and what they did to turn things around. Discover the steps Ecolab took to enhance their logistics efficiency and why data-driven insights were key to their success.
How has RateLinx helped Ecolab move beyond tactical freight payment?
Natalie Rekow, Ecolab sr. logistics manager, explains how RateLinx solutions not only streamlined invoice auditing but also freed up valuable time for their procurement and leadership teams. With these tactical issues resolved, Ecolab shifted focus to what truly matters—enhancing customer service, fostering innovation with carriers, and driving future growth.
How did RateLinx help with your first pass yield?
Natalie Rekow, Ecolab sr. logistics manager, reveals how RateLinx automated solutions transformed their freight payment process, reducing the need for manual intervention on invoices. With a first-pass yield now exceeding 98%, Ecolab has surpassed their target, thanks to RateLinx understanding and adapting to their specific business needs.
How did Ratelinx positively impact Ecolab’s carrier relationships?
Natalie Rekow, Ecolab sr. logistics manager, shares how RateLinx solutions led to a dramatic reduction in escalations from carriers. Once a source of frequent issues, freight payment is now a point of praise, with carriers recognizing Ecolab as one of the best in the industry.
How did Ecolab achieve up to 20% savings on freight spend?
RateLinx CEO Shannon Vaillancourt explains how our tailored solutions help clients realize significant savings through a combination of headcount optimization, rate tolerance management, and more. Whether it’s reducing costs or preventing unnecessary expenses, the RateLinx approach consistently delivers measurable results.
How was Ecolab’s invoice aging nearly eliminated?
Natalie Rekow, Ecolab sr. logistics manager, discusses how RateLinx software dramatically reduced invoice aging, turning a once complex and time-consuming task into a streamlined process. Thanks to RateLinx, Ecolab can now quickly identify and resolve issues that previously caused delays, ensuring that aging is minimal and only due to factors outside their control.
How does technology improve the freight audit process?
Shannon Vaillancourt, RateLinx CEO, dives into the challenges of manually allocating freight costs and how it affects profitability prediction. In this video, Shannon outlines common pitfalls like delays and increased costs due to reliance on manual processes. He also explains why technology offers a superior solution by eliminating human error, ensuring accuracy, and enhancing efficiency.
5 Ways ShipLinx TMS Integrates and Extends Sage 300
In this video, Todd Elliot, RateLinx VP, sales and Peter Conway,‬ Net at Work senior Sage 300 sales supervisor, discuss top parcel shipping challenges and shared proven solutions to cut parcel shipping costs, drive productivity, and thrill customers.
5 Ways ShipLinx TMS Integrates and Extends Sage 100
In this video, Todd Elliot, RateLinx VP, sales and Daryl McFayden, Net at Work sr. account manager, discuss today’s top parcel shipping challenges and proven solutions to cut parcel shipping costs, drive productivity, and thrill your customers.Â
What are the pitfalls of manually allocating freight costs to predict profits?
Shannon Vaillancourt, RateLinx CEO, dives into the challenges of manually allocating freight costs and how it affects profitability prediction. In this video, Shannon outlines common pitfalls like delays and increased costs due to reliance on manual processes. He also explains why technology offers a superior solution by eliminating human error, ensuring accuracy, and enhancing efficiency.
How does technology and carrier resolution services affect auditing speed and accuracy?
Shannon Vaillancourt, RateLinx CEO, shares a powerful example of how technology automates time-consuming tasks, allowing auditors to focus on critical decision making. Discover how this approach increases productivity and ensures precise and efficient auditing processes.
Why is technology better than manual freight cost allocation?
Shannon Vaillancourt, RateLinx CEO, discusses why technology outperforms manual freight cost allocation. He highlights the challenges of relying on human teams, including higher costs and inconsistencies due to human error. Shannon also explains how technology provides a more accurate and efficient solution, reducing variability and ensuring reliable outcomes.
What’s the biggest challenge matching shipments to invoices?
Shannon Vaillancourt, RateLinx CEO, discusses one of the biggest challenges in freight management: the time lag between shipments and invoices. With shipments often processed days before invoices arrive, accurately matching them can be complex. Discover how addressing this gap is crucial for efficient freight management and learn how RateLinx provides solutions to streamline the process.
How does the carrier resolution team’s expertise help with allocating / assigning freight costs to orders?
Shannon Vaillancourt, RateLinx CEO, explains the vital role of the RateLinx carrier resolution team in accurately allocating freight costs to shipments or orders. Discover how their expertise tackles challenges such as incorrect reference field information and identifying discrepancies in past shipments. Learn how their extensive experience not only resolves data issues but also shares best practices for precise and efficient cost assignment, making complex freight management seamless.
What is the first step in creating predictable financials?
Shawn Gagg, CIO and VP of marketing and sales at Jaeckle Distributors, discusses the crucial first steps in creating predictable financials within logistics. Learn how itemizing freight costs and improving communication with carriers can lead to more accurate financial tracking and better alignment with orders. Discover how these strategies can streamline your operations and enhance your financial predictability.
What is step two in accurately assigning costs per shipment or order?
Shawn Gagg, CIO and VP of marketing and sales at Jaeckle Distributors, outlines the second step in accurately assigning freight costs. He emphasizes the importance of verifying contract rates and integrating all relevant carrier details, including job site delivery, oversized shipments, and liftgate requirements. Discover how RateLinx ensures precise cost assignment and effective auditing by setting correct rates and incorporating comprehensive data.
What’s the third step in creating more predictable financials?
Shawn Gagg, CIO and VP of marketing and sales at Jaeckle Distributors, explains the importance of tying freight expenses to specific shipments. By connecting orders to branches, customers, and manufacturers, businesses can gain deeper insights into the profitability of each region, branch, and territory manager. This step allows companies to make informed decisions about fleet and carrier choices, ultimately driving better profitability.
Velocity is so important these days, how would you describe the speed at which RateLinx does it?
Shawn Gagg, CIO and VP of marketing and sales at Jaeckle Distributors, discusses how our rapid and reliable process has transformed his operations. With RateLinx, speed and accuracy are no longer concerns for our clients. We handle everything efficiently, eliminating lag time and delays. Velocity is crucial in today’s supply chain, and RateLinx delivers with lightning-fast freight management.
What sets RateLinx freight auditing apart?
The perfect blend of speed and accuracy. Shannon Vaillancourt, RateLinx CEO, explains how our technology handles the fast processing, while our expert team ensures accuracy by resolving any discrepancies through direct conversations with carriers. This approach not only builds credibility, but also guarantees precise and timely results, making RateLinx a trusted partner for both customers and carriers.
What’s the roadblock linking orders to shipping costs?
RateLinx CEO Shannon Vaillancourt explains how our solutions optimize freight movements and consider specific customer requirements to ensure accurate insights without any false savings potential. Linking orders to shipping costs can be a manual and time-consuming challenge, but RateLinx simplifies the process by helping companies uncover real freight savings that were previously hidden.
How does RateLinx unlock freight savings?
RateLinx CEO Shannon Vaillancourt discusses how our customers leverage the RateLinx system to achieve significant savings and gain trustworthy insights to manage large-scale costs. Learn how our solutions are designed to maximize savings and drive efficiency from the very beginning.
How has ShipLinx TMS and RateLinx Freight Audit & Pay helped Jaeckle better manage their business and drive more predictable profits?
Shawn Gagg, CIO and VP of marketing and sales at Jaeckle Distributors, discusses how Jaeckle transformed their logistics operations and achieved more predictable profits using ShipLinx TMS and RateLinx Freight Audit & Pay. Discover how these powerful tools have enhanced Jaeckle’s business management and kept them ahead in a competitive market.
3 Ways TMS Provides Predictable Financials
The most profitable businesses achieve higher profits with predictable financials. Calculating the profitability per item, per customer, per order is almost impossible because most businesses aren’t connecting the shipping costs to each item, customer, or order. Oftentimes, businesses are unaware that an item may be losing them money due to shipping costs per item or order.
In this video, you will learn how ShipLinx TMSÂ incorporates shipping costs into every facet of your business and leads to predictable profits.
5 Ways to Simplify Transportation Management
We’ve been building our partnerships with trusted finance and operations partners like NexTec, an award-winning Acumatica and Sage partner, to find new ways to help you optimize your entire supply chain through our powerful ERP integrations with ShipLinx TMS.
RateLinx’s advanced Gartner top-ranked TMS solution has 100% system uptime, expert-level Scottsdale-based technical support, and implements in 30 days or less.
Hear from Jim Gross and Natasha Laszchuk of NexTec, and Shannon Vaillancourt, 30-year logistics veteran and RateLinx CEO, to learn how to optimize your entire transportation lifecycle.
Tell us a bit about the RateLinx rate administration team’s experience.
Shannon Vaillancourt, RateLinx CEO, discusses the RateLinx rate administration team’s experience: Practice makes perfect!
How does using ShipLinx TMS and RateLinx Freight Audit & Pay compare to solutions you’ve used over the last 30 years?
Jim Floersch, global logistics and transportation manager, Pentair, discusses how RateLinx solutions compare to other solutions he has used throughout his career.
3 Ways Unified WES and TMS Automation Cuts Costs
By combining Numina’s RDS warehouse execution system’s (WES) advance-order release wave creation and order cartonization logic with ShipLinx TMS’s parcel and LTL shipment optimization, you can now quickly find the most cost-effective mode to ship for B2B and B2C orders.
Discover how the combination of a WES and fully automated pack-and-ship combined with a multi-modal TMS reduces freight expenses up to 30% and drives order fulfillment efficiency. With the unified logic between Numina RDS and ShipLinx TMS, orders get out the door effortlessly while delighting customers with on-time deliveries.
Do you have a tariff administration team after switching to ShipLinx TMS?
Jim Floersch, global logistics and transportation manager, Pentair, covers ShipLinx TMS and tariff administration teams.
How do you show ongoing value to executive leadership?
Jim Floersch, global logistics and transportation manager, Pentair, covers RateLinx solutions’ ongoing value with executive leadership.
How has RateLinx Carrier Resolution Services paired with RateLinx Freight Audit & Pay solution helped you?
Jim Floersch, global logistics and transportation manager, Pentair, reviews how RateLinx Carrier Resolution Services and Freight Audit & Pay help his team.
How much of invoicing was electronic after implementing ShipLinx TMS?
Jim Floersch, global logistics and transportation manager, Pentair, discusses electronic invoicing with RateLinx ShipLinx TMS.
How has ShipLinx TMS TL Auction helped you manage spot quotes?
Jim Floersch, global logistics and transportation manager, Pentair, shares managing spot quotes with ShipLinx TMS TL Auction.
How easy was it to manage tariffs with ShipLinx TMS?
Jim Floersch, global logistics and transportation manager, Pentair, discusses easy, efficient tariff management with ShipLinx TMS
What LTL savings did you achieve?
Jim Floersch, global logistics and transportation manager, Pentair, shares his experiences with RateLinx solutions and LTL savings.
How does ShipLinx TMS and RateLinx Freight Audit & Pay compare to other solutions?
Jim Floersch, global logistics and transportation manager, Pentair, shares his experiences with RateLinx ShipLinx TMS and Freight Audit & Pay
5 Parcel Manifesting Pitfalls
Make rate tolerances, auditing invoices one by one, past due balances, and over-billing a thing of the past. Toss out the old way of auditing freight invoices and lean on technology to audit freight invoices faster and more accurately so you can become shipper of choice with your carriers.
3 Key Results of Optimized Shipping: Better Forecasting, Budgeting, and Data Access. Supply Chain Now Live Stream
Make rate tolerances, auditing invoices one by one, past due balances, and over-billing a thing of the past. Toss out the old way of auditing freight invoices and lean on technology to audit freight invoices faster and more accurately so you can become shipper of choice with your carriers.
5 Reasons to Rethink Your Freight Auditing
Make rate tolerances, auditing invoices one by one, past due balances, and over-billing a thing of the past. Toss out the old way of auditing freight invoices and lean on technology to audit freight invoices faster and more accurately so you can become shipper of choice with your carriers.
What were some of your shipping challenges before ShipLinx TMS?
Sean McGee, Wire Belt project manager, discusses some of the shipping challenges they faced prior to implementing ShipLinx TMS.
What are the biggest shipping issues for Infor VISUAL clients?
Paul Tedford, WM Synergy CEO discusses the biggest shipping issues for Infor VISUAL clients.
What are Infor VISUAL clients looking for in a TMS?
Paul Tedford, WM Synergy CEO discusses what Infor VISUAL clients are looking for in a TMS (transportation management system).
How does a TMS help manufacturers?
Sean McGee, Wire Belt project manager, discusses how a transportation management system (TMS) helps manufacturers.
How did the RateLinx implementation go?
Sean McGee, Wire Belt project manager, discusses Wire Belt’s RateLinx implementation.
What is RateLinx’s implementation process?
Shannon Vaillancourt, RateLinx CEO, talks about the RateLinx implementation process.
What did RateLinx solve for Wire Belt?
Shannon Vaillancourt, RateLinx CEO, discusses the challenges RateLinx solved for Wire Belt.
What were the business outcomes using ShipLinx TMS?
Shannon Vaillancourt, RateLinx CEO, discusses TMS – ERP integration.
What were the top 5 ways ShipLinx helped Wire Belt?
Sean McGee, Wire Belt project manager, discusses how ShipLinx helped Wire Belt achieve their business goals.
Why is it important to have all modes in one place?
Paul Tadford, WM Synergy CEO, discusses the importance of having all modes in one place.
Why is it important to fully integrate a TMS with an ERP?
Shannon Vaillancourt, RateLinx CEO, discusses TMS – ERP integration.
4 Ways to Transform Parcel Spend Management
Even the savviest shippers with processes in place to control parcel spend still leave money on the table. View our on-demand video with host, Marc Aliotta, Reveel VP, and hear from Josh Dunham, CEO of Reveel, and Shannon Vaillancourt, CEO and Founder of RateLinx, to find out how to revolutionize your parcel spend management through a data-driven approach tailored to you.
5 New Ways to Save Money and Time Shipping in Infor VISUAL
Unlock the full potential of your shipping execution cycle to save time and streamline your operations. Discover the five often-overlooked automations that optimize your freight spend and processes. Hear from Paul Tedford, WM Synergy CEO, and Sean McGee of Wire Belt Company of America, a mid-sized manufacturing company that has mastered the art of streamlined transportation management. They’re joined by Shannon Vaillancourt, CEO and founder of RateLinx.
ShipLinx TMS Client Success, Power Sales & Advertising, Scott Wolfer
RateLinx’s TMS solution is an enterprise-quality TMS made affordable and easy for SMBs. You are in control of your supply chain management.
3 Ways a Top TMS Extended the Power of Microsoft Dynamics
Leading distributors are constantly seeking new ways to improve their shipping planning and execution and improve their customers’ experiences. Find out how Power Sales and Advertising, Inc., a leading incentive distributor, transformed their shipping execution with a new easy-to-use TMS that kept everything in sync with their ERP, Microsoft Dynamics.
Supply Chain Now Event: 5 Ways the Right TMS & ERP Integrations Streamline & Simplify Shipping
In this video, you will hear from Sean McGee of Wire Belt Company of America, a leading manufacturer, Paul Tedford, CEO of Synergy Resources, and Shannon Vaillancourt, President and Founder of RateLinx, and Supply Chain Now’s Scott Luton and Greg White to learn how integrating your ERP and TMS streamlines processes and makes it easy to manage your shipping in one place.
TMS & WES Integration: 4 Ways to Make Best Holistic Decisions
RateLinx’s TMS solution is an enterprise-quality TMS made affordable and easy for SMBs. You are in control of your supply chain management.
ERP & TMS Integration: 3 Supply Chain Pains Solved
RateLinx’s TMS solution is an enterprise-quality TMS made affordable and easy for SMBs. You are in control of your supply chain management.
RateLinx Transportation Management Systems Simplify Parcel, LTL & Truckload Shipments
RateLinx’s TMS solution is an enterprise-quality TMS made affordable and easy for SMBs. You are in control of your supply chain management.
There’s a Better Way: Procure to Pay in the New Abnormal
Hear from John Gilkey, Chief Operating Officer at OnlineStores.com, on how they leverage RateLinx to add speed, agility, and resiliency to their transportation network.
Regional Parcel Carriers — Expand Your Carrier Network Beyond the Big 2
Learn how carrier diversification can mitigate risk, produce savings, and provide extra capacity.
Why Fast Data Integration is Crucial for Supply Chain Resilience
Your personal, team, and corporate initiatives are dependent on having integrated data. Join Supply Chain Now’s Scott Luton and Greg White as they welcome Greg Cornette with Flair Packaging and Shannon Vaillancourt with RateLinx as we discuss several use cases that illustrate the process of getting and the value of having accurate, complete, and timely data.
Fueling Excellent Customer Experience Through Visibility, Diversification, and Agility
Learn how a large shipper with large and diverse product and supplier portfolios delivers excellent customer experience amid constantly changing and uncertain global supply chain conditions. Plus, you’ll be able to join in the engaging discussion.
3 Ways to Deliver a Predictable Customer Experience in Uncertain Times
Join us as we discuss how shippers can deliver predictable customer experiences when global supply chain conditions are in a constant state of change and uncertainty.
Why Data Is Not Knowledge: The Path to Prescriptive Analytics with RateLinx’s Andrew Hooser
Andrew Hooser joins Kevin Jackson on Digital Transformers to detail his own professional trajectory, how RateLinx helps companies unite their data and take action – and why prescriptive analytics are the way of the future. From vendor to shipper to techie, Andrew has seen (and done) it all when it comes to modern logistics, so don’t miss his expert take on supply challenges past, present and future.
PART 2: 3 Keys to Turn Supply Chain Visibility into Action
When it comes to TMS, there’s no shortage of solutions – and no end to the marketing hype around visibility. But are you deploying technology solutions before diagnosing the problem they’re meant to solve? What does it mean to be truly “data-driven”? Our President Shannon Vaillancourt sat down with Greg White on TECHquila Sunrise to talk about what true problem solving can look like in the logistics space – and what three actions you can take to make sure you’re getting real value from your systems and data, not just visibility.
PART 1: 3 Keys to Turn Supply Chain Visibility into Action
When it comes to TMS, there’s no shortage of solutions – and no end to the marketing hype around visibility. But are you deploying technology solutions before diagnosing the problem they’re meant to solve? What does it mean to be truly “data-driven”? Our President Shannon Vaillancourt sat down with Greg White on TECHquila Sunrise to talk about what true problem solving can look like in the logistics space – and what three actions you can take to make sure you’re getting real value from your systems and data, not just visibility.
Visibility is Not Enough: How to be Data Driven
Let’s face it: data is only as valuable to your supply chain as the prescriptive actions you derive from it. And no one understands that better than our Nate Endicott and Andrew Hooser. They sat down with Supply Chain Now to discuss the changing landscape of supply chain visibility, the value of a true solutions partner – and the resilience that only a start in sports can bring.
How Your Competitors Optimize Logistics Using Data Insights
Hear perspectives from industry practitioners, how they leveraged their transportation and logistics data to gain a competitive advantage and made better decisions for their business. Discover how accurate data and prescriptive insights can help you exceed your cost-saving goals!
How to Build a Control Tower in 30 Days
Join Nate Endicott, SVP Global Sales and Alliances, and Tim Judge of Agillitcs as they explore the promise of control towers, why ROI is elusive, and how you can build one in 30 days.
Unleash the Hidden Value of your Supply Chain
Join our Chief Commercial Officer Steve Horler as he examines how a Fortune 500 manufacturer-distributor transformed their supply chain function by leveraging managerial science, world-class processes, and quality data.
Powering Agile Decision-Making: Tim Judge & Nate Endicott
Join the Supply Chain Now team as they sit down with RateLinx and Agillitics. They discuss the importance data quality and organizational culture in achieving broader supply chain and enterprise digital transformation.
Optimizing Decision-Making in Supply Chain in 2020 & Beyond
Scott W. Luton and Greg White with Supply Chain Now lead a conversation focused on better & faster, data-driven decision-making in Supply Chain in 2020 & beyond. We’ll be facilitating a livestream and a simultaneous Tweet chat, so bring your POV and insights!
Interview with our CEO Shannon Vaillancourt
On this episode of Supply Chain Now, Scott Luton interviews Shannon Vaillancourt with Ratelinx.
