January 2020

InstaFreight, Shell partner to transform European freight market

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January 15, 2020: Shell and InstaFreight, a digital freight forwarding company are partnering to transform the European freight market. After successfully raising investment from Shell’s corporate venturing arm, Shell Ventures, InstaFreight will be working together with Shell to expand their digital services to carrier companies in Europe. The new partnership will help InstaFreight to accelerate […]

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How Restaurant Supply Chains Can Achieve A Network Effect

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With real-time shared data between all supply chain partners, the restaurant supply chain is more transparent and efficient than ever, driving down inventory and waste, while improving freshness and customer satisfaction. Significant Value Awaits Restaurant Companies That Exploit A Real-Time, Multi-Party Cloud Platform Network Effect happens when users join a platform and as a result, everyone

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FreightWaves NOW: Understanding The Consumer's Role In The Freight Industry

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In this episode, Director of Freight Market Intelligence Zach Strickland gives you the Carrier Update presented by PowerFleet; Market Expert Donny Gilbert breaks down the headhaul index in the Broker Update; and Market Expert Anthony Smith highlights the positive correlation between consumer spending and outbound tender rejection rates. Video included in original source. Original Source:

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DOT Seeks Comments on Freight Plan

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Strategic document could serve as foundation for future project funding. David Sparkman The federal government seems to have finally gotten around to developing a National Freight Strategic Plan (NFSP) to guide funding priorities for transportation infrastructure projects. Development of such a plan was called for by Congress in highway funding legislation that was enacted in

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IBM Sterling Open Ecosystem to Introduce Innovations Designed to Help Accelerate Retailers' Growth and Digital Transformation Initiatives in 2020

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Salesforce, Publicis Sapient, IBM Services, project44 and Flooid collaborate to help solve retailers’ returns, omnichannel and logistics challenges NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Today at the National Retail Federation’s 2020 Big Show, IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced that enhanced solution capabilities are being developed in collaboration with other providers for the IBM Sterling™ Supply Chain platform to help quickly solve returns, omnichannel

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Telematics Industry Starts 2020 With Major Investment, Acquisition

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Lytx Gets $1 Billion From Permira; Trimble Buys Kuebix Getty Images [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Technology companies that specialize in trucking-related services made two announcements that may significantly impact the industry. Lytx Inc., the San Diego-based company whose systems monitor commercial vehicles with cloud-based video technology, has received a

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Trimble to Acquire Kuebix to Transform and Connect the Transportation Logistics Ecosystem

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Combined cloud platform to create the largest connected network of shippers and carriers in the North American supply chain, improving resource utilization and reducing costs. Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced today it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Kuebix, a leading transportation management system (TMS) provider and creator of North America’s largest connected shipping community.

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Convoy Says AI Now Fully Runs Its Load-Matching and Brokering

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A Convoy booth at an industry trade show. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics) [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Services that rely on artificial intelligence to handle financial and broker-related transactions are making inroads in trucking, in some cases taking over manual processes that for years relied on human hands.

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