Transportation Management

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 [...]

Earlier this year at an industry conference, Dr. Chris Caplice from MIT argued that “the dominant design in transportation procurement is now outdated and it’s time to transform the process" -- [...]

The current transportation market, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, is not what shippers, carriers, and logistics service providers had expected heading into 2020. As the second half of 2020 [...]

A big opportunity to reduce the number of trucks required to ship products is by developing smarter packaging (see “Bubble Wrap Loses Its Pop For Logistics Cost Savings”). How often does your [...]

A big opportunity to reduce the number of trucks required to ship products is by developing smarter packaging. IKEA, for example, redesigned one of its lamps which cut packaging weight by 28% and [...]

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 where [...]

This week's question was submitted by an Indago member: "Do you have any recent insights on the direction of freight rates for 2020? I have seen conflicting analysis with some indicating rates to [...]