Loadsmart

In a connected supply chain, dock doors are the critical link between suppliers, manufacturers, carriers, and end customers. This session will give supply chain executives new ways to calculate the impact and ROI of dock scheduling, insight into how to address existing inefficiencies, and real-world examples of how other warehouses are tackling dock scheduling shortcomings. […]

This week: Loadsmart teams up with The Home Depot Foundation to support veterans, Ruan aids community after celebrating its 90th anniversary, and Walmart donates to nonprofits at the grand opening of a new e-commerce fulfillment center in Pennsylvania.

The current roster of FreightTech unicorns is made up of established companies run by veterans and backed by smart money.

Attracting and retaining top talent isn’t easy; Lunar New Year has begun, Loadsmart reaches unicorn status; and the Midwest braces for winter weather.

Chicago-based on-demand freight marketplace closes on $200 million series D round.

The partnership between Trucker Path and Loadsmart aims to provide more freight hauling opportunities to small carriers and owner-operators.

“Leaders should realize that you’re not going to get a lot of benefit by trying to build volume with negative margins. The goal here is to be focused on value-adding technology and cloud adoption, not in volume building,” says Loadsmart co-founder and co-CEO Felipe Capella.

Blythe Brumleve, host of FreightWaves’ Cyberly, discusses supply chain optimization with Loadsmart’s Ben Buchanan.

FreightTech companies demonstrated products and services designed to improve efficiency in supply chains.

Since July 2020, the Outbound Tender Rejection Index has sat above the 20% mark, meaning nearly one in five loads that shippers tendered were rejected by carriers for higher-paying loads in the spot market. While many shippers wait desperately for rates to return to normal, analysts suggest that the market is not expected to normalize […]