[ad_1] August 17, 2020 | By Chad Storlie Tags: Trucking, Intermodal, Logistics Intermodal, the movement of containers and trailers, has been a boon to the supply chain for decades. It embraces standardization—standard container sizes and rail schedules, and standard trucking from ports and terminals to customers—which has reduced transport costs […]
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Should the Emergency Suspension of Hours-of-Service Rules be Extended?
[ad_1] September 15, 2020 | By Katrina Arabe Tags: Trucking, Legislation, Public Policy, and Regulations Yes, the Hours-of-Service exemption should be extended until the country removes the emergency declarations for the pandemic and the CDC no longer declares the United States under a pandemic. —Steven Tapscott, VP, Sales & Marketing, […]
Trucking Relationships: In It for the Long Haul
[ad_1] January 31, 2021 | By Merrill Douglas Tags: Trucking, Partnership, Transportation Supply chain disruption is testing relationships between shippers and their core trucking carriers. Here’s what transportation partners are doing to preserve their ties—today and for the future—in challenging times. From children who couldn’t play with friends to adults […]
Trucking Transformation – Inbound Logistics
[ad_1] March 19, 2021 | By Jaclyn Ix Tags: Trucking, Transportation, Technology Truckers have transformed the previously laborious process of delivering a package with innovations such as capacity-as-a-service and automated driver assist. Now, 64% of truck executives responding to an IBM survey say their future success depends on digitally reinventing […]
2021 Trucking Perspectives – Inbound Logistics
[ad_1] September 11, 2021 | By Merrill Douglas Tags: Trucking, Partnership, Transportation Through its exclusive annual survey of motor carriers and shippers, Inbound Logistics offers a picture of the trucking industry in an economy distorted by supply chain disruptions. Remember the start of 2021, when we thought COVID-19 vaccines would […]
Trucking Strategies to Keep Your Freight Moving
[ad_1] September 11, 2021 | By Helen Mann Tags: Trucking, Distribution, Transportation With capacity tight and trucker employment stretched thin, carriers can be selective about who they work with, so it’s important for shippers to have a game plan. Here are practical ways to ensure your freight gets where it […]
What spot shortage do you predict next?
[ad_1] October 18, 2021 | By Katrina Arabe Tags: Trucking, Manufacturing, Transportation Good luck finding a truck! —Lindsey Shellman Chief Commercial Officer Centerboard Your favorite beer. Aluminum and cardboard shortages have been discussed, but little is mentioned about the knock-on effects like AB InBev/MillerCoors buying up most available supply, […]
Filling the Supply Chain Education Gap with LTL Education Courses
[ad_1] February 28, 2022 | By Brian Thompson Tags: Trucking, Transportation, Education LTL is not an industry of broad brush strokes; supply chain professionals need a pointillistic understanding of the logistics of LTL in order to excel in the industry. If there’s one immutable truth in the world of logistics, […]
Trucking Influencers Take Over – Inbound Logistics
[ad_1] February 28, 2022 Tags: Trucking Trucking influencers on social media, especially women truckers and drivers, are gaining traction and changing up transportation, says a PartCatalog.com report. They teach beginners about their unique experiences of life on the road, review products such as truck bed covers and floor mats, and […]
Driver Shortage: Don’t Fall For It
[ad_1] May 05, 2022 | By Brian C. Gaffney Tags: Trucking, Supply Chain Management, Legislation, Public Policy, and Regulations, Labor Management, Transportation The talking point that states the trucking industry is facing a driver shortage to explain the state of supply chain is a lie. Don’t fall for it. There […]