Corrie White

Corrie is fascinated how the supply chain is simultaneously ubiquitous and invisible. She covers freight technology, cross-border freight and the effects of consumer behavior on the freight industry. Alongside writing about transportation, her poetry has been published widely in literary magazines. She holds degrees in English and Creative Writing from UNC Chapel Hill and UNC Greensboro.
Jun - 2020 -
10 June
Corrie White

How to leverage freight-tech as capacity tightens (with video)

“If you want to be relevant five years from now as a broker, you should be moving towards algorithmic rates,” said Andrew Leto.

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04 June
Corrie White

Ready or not, COVID-19 forced organizations deeper into digital logistics

“With digital logistics, you can democratize manufacturing to the point of consumption,” said James Regenor.

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May - 2020 -
29 May
Corrie White

What a freight-centric airport can do for shippers

“Our forte is turning freight from plane to truck and getting it on the road to its end user quickly,” said Bryan Schreiber of Columbus Regional Airport Authority (CRAA).

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18 May
Corrie White

Beer distributors keep pouring with dock appointment scheduling

Opendock’s data aggregation shows beer distributors seeing strong sales during pandemic.

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13 May
Corrie White

Carriers must diversify product to survive the impact of COVID-19

If a sector or industry goes down due to COVID-19 and a carrier hasn’t diversified, that carrier might be following it.

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01 May
Corrie White

A new digital network for freight forwarders booms during COVID-19

“So All Forward not only gives us access to rates, but it gives us the platform to get opportunities,” said Derek Scarborough of Global Logistical Connections Inc.

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Corrie White

Sanitized equipment will maintain operators’ health

“Each morning at 6:00 a.m., Chris Hoisington at Kraft Heinz receives an emailed report detailing everyone who touched the forklift on the previous day.”

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Apr - 2020 -
28 April
Corrie White

COVID-19 illustrates how actionable data is vital for shippers

“Transplace’s customers expect us to dig in and do the research that matters most to their business, and we deliver,” said Transplace Vice President of International Services Mollie Bailey.

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21 April
Corrie White

How owner-operators could save thousands in collision repair costs

Mike Abbott of ATS LLC has his trucks towed, regardless of where they wreck, to Fitzgerald Collision and Repair in Livingston, Tennessee.

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20 April
Corrie White

Dock appointment scheduling software cuts driver wait times, optimizes warehouse workforce

“Without Opendock during the COVID-19 volume surge, it would have been a catastrophic failure,” said Lawrence Dillworth of Owens & Minor, a major medical supplier.

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Corrie White

TriumphPay hosts virtual event helping brokers to ‘drive ahead’ in uncertainty

By partnering with analysts from both FreightWaves and DAT Solutions, event attendees on April 23 will have access to three sessions rich with fresh data.

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09 April
Corrie White

Evolutionary changes in existing technology will optimize driver health

“The last place I picked up, I couldn’t even come inside the building to use the bathroom,” said Chicago-based driver Bob Stanton.

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03 April
Corrie White

Transflo launches free digital tools for truckers in response to COVID-19

“These new tools are free of advertising and exist solely to help with information and resource sharing for professional drivers and fleets,” said Frank Adelman, Transflo president and CEO.

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02 April
Corrie White

Ten-West Environmental now offering fleets decontamination services for COVID-19

The decontamination teams are qualified to eliminate COVID-19 contamination on every possible surface.

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01 April
Corrie White

Big pharma could commercialize and save blockchain

It’s imperative that consumers standing in line for a vaccine aren’t receiving a vaccine only 60% effective, because it went out of temperature range.

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Mar - 2020 -
25 March
Corrie White

2020 technology trends to cushion the bottom line and minimize risk

“The impact of these nuclear verdicts, as well as higher insurance costs, could send more carriers out of business,” said Zach Strickland.

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23 March
Corrie White

The border between Canada and the US remains ‘open for trade’

While the decision to close the United States and Canadian border for non-essential travel will hopefully slow the spread of the coronavirus, this ban will not affect trucking and trade.

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16 March
Corrie White

TTN Fleet Solutions Addresses COVID-19 Regarding Trucking Industry

Maintenance departments within fleets may face labor shortages, and St. Pierre wants fleet managers to know that TTN was founded to assist in times such as these.

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10 March
Corrie White

Why robotic process automation (RPA) is the perfect technology for logistics

RPA technology could provide every broker an assistant to perform lower-level tasks so they can focus on high-level strategy.

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