SMC³
SMC³ is your one-stop knowledge hub for everything less than truckload (LTL). We facilitate business across the supply chain with the right LTL transportation data, technology and expertise to inform better decisions.
Shippers, carriers, logistics service providers and technology providers rely on SMC³ to translate intricate LTL transportation pricing and transit detail into data-centric solutions.
A trusted industry partner for more than 85 years, SMC³ is an established thought leader, hosting premier supply chain conferences and educational events across North America.
Certified in LTL
The Certified in LTL (CLTL) demonstrates your mastery and understanding of less than truckload as a transportation service and how LTL fits into today’s dynamic supply chain. The exam verifies your ability to strategize and apply best practices in LTL operations, LTL freight pricing and costing, LTL transportation laws and regulations, as well as business ...LTL201: The Fundamentals of LTL
This course takes you through the development of general transportation modes and how the need for less than truckload service developed. Learn how the markets and players today evolved from railroad and horse and carriage delivery to the local, regional, and national LTL transportation networks developed. Discover the “why” behind tariffs and the role ...LTL202: LTL Operations from Dock to Stock
LTL Operations from Dock to Stock takes a deep dive into the essentials of LTL from four critical areas: equipment, facilities, network, and technology. The focus is the process of how freight is moved through an LTL network. A detailed understanding of the impacts to carrier operations that drive costs and performance from pickup to delivery is developed. ...LTL203: LTL Freight Pricing
LTL Freight Pricing demonstrates your mastery of the factors and influences that affect pricing freight for transportation with an LTL carrier. The different LTL pricing models, classification basics and understanding of the NMFC, base rates and gross rates, discounts, tariffs, and trends in LTL freight pricing are evaluated in detail. Practical application ...LTL204: U.S. LTL Transportation Laws and Regulations
SMC³’s US Transportation Laws and Regulations course explores regulatory origins and laws governing transportation, as well as how to construct, analyze, and negotiate a transportation contract.LTL205: LTL Business Analytics
The LTL Business Analytics course delivers the critical insight for logistics and supply chain professionals turning in greater numbers to analytics solutions to extract meaning from big data. The course covers the basics of differentiating data, benchmarking and understanding different strategic sourcing business models. The final portion discusses ...