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Business, Technology, Logistics

Outgrowing Your TMS Is OK, Just Don't Let It Happen Twice

Outgrowing your software or platform is a normal rite of passage, and one that should be celebrated. But after that first time, if you find yourself again in need of new platforms, that's a sign you probably made a mistake.

JP Wiggins | VP of Logistics, 3G
April 8, 2022
Business, Logistics

The Rise of the Entrepreneurial Carrier: What Shippers Need to Know

In 2022, we’re approaching the dawn of a new era for entrepreneurial carriers. The industry should be ready to adapt with small carriers in mind by providing systems and technologies that allow them to succeed.

Bill Driegert | Head of Operations, Uber Freight
April 8, 2022
Business, Logistics

Market Growth, Mergers Adjust Logistics Sector Rankings

In a strong freight market and tight capacity environment, the largest freight brokerage firms in North America were able to grow their businesses by significant margins in 2021 as they worked to solve shippers’ transportation challenges. Other sectors were also filled with noteworthy performers.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
April 8, 2022
Business, Logistics

High Demand Drives 3PLs to Best Growth Year on Record

Strong consumer demand, continued supply chain bottlenecks and tight carrier capacity sent air, ground and ocean transportation rates soaring to historic levels in 2021 as shippers leaned on third-party logistics providers to bolster inventories and avoid product stockouts.

Evan Armstrong | President of Armstrong & Associates Inc.
April 8, 2022
Business, Logistics

Trying Times Give 3PLs an Opportunity to Prove Their Worth

The past two years have been difficult ones for shippers to move their freight. But times like these are when logistics providers can most clearly demonstrate the value they bring to their business partners.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
April 8, 2022
Business, Logistics

Amazon Plans to Object to Union Win in New York

Amazon plans to file objections to the union election on Staten Island, N.Y., that resulted in the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the company’s history.

Haleluya Hadero | Associated Press
April 8, 2022
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel, Logistics

Port Leaders Discuss Future

HOUSTON — Ports in the United States have a historic opportunity to upgrade aging infrastructure with billions of dollars in federal funding that will prepare facilities for years’ worth of expected growth in freight movement and ready them for a future where many are targeting eventual carbon-neutral operations.

Dan Ronan | Senior Reporter
April 7, 2022
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Logistics

COVID Fundamentally Changed Cold Chain Companies

The coronavirus vaccine rollout required rapid adjustment by cold chain companies that continues to influence technologies and operations more than a year later.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 7, 2022
Business, Logistics

ODFL Details Latest Step in Multiyear Expansion Effort

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc.’s strategy of expanding its real estate footprint is helping the carrier add capacity, a company executive said April 5 in an exclusive interview with Transport Topics.

Connor D. Wolf | Staff Reporter
April 6, 2022
Business, Logistics

Supply Chain Pressures Soar to a Record, Index Shows

The Logistics Managers’ Index, a measure of U.S. supply chain pressures, rose to a record.

Brendan Murray | Bloomberg News
April 6, 2022
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