July 13, 2016 | By Tom Gresham Tags: 3PL, Trucking, Warehousing, Education & Careers, Transportation, Logistics, Third-Party Logistics, Supply Chain Companies win the talent battle when they have troops in place in supply chain positions. Michael O’Leary joined the Army straight out of high school. He served as a paratrooper, […]
Driver shortage
Do you think self-driving trucks will affect the supply chain in the next two years? How so?
June 20, 2017 Tags: Trucking, Logistics, Technology , Supply Chain No. I do not believe this is a viable option in the United States. Current research is specific for the European theater on confined and controlled highway systems. The United States will require significant highway infrastructure investment to facilitate self-driving […]
Autonomous Vehicle Revolution Is Upon Us
July 21, 2017 | By Robert Hooper Tags: Trucking, Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain Self-driving or autonomous vehicles are progressing quickly past the testing phase. This technology is a world-changing innovation—a revolution well underway—that may surpass the discovery of electricity and the invention of the automobile. What sets this revolution apart […]
2017 Trucking Perspectives – Inbound Logistics
September 21, 2017 | By Jason McDowell Tags: Trucking, Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain Inbound Logistics’ exclusive annual trucking market research report delivers shipper and trucker insights into industry challenges and trends. Shippers still struggle with trucking capacity problems, though nowhere near the levels during the Great Recession. With freight volumes […]
How to Contain Rising Truckload Prices
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 you […]
Truck Driver Shortage Solution: Recruit Generation Z
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 the […]
5 Ways to Mitigate High Freight Rates
July 16, 2018 | By Bob Farrell Tags: Trucking, Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain Consistent economic growth in industries dependent on logistics has increased freight demand, creating more loads than available trucks. Spot market rates are up 25 to 35 percent over 2017, and analysts expect tight capacity and higher costs […]
Conserving a National Resource – Inbound Logistics
September 14, 2018 | By Keith Biondo Tags: Trucking, Logistics, Supply Chain Keith Biondo is the publisher of Inbound Logistics magazine. Everyone has an opinion about how to combat the truck driver shortage—from boosting pay and benefits to lowering the age for getting a CDL (see Good Question, page 10) […]
The (Not So) Hidden Benefits of Intermodal
January 31, 2022 | By Tom Gresham Tags: Intermodal, Logistics, Sustainability Shippers that turn to intermodal can ease capacity challenges and save money on long-haul shipments unburdened by pressing deadlines. Intermodal shipping can be an afterthought for some shippers, an option that they do not even consider when weighing their […]
Drivers Need Some TLC – Inbound Logistics
January 31, 2019 | By Todd Johnson, Senior Vice President of Transportation, Kenco Tags: Trucking, Logistics, Supply Chain With the American Trucking Associations projecting a shortfall of 174,00 truck drivers by 2026, it is important for organizations to understand and address driver concerns in order to retain a strong workforce […]
Driver Shortage or Lack of Innovation?
January 31, 2019 | By John McDonald Tags: Trucking, Warehousing, Technology , Supply Chain The trucking industry has faced a driver shortage for many years now. In a world where every industry seems to be evolving, the stagnant nature of trucking is hurting the employment pool. While trucking was a […]
Change Is Here to Stay in the Supply Chain: Here’s How to Manage It
August 16, 2021 | By Jeffrey G. Tucker Tags: Trucking, Risk Management, Transportation The peaks and valleys we’re experiencing in the transportation market are not for the faint of heart, but there are moves you can make to regain some control. For the past four years, America’s freight market charts […]