Transportation Management

The U.S. Doesn’t Have Enough Truckers, and It’s Starting to Cause Prices of About Everything to Rise

May 30, 2018

Joyce Brenny, chief executive of Brenny Transportation in Minnesota, gave her truck drivers a 15 percent raise this year, but she still can't find enough workers for a job that now pays $80,000 a year.

FedEx Sees Blockchain as `Next Frontier' for Logistics

May 17, 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

Convinced that blockchain is on the brink of transforming the package-delivery business, FedEx Corp. is testing the technology to track large, higher-value cargo.

How Autonomous Vehicles Will Be Embraced by Cargo Industries

May 15, 2018

Air Cargo World

“Autonomous vehicle” tends to conjure images of flying drones and quadcopters. But autonomous trucks will have a far more immediate and lasting impact on cargo, says Dan Murray, vice president of the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) — although it may be some time before such vehicles are embraced globally.

Freight Operators Dismiss Threat of Digital Startups

May 10, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

Established U.S. logistics firms say digital-friendly freight startups that are drawing growing interest in Silicon Valley still lack the scale and customer relationships to threaten their share of the market.

Five Tips for Managing Digital Transformation

May 9, 2018

Supply Management

Procurement teams needs to create a vision for how they are going to deal with digital transformation.

Freight Demand Pushes Truck-Order Backlog to Near Record Level

May 8, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

Freight-hauling firms slowed their roll in ordering new trucks last month, as backlogs at equipment factories spiked following record demand for new vehicles in the first quarter.

Nikola, a Tesla Competitor, Scores Big Electric Truck Order From Anheuser-Busch

May 4, 2018

Los Angeles Times

Anheuser-Busch, which ordered 40 electric semi trucks from Tesla last December, on Thursday upped its bet on a green fleet by placing a substantially larger order with a competitor.

Freight Railroads Get Boost from Tight Trucking Markets

May 2, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

Freight railroads are capitalizing on a historically tight trucking market as companies move more shipments from highways to rails.

Prime Hike Gives Amazon Warchest for Fight Over Postal Costs

May 1, 2018

Reuters

Amazon.com Inc’s 20-percent hike in the cost of Prime membership should deliver more than $1bn in extra revenue this year and cover any “rational” hike in United States Postal Service delivery fees, Wall Street analysts said on Friday.

UPS’s Balancing Act: More Packages, Less Spending

April 30, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

United Parcel Service Inc. is ramping up a “transformation” plan to cut costs across the organization as the delivery firm responds to changes in how people shop and nontraditional competitors such as Amazon.com Inc.

Transportation Management

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions regarding transportation management systems (TMS) and their impact on supply chain management. Today’s companies are moving goods across more suppliers, vendors and customers than ever before, and transportation management is critical in the overall supply chain. New technologies are optimizing productivity, increasing efficiency and cutting costs. Learn how companies around the world are improving supply chain operations through their strategic use of transportation management systems and software.