SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — EKA Solutions, Inc., provider of a cloud-based integrated freight management ecosystem platform, dFEMX™, and cloud-based end-to-end supply chain Omni-TMS™ platform for carriers, brokers and shippers announced today a strategic channel partner collaboration with FreightWaves. The strategic collaboration will offer SONAR data visualization tools for brokers, carriers, and shippers with forward-looking analytics […]
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Article written by Khyathi Dalal A significant portion of the Day & Ross, freight and delivery solutions provider, trailer fleet will be outfitted by PowerFleet’s (PWFL -2.2%) +9.4% PM, LV-500 solar tracking solution and the PowerFleet LV-710 freight camera. For efficient and effective equipment utilization, Day & Ross will deploy PowerFleet’s product across 3K trailers thereby optimizing shipping lanes management and cost effective
Article written by Hariesh Manaadiar What are the biggest changes to the pharma and medical supply chains since COVID-19..?? What has become obsolete and what new industry trends to look out for..?? What will the “new normal” in pharma and medical supply chains look like..?? These are some of the questions that keep logistics service
Article written by Todd Dills By April, freight in hotshot sectors had fallen off the cliff. Some direct clients had shut down entirely. Many hotshotters were relying on spot loads that everybody and his brother also were relying on — or at least hoping to. Now imagine your three-truck business and its equipment is barely a year
Article written by Seth Holm This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 80 (Carriers) Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 75 (Carriers) Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 75 (Carriers) The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data contained in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for
FTR reports that its Shippers Condition Index should stabilize throughout the year. “However, a tightening of the trucking spot market in June may foreshadow less robust conditions for shippers in the near term,” according to FTR. FTR’s Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) for May fell sharply to 24.8 from the extraordinarily high pandemic-impacted 41.3 April reading.
Article written by Cristina Commendatore According to a private industry notification from the FBI, research into a selection of self-certified ELDs found the devices did “little to nothing to follow cybersecurity best practices and were vulnerable to compromise.” In a private industry notification, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Cyber Division warned that cyber criminals could exploit
BluJay Solutions, a leading provider of supply chain software and services, has released version 20.2 of its transportation, distribution, and compliance software applications. BluJay’s latest version offers expanded capabilities to provide advanced data sharing, capacity planning, and shipment tracking to optimize payment, insurance, and compliance processes across global supply chains. “Over the last several months
Article written by Todd Maiden Management will no longer ‘wait’ on perfect time to advance growth initiatives Forward Air truck on highway (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) Forward Air (NASDAQ: FWRD) will continue to pursue the less-than-truckload (LTL) market more heavily now that the worst of the pandemic-related freight declines appear to be in the rearview mirror.
Innovation makes it easier to identify waste and inefficiencies while meeting customer demands and minimizing operational disruption. Editor’s note: The following column by Dave Norton, Vice President, Customer Solutions and Support, The Raymond Corporation, is part of Modern’s Other Voices column, a series featuring ideas, opinions and insights from end-users, analysts, systems integrators and OEMs. Click here to learn about submitting