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McLeod Expands AI, Driver Choice in Time of Transformational Change – Transport Topics – Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features

Tom McLeod says the trucking industry is undergoing a time of significant change, but change can yield opportunity. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics) [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] DENVER — Harnessing artificial intelligence and enabling more driver input are among the ways McLeod Software is participating in what CEO Tom McLeod …

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Keeping the freight and trucks rolling on US roads – there’s an app for that – The LoadStar – Cathy Morrow Robinson

© Grapestock By Cathy Morrow Roberson  04/09/2019 The number of employees in truck transportation increased 2% from June to July, and is up more than 2% year on year, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. And as the number of employees grows, so do volumes.   The American Trucking Association recently published its revised forecast for the industry, anticipating …

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McLeod Software taking brokers, carriers deeper into freight matching – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

As a farm boy, Clay Murdoch instinctively knows what to do when dew forms on cut hay in fields. As chief executive of Doug Andrus Distributing, he also knows what needs to be done in a hot freight market. “We need to bail hay,” said Murdoch on Monday, Oct. 1, during a breakout session at …

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Blockchain will work in trucking – but only if these three things happen – Tech Crunch – Jonathan Salama _ TRANSFIX

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 …

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NEXT Trucking gets $21M of funding to grow freight marketplace – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

NEXT Trucking announced a $21M series B round of financing to expand the “trucker-centric” online freight marketplace it launched two years ago. Lydia Yan, chief executive of NEXT Trucking, says the extra resources will be used primarily for new product development and talent acquisition for sales and operations. The company has approximately 10,000 owner operators …

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