Core Competencies
Contracts
Rate Negotiation
As former senior executives of carriers, our principals
have unique insights into the carrier rate negotiation process. We give
our customers the opportunity at any time to involve us in their carrier
rate negotiation process. For large shippers wanting to take advantage
of the most recent technology available to automate the LTL bid process,
we offer Bid$ense™, a better way to successful carrier agreements.
When requested, AGO personnel can conduct your carrier contract
negotiations, but we strongly recommend active participation by the
shipper in the process to help lay the groundwork for successful longterm
relationships with carriers. Where our customer already has wellestablished
existing carrier relationships, our involvement with those
carriers can generally be very limited. Where a shipper has not already
done so, we generally recommend conversion to an industry standard
tariff pricing system such as CzarLite provided through our strategic
relationship with SMC³.
Through our extensive contacts with Truckload carriers, both asset and
non-asset based, and our contacts with both regional and national
Truckload brokers, we can help our customers identify those Truckload
resources best suited to meet our customers' Truckload requirements.
Carrier Qualification
Carrier Qualification involves both objective and
subjective criteria. Most carriers, whether LTL, Truckload, Expedited
Truckload or Air, have defined their place in the market by adoption of
varying core beliefs and business philosophies, pricing philosophies,
areas of operation, approaches to technology, etc. Our in depth
knowledge of the industry, gained through years of experience, enables
us to help our customers identify those carriers that fulfill their needs.
Contract Administration
AGO Logistics has developed technology, our
Contracts Module, that enables us to administer carrier contracts in a
process that integrates the administration seamlessly with our proprietary
rating technology. This system tracks contract effective dates,
termination dates, renewal dates, scheduled rate changes, insurance
certificate expiration, and other information relative to carrier contract
administration.