Logistics/Supply Chains

Brokerages that already have customer contracts allow agents more rate stability

This year’s performance will not be as explosive as last year’s. But it will still be very good, a 3PL industry expert says.

Fitness company Peloton plans to turn over all final-mile business to J.B. Hunt and XPO in the coming weeks.

DOT officials are calling the start of data sharing among supply chain companies a ‘milestone’ event.

Driver turnover has been a challenge for trucking companies across the U.S. After implementing SHIPSMobile Content, companies are seeing improved driver retention and a reduction of the “hire, train and repeat” culture.

Purchase of the Bomi Group will dramatically expand UPS’ health care distribution network.

GXO’s earnings per share beat estimates, and it raised full-year guidance for revenue and earnings.

Even in a loose market, technological solutions aimed at optimizing freight movements remain useful.

With a long list of heavy-hitting customers that include Walmart, Loblaw and most recently Georgia-Pacific, Gatik has demonstrated that commercially successful autonomous delivery is happening first in a constrained environment, on fixed, repeatable short-haul routes.

AtoB, a new entrant to the fleet card industry, is disrupting the traditional fuel card model with its no-hidden-fee, universal approach, putting the power back into carriers’ hands

If you aren’t using a platform with an open API, you may find data siloed between different programs that are unable to communicate with your TMS. Your business will ultimately become constrained by the limitations of your TMS. You won’t have the freedom to design a TMS to your company’s needs.

At the end of the day, brokers, shippers and 3PLs want a reliable TMS that can handle all of the nuances of both their particular segments of the transportation industry while also offering a simple user interface.

Two years after he predicted supply chain disruptions due to the pandemic, the supply chain scion says the ecosystem remains broken. All that has changed, he says, is an acknowledgment of that reality.

GXO will receive an undetermined number of collaborative mobile robots.

The Biden administration wants to speed an effort unveiled in March to create a first-time freight data exchange for U.S. container shipments.

AB5 fallout and freight labor unrest are adding to inflation fears, Republican lawmakers are told.

Transport analyst conducts virtual beer get-togethers to gain knowledge and build contacts.

In the third in a series of podcasts on the providers of supply chain solutions, Craig Moore of Korbel talks about the needs of the warehouse sector.

In the upcoming quarter, Trucker Tools will home in on the broker and carrier relationship by introducing a couple of mutually beneficial tools.

Non-asset-based freight agents, who work independently of any one specific carrier, are especially at a disadvantage in today’s marketplace.