EY Americas’ Sumit Dutta says there’s a realization among companies that a broken or inefficient supply chain is going to crimp growth.
Integrated business planning solutions “enable an organization to respond to changing demand while managing product flow to ensure high customer service,” says ArchLynk CEO Sekhar Puli.
Nikola will get $35 million in cash and 20.6 million of its shares from ending a joint venture with Europe’s Iveco Group, but ties remain.
“Once shippers get up and running on GoodShip, they invite their carriers onto the platform. This creates a multiplayer experience where each party has access to modern analytics, creating a single source of truth,” says CEO Ryan Soskin.
Tech solutions firm Trimble reported $154.9 million in first-quarter transportation revenue amid a softening freight market.
Supply chain software provider e2open gave a bleak outlook in its earnings. Its stock took a pounding in response.
Uber Freight, Convoy and J.B. Hunt formed the Scheduling Standards Consortium in December to standardize trade data and synthesize scheduling technology.
Uber Freight suffered along with the general freight market downturn and saw its first-quarter EBITDA sink yet again.
Electric truck maker Nikola will get 50 Hyla-branded hydrogen fueling stations in a five-year deal with infrastructure developer Voltera.
Kodiak Robotics bought a Peterbilt Model 579EV to marry its autonomous system with electric propulsion. It is using the truck in testing.
Kodiak has taken big steps along its commercialization journey with new carrier partnerships and advancements in its self-driving trucking technology.
Carriers will now be able to handle their fuel expenses on Uber Freight’s app with no annual fees, according to the freight marketplace.
Tracking trailer inventory was always part of Outrider’s autonomous distribution yard plan. Now, it is happening.
Aurora Innovation and Continental AG are partnering to build the Aurora Driver autonomous hardware to scale for the U.S. in 2027
Uber Freight’s head of product shares simple ways to improve decision-making and reduce costs while improving customers’ shipping experiences.
“We could make carriers’ lives easier by giving them a single tool that they can use to make sure that they are not missing any hiring steps,” said LogRock co-founder and CEO Hunter Yaw.
The Q2 Freight Sentiment Indexes show carriers lower, brokers higher and shippers about the same despite ample pricing power.
“There have been companies that have introduced [dashcams] with great success and haven’t lost any drivers at all, and then there are other companies that have lost quite a few drivers because of it,” Reliance Partners’ Brian Runnels said.
“The Premier Partner Program expands our carrier family to include an even higher level of qualification of carriers that can meet the needs of participating shippers,” said president George Abernathy.
The potential widening of broker liability in the Miller case against C.H. Robinson is creating fears among 3PLs, but attorneys see a potential reversal.
