In today’s market, it is less about whether a carrier can afford to implement predictive maintenance and more about whether they can afford not to.
Respect and communication remain vital aspects to driver retention.
Reliance Partners’ Thom Albrecht points to current negative trends as reasons to hunker down now and through the new year.
Volvo recently announced its plan to construct an electric charging corridor in California.
Over the past several years, “culture” has become something of a buzzword in the corporate world. Despite this trending vernacular, the things that make up a company’s culture – energy, diversity and values – are the same things that determine whether or not people want to work there.
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.
Preparing your fleet for an inspection is a continual process that requires monthly monitoring of safety data.
The transportation and logistics industry is still dealing with the residual effects of the pandemic, including accelerated technological advances, a tough labor market and an inconsistent supply chain.
Shippers have already begun negotiating lower contract rates, and carriers should prepare for this trend to continue. This will prove especially important for small and mid-size carriers who often do not have the profit margins to weather a storm.
Like a mechanic, we maintain and repair moving parts of your transportation machine; we don’t drive the machine, we fix it.
Produce shipper WP Rawl has found PowerFleet’s solution to have a surplus of benefits.
Solutions like route optimization and real-time visibility are beneficial regardless of what is happening in the market, but these money-saving tools can prove crucial during times of tighter margins.
A better question is, what can carriers do to lower their rates?
Creative and strategic solutions for recruiting in the logistics space.
A recent report shows how far the transportation industry remains from the net-zero goal.
As more solutions enter the market and companies’ technological suites have become more sophisticated, integrations have gone from nice-to-have perks to need-to-have requirements for many shippers.
While many expect digital freight to disintermediate the broker, MVMNT has other plans in store.
Sam Stockdale discusses Link Logistics’ decarbonizing strategy for logistics infrastructure on FreightWavesTV’s Net-Zero Carbon.
While technology has a place in the evolution of transportation, not everything in the day-to-day operations should be replaced by it. Interpersonal relationships are essential and the foundation for success.
Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels says letting things slide can have deadly consequences.
