Food Shippers of America (FSA) recently teamed up with Loadsmart to survey supply chain decision-makers with manufacturers, retailers and distributors in the food and beverage industry to define significant challenges and gain actionable insights on shipper use of providers in their network and technology/best practices in the RFP process for selecting providers.

This whitepaper covers the following:

• Use of asset-based versus non-asset-based providers
• Mode diversification and utilization practices
• Use of technology in RFP process and automating routing guides
• What shippers currently look for from providers in rewarding business
• The importance of price: RFP frequency, Contract versus Spot Market