Using Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Analytics to Drive Digital Transformation in the Trucking Industry
During this session, learn how companies will take advantage of the three As – automation, AI and analytics – to drive change in the trucking industry. Significant and sustainable transformation is happening now, and companies are taking advantage of these technologies to leapfrog the competition.
March 14, 2019Editorial: The Human Element for Automated Technology
Across three industry events in the span of just a few days last week, the evolution of automated driving was front and center, with everyone from government leaders to technology innovators looking ahead to how — and at what pace — automation might someday reshape the trucking industry.
February 28, 2019Robotic Vehicles, Loading Zone Updates Seen as Tools for Final-Mile Delivery
WASHINGTON — More freight is moving and e-commerce is booming, but there is a finite amount of urban space for road use and parking for delivery vehicles. It’s a problem known as the final mile, and it’s especially profound in cities.
January 15, 2019How Grocer Giant Competes for Your Virtual Shopping Cart
The willingness of consumers to try buying groceries online has helped fuel a fiercely competitive market, and one that analysts expect to grow. The Food Marketing Institute and Nielsen predicted this year that 70% of consumers will regularly shop for groceries online by 2022 or 2024.
October 16, 2018Report: Machines to Handle More Than Half of Workplace Tasks by 2025
GENEVA — More than half of all workplace tasks will be carried out by machines by 2025, organizers of the Davos economic forum said in a report released Sept. 17 that highlights the speed with which the labor market will change in coming years.
September 17, 2018Opinion: Automated Technology Ready Now Can Ease Capacity Crunch
What if I told you that another form of automated technology could help ease the industry’s capacity crunch right now? Automated routing and scheduling can maximize the usage of available driver time, take some recruiting pressure off of fleets and address the very real challenge of keeping drivers on your staff and behind the wheel once you’ve found them.
August 7, 2018FHWA Launches Nationwide Initiative on Highway Automation
The Federal Highway Administration will host a series of meetings throughout the remainder of the year that will bring government and private-sector representatives together over the topic of highway automation
May 9, 2018MoDOT Grapples With Issues Related to Vehicle Automation
As the auto market becomes more saturated with electric vehicles and vehicles with automation capabilities, the Missouri Department of Transportation is grappling with the changes these types of vehicles present.
April 16, 2018Freight Brokers Using Technology to Automate Processes
PALM DESERT, Calif. — Automation isn’t just for trucks. There was plenty of evidence at the Transportation Intermediaries Association Capital Ideas conference and exhibition here that it’s also going to change the way freight is managed by shippers and third-party logistics companies.
April 12, 2018Editorial: Industry Turns Gaze to Automation
Automated driving technology has been a consistently hot topic in the trucking industry over the past few years, but the glare of the spotlight was particularly bright last week at the Technology & Maintenance Council’s annual meeting and beyond.
March 9, 2018