Transportation Management

Truckers Propose a Gasoline Tax Increase to Pay for Infrastructure Plan

March 1, 2018

The country’s biggest trucking group thinks it has a way to convince Republicans to raise the gasoline tax: Don’t call it a tax.

America’s Heartland Is Now a Battleground for Competing Hyperloops

February 28, 2018

Industryweek

Ohio, home to some of the fastest roller coasters in the world, may soon have a high-speed transport system that will actually take people somewhere other than back where they started.

Corporate America’s New Dilemma: Raising Prices to Cover Higher Transport Costs

February 28, 2018

Reuters

The drive for cost cuts and higher margins at U.S. trucking and railroad operators is pinching their biggest customers, forcing the likes of General Mills Inc and Hormel Foods Corp to spend more on deliveries and consider raising their own prices as a way to pass along the costs.

How Blockchain Could Create the 'Autonomous Container'

February 26, 2018

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The Internet of Things would seem ideally suited to the task of monitoring and tracking containers around the world.

Hundreds of KFCs Remain Closed Because of Chicken Shortage

February 21, 2018

The Guardian

The fast food chain KFC has been forced to temporarily close most of its U.K. outlets after problems with a new delivery contract led to a chicken shortage.

Sam's Club, Vying With Costco and Amazon, Offers Free Shipping to Premium Members

February 16, 2018

Los Angeles Times

Sam's Club is offering free shipping for premium members and simplifying its membership tiers.

Freight Brokers See Profits Surge on Shipping Rush

February 16, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

Freight middlemen are seeing a surge in business as growing economic demand and tight capacity sends companies rushing to find shipping space.

Food Manufacturer Cuts Freight Spend by 10 Percent Using Kuebix TMS

February 15, 2018

Challenge: A large food manufacturer was using an arduous manual process to manage its freight. The company knew something had to change to eliminate extensive paper chasing, faxing, repetitive work and wasted time. But with the high volume of inbound and outbound freight to manage, a time-consuming implementation of a TMS wasn't feasible.

Amazon Threat Has Maersk Racing to Stop Clients Becoming Rivals

February 15, 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

The world’s biggest container shipping line is trying to stop customers like Amazon.com Inc. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. from becoming competitors in just a few years’ time.

Why Red Bull Changed Its Travel Buying Strategy

February 13, 2018

Supply Management

Travel buyers should start talking to their travel management companies (TMCs) now about how changes to flight booking technologies could impact them, Red Bull’s head of procurement has said.

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.