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Digital Freight Matching the New "Little Black Book" – Supply Chain 247 – By Dan Clark

By / 2020-09-13

Think about it. Truck brokerages used to have these “little black books” filled with the contact names and numbers of independent drivers who were scattered throughout the country. When the brokerage needed a driver to haul a load across the U.S., it flipped through its black book and found one who was ready, willing, and …

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Digital Freight Matching Services & Technologies – Supply Chain 247 – By Jeff Berman

By / 2020-09-13

In these days of ever-increasing technological innovation, the advances being made in logistics and supply chain are certainly gaining the attention of the Silicon Valley elite. And perhaps nowhere is that more apparent than in the proliferation of app-based – or on-demand – trucking providers, a quickly emerging area that’s receiving a significant amount of …

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Digital Freight Matching: The Race is On – By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor

By / 2020-09-13

In these days of ever-increasing technological innovation, the advances being made in logistics and supply chain are certainly gaining the attention of the Silicon Valley elite. And perhaps nowhere is that more apparent than in the proliferation of app-based—or on-demand—trucking providers, a quickly emerging area that’s receiving a significant amount of attention and investment. While …

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e4Score integrates TrackAssure visibility portal with Trucker Tools’ Load Track – CCJ – Aaron Huff| @AaronHuffCCJ

By / 2020-09-13

Earlier this year, consumer goods company Unilever approached Chuck Irwin with a problem. Its transportation division wanted gate-to-gate visibility of shipments pulled by any carrier and asset. In addition to providing location and shipment status, Unilever wanted to track load temperatures to comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act. Irwin responded by developing a new …

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Putting the Ever Expanding Truckload Brokerage Business into Perspective – Supply Chain 247

By / 2020-09-13

Truckload Brokerage Operations In recent years, the proliferation of truckload brokerage operations has not been easy to overlook. Its ongoing ascent has been driven by several different factors, including the shipper’s need to manage capacity in a fluctuating market environment, the advent of truckload brokerage-specific technology advances, commonly referred to as the “Uberization” of the …

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Uber for trucking label may not be accurate, explains Armstrong report – By Jeff Berman, Logistics Management – Group News Editor

By / 2020-09-13

With the ostensible proliferation of new players on the trucking scene that say they are essentially an Uber for trucking, it turns out that this description may in fact be a misnomer, according to a recent report issued by supply chain consultancy Armstrong & Associates. In its report, which is comprised of feedback from 27 …

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Trucking Too Complex to Become 'Uberized' – MH&L – MH&L Staff |

By / 2020-09-13

While Digital Freight Matching (DFM) companies use digital platforms to match a shipper’s freight with available carrier capacity to better utilize motor carrier capacity, the industry is too complex to become an Uber type of business.   One of the key components of Uber’s model is the commodity-like nature of the ride-hailing service, explains Armstrong & …

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The path to visibility: carriers able to share instant tracking, pricing info – Aaron Huff – CCJ

By / 2020-09-13

A few years ago, it seemed unrealistic for shippers, third party logistics providers or brokers to expect total visibility from all carriers in their freight networks. Large and mid-size carriers probably had the technology to provide shipment visibility. Small carriers, however, traditionally have lacked onboard computers and software needed to automate an electronic data interchange (EDI) process and stand on …

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C.H. Robinson on the Truckload Brokerage Market – Supply Chain 247

By / 2020-09-13

Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman recently caught up with Kevin Abbott, vice president North American Surface Transportation, Truckload at C.H.Robinson (pictured below). In a wide-ranging interview focused mainly on the truckload brokerage market, Abbott and Berman talked about industry trends, volumes, technology, and pricing, among other topics. A transcript of the interview follows …

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Freight matching, Uber-style: Mobile tech gives rise to streamlined freight transactions – Todd Dills| CCJ – @Channel19Todd

By / 2020-09-13

The “Uberization” of freight has been a topic of some discussion following the rise of the Uber taxi service. If you’re not familiar with it, Uber allows a customer to click within a smartphone app and, usually within a few minutes, an independent contractor arrives in his or her car. Prices are standardized and in …

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