[ad_1] February 28, 2018 | By Timothy G. Taylor Tags: Trucking, Logistics, Supply Chain You’ve no doubt seen your truckload shipping costs skyrocket. If you’re a niche user—flatbed or refrigerated—you’re probably reeling at the price increases. Your brokers tell you prices will moderate; they’re wrong. Let’s explore strategies to help […]
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Capacity Crunch? Carriers Weigh In
[ad_1] March 22, 2018 | By Felecia Stratton Tags: Trucking, Logistics, Supply Chain Shippers express concern about finding capacity, but how do carriers see the situation? To find out, Transporeon Group, a cloud-based supply chain execution platform provider, surveyed its base of more than 3,000 North American logistics service providers. […]
Technology Fuels Truckload Transport – Inbound Logistics
[ad_1] March 22, 2018 Tags: Trucking, Logistics, Technology , Supply Chain Dedicated truckload fleets fill up on technology solutions that pump crucial data from power units and trailers and deliver it to shippers ready to give their supply chains the gas. When you ship full truckloads, using a private or […]
Georgia: Pathways to Progress – Inbound Logistics
[ad_1] March 22, 2018 Tags: Trucking, Warehousing, Economic Development, Site Selection, Ports, Logistics, Technology , Supply Chain In the logistics sphere, Georgia offers every important road—as well as air and sea route—to success. Some say American business and culture is stuck in a post-truth moment, where we all create our […]
Trouble Finding Capacity? How a 3PL Can Help
[ad_1] March 22, 2018 | By Bill Goodgion Tags: 3PL, Trucking, Logistics, Third-Party Logistics, Supply Chain More regulations, fewer driver hours, and even fewer new drivers entering an already understaffed industry all add up to a perfect storm. The ripple effect of what analysts have been predicting is starting to […]
In It for the Long Haul
[ad_1] March 22, 2018 | By Inbound Logistics Staff Tags: Trucking, Logistics, Supply Chain This first of its kind Heavy Haul Freight Carrier Survey of 258 heavy haul truckers, co-sponsored by FR8Star and Comdata, yields some interesting trends: Nine out of 10 truckers say they are tech savvy, suggesting […]
Trucking Challenges Impact SCM – Inbound Logistics
[ad_1] April 23, 2018 | By Felecia Stratton Tags: Trucking, Logistics, Supply Chain It is no secret that the current state of the U.S. trucking industry has had several negative impacts on logistics and supply chain management. The shortage of drivers and ripple effect from the ELD mandate have caused […]
ELDs: Ready or Not, Here They Come
[ad_1] April 23, 2018 | By Felecia Stratton Tags: Trucking, Logistics, Supply Chain While most owner-operators are ready for the ELD mandate, many are unhappy with the electronic logs, and blame them for a loss of productivity and a resulting decline in income, finds a recent DAT survey of 645 […]
Driver Pay and Benefits Rise
[ad_1] April 23, 2018 | By Felecia Stratton Tags: Trucking, Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain Driver pay has climbed as rising demand for freight transportation services raises competition for increasingly scarce drivers, according to data gathered from more than 100,000 drivers in the American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) latest Driver Compensation study. […]
FedEx Reserves 20 Tesla Semi Electric Trucks
[ad_1] April 23, 2018 | By Felecia Stratton Tags: Trucking, Logistics, Supply Chain FedEx Corp. has placed a reservation for 20 Tesla Semi trucks. Less-than-truckload unit FedEx Freight will operate the fully electric trucks, which are scheduled to begin production in 2019. This new big rig will deliver a far […]
Truck Driver Shortage Solution: Recruit Generation Z
[ad_1] May 17, 2018 | By Cyndi Brandt Tags: Trucking, Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain Truck driver retention and recruitment consistently top the list of concerns for the transportation sector. The industry will need to hire roughly 900,000 new drivers to keep up with demand throughout the next decade, according to […]
Now Is the Time to Take Action to Combat Carrier Capacity Issues – Transporeon Group
[ad_1] May 17, 2018 | By Ed Moran Tags: Trucking, Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain Q: What are carriers saying about the capacity situation right now? A: The strong economy, increased manufacturing output, driver shortage and other industry developments have all combined to put the highest demands on capacity in years. […]