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SMC³ 205: LTL Business Analytics (205)


Description
LTL 205 is a capstone course designed to help students transition from theory and best practices to real-world LTL. From operational to financial analytics, LTL 205 is designed to give students hands-on experience and skill sets they can transfer to their LTL careers. Through video-guided exercises using a sample data set, students are asked to demonstrate that they have mastered the basics of LTL by addressing a problem and creating a proposed solution.

Participants need to have a working knowledge of Excel.
Content
  • ONLINE COURSE CONTENT AND FINAL EXAM
  • Module 1: LTL Analytics - Driving Decisions With Data
  • Module 2: Show Me the Data
  • Module 3: What Impacts Rates?
  • Module 4: Benchmarking and Scorecards
  • Module 5: Three Perspectives of What the Data Reflects
  • Module 6: Starting the Bid Process: A Shipper's Perspective
  • Module 7: The Bid Process: A Carrier's Perspective
  • Module 8: Analytics Application & Review
  • 205 FINAL EXAM
  • LTL HYBRID SESSIONS
  • Register Here for the 2025 LTL205 Hybrid Series
  • LTL205 2024 HYBRID SESSION RECORDINGS
  • SMC³ 205 Live - 11/7/24 - Developing a Story with Data to Optimize LTL Decisions
  • SMC³ 205 Live - 11/14/24 - Best Practices to Simplify the LTL RFP Process
  • SMC³ 205 Live - 11/21/24 - Developing Symbiotic Carrier-Customer Relationships
  • SMC³ 205 Live - 12/05/24 - Tools of the Data Scientist
  • REFERENCE AND ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
  • The Ultimate RFP Checklist for Shippers
  • UNPACKING Competitive Bidding Methods
  • Reinventing the Freight Transportation RFP Process
  • 2025 NMFC Class Changes - Optimizing LTL Transportation Spend to Get Ahead
Completion rules
  • You must complete the units "Module 1: LTL Analytics - Driving Decisions With Data, Module 2: Show Me the Data, Module 3: What Impacts Rates?, Module 4: Benchmarking and Scorecards, Module 5: Three Perspectives of What the Data Reflects, Module 6: Starting the Bid Process: A Shipper's Perspective, Module 7: The Bid Process: A Carrier's Perspective, Module 8: Analytics Application & Review, 205 FINAL EXAM"
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever
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