Last week, Uber Freight announced that it is acquiring Transplace (disclosure: Transplace is an Adelante SCM client). As the companies state in the press release, this acquisition "will create [...]
In transportation and logistics operations, large quantities of data from ELDs, mobile apps, sensors, transportation management systems, and other sources are created and shared every day. How [...]
Industry reports indicate that shippers are using the spot market more than ever to find truckload capacity. This suggests that contracted carriers are rejecting tendered loads. Is your tender [...]
As reported in the Wall Street Journal recently, in response to the current truck transportation market in the U.S., Dollar General Corp. plans to expand its private trucking fleet to bring more [...]
There is a growing focus on last mile delivery, not only in the business-to-consumer (B2C) realm, but also in business-to-business (B2B) commerce. Is last mile delivery becoming a competitive [...]
In our last Indago survey, a majority of the respondents stated that “investing to eliminate waste and inefficiencies in existing transportation networks and processes” will deliver greater [...]
Last week, Virgin Hyperloop completed the first test of its high-speed transportation technology with humans on board. There is also ongoing development and testing of drones, driverless trucks, [...]
Several years ago, as transportation management systems (TMS) software vendors introduced enhanced freight audit and payment capabilities, many analysts predicted that shippers would bring this [...]
The United States will hold elections tomorrow for President and members of Congress. Regardless of who wins, which issue/policy related to supply chain management should the government focus on [...]
One way to improve capacity utilization of trailers and carriers in transportation is via Collaborative Shipping — for example, where one or more shippers co-load freight on a trailer or [...]