Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman caught up with Bill Driegert, director of Uber Freight, earlier this month. During a wide-ranging conversation, Uber Freight’s Driegert offered up insight on the company’s approach to a competitive market, the impact of the driver shortage and regulations, and where things may go from here. A transcript of …
Technology is fueling a growth in non-asset transportation and logistics. Companies are finding ways to solve more complex problems for shippers and increasing the efficiency and speed of freight transactions with carriers. AFN Logistics specializes in transporting retail goods to fulfill supply chains, many of which are now connected to e-commerce and final-mile deliveries. In …
Tailwind Transportation Software has launched Tailwind Enterprise, a new web-based Enterprise Transportation Management Software (TMS) for small and mid-sized logistics companies. “We are excited to launch Tailwind Enterprise for agile trucking companies and freight brokerages that need a system robust and flexible enough to manage their entire business, and allow for adjustments to their business …
( Photo: Wikimedia Commons ) The biggest barrier to blockchain’s adoption by enterprise on an industry-wide scale is a set of misconceptions about what exactly blockchain is and its relationship to cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Most people who are aware of blockchain learned about it because of the media’s fascination with Bitcoin, the volatile …
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The global logistics industry is worth $8.1 trillion which makes it a very attractive market for new players. Two companies from outside the traditional trucking industry are aiming for a piece of this pie: Amazon & Uber. We often come across the news about small and large tech companies entering the logistics market with an …
Transparency18 Sponsored article The global freight logistics industry is in the middle of a transition driven by a confluence of factors ranging from urbanization to the rise of e-commerce, and from autonomation to intermodal platforms. The need for more effective and efficient logistics is rapidly arising to support upstream activities such as just in time …
FR8Star offers transparency for the heavy hauling market Open deck heavy hauling is a smaller segment of the vast United States trucking economy, representing about $50B of the overall industry’s $750B annual revenues, but considered in absolute terms, it’s still a massive sector. Specialized heavy haulers move freight like farm equipment, mobile homes, and machinery …
The rapid growth of e-commerce is driving deep changes in logistics, from tightening up trucking capacity to elevating the importance of final-mile delivery processes. To respond, logistics managers now need to think in terms of systems that they can leverage today to make processes more efficient, while also keeping an eye on longer-term developments that …
Today, we’re all working to manage omni-channel order fulfillment while establishing a more efficient distribution and transportation network strategy to accommodate smoother inbound flow as well as next-day—or even same-day—delivery windows. To do this successfully, retailers, distributors, suppliers and manufacturers must innovate, adapt and evolve—or get edged out of their market positions. In an effort …
Sometimes a buzzword gets so overhyped that it deserves some light-hearted mockery. That seems to be the case with “blockchain.” While it’s true that not every industry can benefit from a distributed-ledger technology, the trucking industry most certainly can. In fact, a new consortium called the Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA) is working to apply blockchain to …
