Article written by John D. Schulz Trucker Tools and TruckPark have formed a strategic partnership to help truckers find safe parking facilities to help ease the national shortage for overnight rest areas for truck drivers. Trucker Tools and TruckPark have formed a strategic partnership to help truckers find safe parking facilities to help ease the national […]
Prescriptive Dispatch Solution Recommends Ideal Matches to Load Planners SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) announced the launch of Trimble® Dispatch Advisor, an optimized dispatch solution for the transportation industry that prescriptively suggests matches between loads, drivers and equipment. Through Trimble Dispatch Advisor, carriers can identify and select the best loads to increase on-time delivery, reduce
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TAMPA, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Transflo has partnered with American Trucking Associations (ATA) on the Driver Assist Task Force platform and mobile app, a suite of free digital tools to give truck drivers and fleets a trusted platform with health and safety information to help keep supply chains moving during situations like the recent COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. “We
Article written by Aaron Huff Supply chain professionals are carrying their experiences with business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce sites, like Amazon, over to their work lives. “Everybody is expecting shipments to be like Amazon with complete visibility,” said Ryan Rogers, chief transformation officer of Covenant Transport Services, a Chattanooga, Tenn.-based carrier and third-party logistics (3PL) provider. Many
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Article written by Ben Ames Online truck brokerage Convoy has launched a feature in its transportation management system (TMS) that allows shippers to access real-time data on carrier performance, and thus centralize their routing guides and cut tendering time in half, the firm said today. Seattle-based Convoy added the feature called “Carrier Insights” to its Convoy
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Article written by Susan Galer COVID-19 just shifted the evolution of procurement into overdrive, and rightly so. Procurement’s traditional responsibilities around cost control, price negotiation, and contract compliance are eclipsed by the pandemic’s life and death demands. Yet managing risk remains more crucial than ever. Digital platforms are especially relevant to companies that are retooling
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Enables shippers to make data-driven decisions about allocating freight SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Convoy, the most efficient Digital Freight Network, today announced the launch of Carrier Insights, a new feature in Convoy Connect, the company’s free transportation management system (TMS) that helps shippers centralize their routing guide and cut tendering time in half. With Carrier Insights, transportation managers can
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PORTLAND, Ore.,— DAT Solutions announced today that Trinity Logistics, one of the industry’s leading third-party logistics providers, is piloting DAT’s truckload rate forecasting tools and automated “Book Now” option for select loads on the DAT Load Board network.The rate forecast and analytics tools will allow Trinity to seamlessly use DAT rate data with internal historical data,
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Article written by Manish Singh Image Credits: Dhiraj Singh / Bloomberg / Getty Images More than 150 e-commerce and delivery companies globally use an Indian logistics startup’s service to work out the optimum way before they ship items to their customers. That startup, Noida-based FarEye, has raised $25 million in a new financing round as it looks to expand its
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Article written by Ashley Coker The coronavirus pandemic has driven strong demand for essential goods, emptied store shelves across the U.S. and shaken up every segment of the supply chain. Shoppers are hoarding toilet paper and lining up outside grocery stores to stock up on Tylenol, forcing companies that make and move these essential goods
