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Investing in a SaaS-based TMS could reduce costs long term
TMS providers urge carriers to invest in SaaS-based model, which they say can help save money amid the squeeze of mounting financial pressures created by inflation and a softening freight market.
September 6, 2022
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Trimble offers insight on Connect and Scale 2025 strategy at annual tech conference
The company’s focus during the event was empowering and enabling carriers, shippers and brokers to work better together via cloud connectivity to support more productivity and sustainability across the supply chain as a whole.
August 25, 2022
Engage Lane interface
Easing supply chain challenges means implementing better tech
The time is now to use modern applications to shift and respond to logistics changes in real-time.
August 3, 2022
digital trucking map
Dealing with data overload? The best place to start is safety.
Deploying a driver performance management program and consolidating data across all processes can help carriers narrow the focus to drive better insurance rates, more revenue, better customers, driver retention and more.
July 21, 2022
driver using a tablet
Digitizing driver tasks can improve recruitment and retention efforts, especially among younger generations
As the next generation enters the workforce, it is pertinent for the industry to create a digital experience that meets their technology standards to attract and retain them as the driver shortage worsens.
July 19, 2022
Omnitracs Drive app digitizes driver tasks
Tech and driver inclusion can help shrink the driver shortage
PS Logistics has a lower turnover rate than the industry average, and director of technology Andy Allison said he firmly believes technology and driver inclusion have helped the company retain its drivers.
July 18, 2022
Woman trucker talking on a CB
Carriers create efficiencies, grow profits with robotic process automation
In the current labor market, carriers are experiencing challenges in recruiting and retaining back-office staff. Automated labor through RPA systems can help with that.
July 14, 2022
robots in a conference room
Truckstop.com launches transportation, logistics marketplace
The ecosystem is designed to create synergies at the center of the transportation market by providing a convenient listing of reputable businesses in the industry to help partners, carriers, brokers and shippers in their business operations.
July 1, 2022
Truckstop.com Partner Marketplace
Real-time visibility technology gives carriers competitive edge
Experts offer insight into real-time visibility as a solution to supply chain disruption. They say carrier participation is key as visibility data is only as good as a provider’s connections to carriers.
June 15, 2022
aerial shot of semi-trucks hauling containers
Telematics help fleets reduce fuel costs
Fleets also experience safer drivers and better retention with telematics as fuel efficiency practices also promote safety, and fuel savings can allow fleets to increase driver pay.
May 10, 2022
Driver pumps fuel
AI and Intelligent Automation help mitigate cyberattacks against trucking companies
Cyberattacks targeting mid-size trucking companies have more than tripled but AI systems and intelligent automation are solving the cybersecurity skills gap.
March 29, 2022
Hacked computers
Experts say cloud-based TMS model is the best cyberattack defense for trucking companies
It takes transportation companies 192 days on average to detect a breach and another 60 days to contain it according to a report from transport and logistics industry software provider Magnus Technologies.
March 3, 2022
computer screens having been cyberattacked
Try this ‘modern’ fleet management checklist
The architecture of TMS matters, but carriers and logistics providers are more interested in how modern technology can solve today’s business challenges.
February 25, 2022
people looking at a screen
Avoiding visibility blind spots from 3G sunset
Transitioning to 4G LTE makes operational sense as it transfers data at up to 100 megabytes per second — outperforming 3G networks by several hundred times.
February 8, 2022
Truck driver on a tablet
Asking hard questions vital to ELD selection
A carrier in Pennsylvania shares their ELD woes and quest to find another provider that more effectively meets their needs.
January 21, 2022
Truck driver looking at a tablet
Drivers lose 40% of their drive time. Where is it going?
Research conducted by the MIT Freight Lab shows truck drivers on average spend only about 6.5 hours a day driving out of 11 available hours.
December 9, 2021
truck driver pointing to his watch
VoIP phone systems can help carriers make important impressions
Many fleets have switched to voice over internet protocol (VoIP) systems from traditional landlines for several reasons: cost savings; remote working while still using the office phone number.
December 9, 2021
VOIP phone
Cyber threats in trucking have skyrocketed since the onset of pandemic
Cyber attacks on transportation companies in December are projected to be more than 58% higher than January 2021.
November 23, 2021
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