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Transportation Management Top Stories

A Look at Baltimore’s Key Bridge Collapse—One Month Later
In our latest "Ask an Expert," Netstock's Barry Kukkuk joins us to discuss the aftermath of the Baltimore bridge collapse, the government's response, and more.
Baltimore Continues Bridge Recovery With Opening of New Channel
Baltimore's opened its fourth temporary channel, designed for commercial ships that have been stranded since the Key Bridge collapse to finally exit.
How Shippers Can Prep for Hurricane Season
Extreme weather events pose an extreme challenge for the transportation industry. Here are some tips on how to protect your company's supply chain.
UPS Struggles in First Quarter With Steep Earnings Decline
Shipping giant UPS struggled with shifting consumer demands and rising costs, resulting in an earnings dip during the first three months of 2024.

Transportation Management Resources

SMC3 Mercury Gate Case Study - Improving Workflows and Enhancing Efficiency with LTL APIs
In this case study MercuryGate needed a way to automate workflows. It turned to smc3 for help.
Scope 3 Emissions from Freight Transportation
Today freight transportation contributes approximately 8% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. According to the International Transport Forum demand...


Transportation Management News

How Dock Scheduling Software Saves Hours of Tedious Labor Related To Freight Billing
In this case study, we’ll touch on how dock scheduling software saves the transport manager at a major home furnishings retailer hours of tedious labor related to freight billing.

Today’s Post-Pandemic Parcel Delivery Marketplace
Three of our top parcel industry sources offer their respective takes on one of the most ubiquitous parts of freight transportation and logistics - parcel and last-mile delivery, and with providers and carriers continuing to have the upper hand over shippers, they suggest to leave no stone unturned when it comes to carrier selection and leveraging partnerships.

Everything You Need to Know About Buying a Dock Appointment Scheduling System
This practical guide provides real-world best practices for selecting and implementing a Dock Scheduling System.

A Shipper’s Guide to Navigating Post-Pandemic 2022 Holiday Freight
In this educational and informative guide, we take a look at how to navigate the shifting market demands with these industry insights and tips for maintaining a steady supply chain during this peak shipping season.

5 Parcel Trends in 2022 and Tips to Adapt
As organizations strive to future-proof their supply chains in the future, managers must shift their focus to building flexible, resilient order fulfillment workflows to continue delighting their customers and surpass the competition.

How Amazon Is Preparing For Fully-Electric Drone Delivery
Amazon is building fully-electric drones that deliver packages under 5 pounds to customers in less than an hour - watch how they rigorously test every aspect of the technology they build, learn from it, and update the system to keep improving the safety, reliability, and scalability of their delivery service.

Key Logistics Industry Trends and Themes
In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Tom Nightingale, CEO, AFS Logistics LLC, a 3PL and freight audit and payment company.

Tiger Cool Express Chief Strategy Officer Assesses the Logistics Landscape
In this podcast, Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Ted Prince, co-founder and chief strategy officer for Tiger Cool Express.

What to Look For In a Transportation Management System
Most standalone transportation management systems are too limited to encapsulate the tiered complexity of an international, multi-segment supply chain, but technology that can integrate and converge transportation with other supply chain functions, such as order management, set the new industry standard.

Shared Truckload Freight Increases Carrier Revenue by 20%
Carriers can earn an additional $200 per day by hauling shared truckloads.

Prioritizing Partials: Taking Midsize From Overlooked To Always Booked
In this whitepaper, we look at how the shipping industry overlooks partials more than any other load size, and how a new service option offers a different and more cost-effective solution - Shared Truckload!

Making the Move to a Transportation Management System Software-as-a-Service Platform
Making the Move to a TMS Software-as-a-Service Platform - Your guide to understanding the value and benefits of moving to a TMS SaaS now.

4 Reasons Your Fleet Needs Video Technology
In this eBook, we explore some of the key advantages of implementing a video system in your fleet.

How Smart Dock & Yard Management Creates Sustainable Company Practices
It is 2022, and today, modern businesses use innovative yard management solutions as part of their supply chain strategy, and these solutions optimize warehouse and transportation management processes and reduce waste in transportation and labor costs.

FedEx and FourKites Announce Alliance to Make Supply Chains Work Smarter
FedEx makes a strategic investment in FourKites, which FourKites will leverage to develop FourKites X to help transform global supply chains with volumes of data insights from both companies’ networks.

Flock Freight Honored For Its Terminal-Free, Carbon-Neutral Shared Truckload Technology
Flock Freight is ranked number 14 on the tenth annual CNBC Disruptor 50 List!

How Toshiba Achieved a 99.3% Damage-Free-Shipment Rate While Reducing Costs
Find out how noted technology company Toshiba America Business Solutions is cutting costs and increasing customer satisfaction by switching from less-than-truckload, LTL, to shared truckload, STL.

Kevin Fletcher, Kuehne + Nagel VP of Transportation, Discusses the Global Logistics Market
In this podcast, Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman interviews Kevin Fletcher, Vice President of Transportation, for global 3PL Kuehne+Nagel.

Getting Your Supply Chain Ready for Same-Day Delivery
In this guide, we look at how solving for increasing demand for same-day service with innovation and flexibility is the only way retailers can meet rapidly evolving consumer expectations – and stay one step ahead of the competition.

UPS Acquires Same-Day SaaS Delivery Management & Orchestration Technology Company Delivery Solutions
The acquisition provides customers access to carrier-independent, same-day delivery with plug-and-play options.


Featured Companies

US Department of Transportation
The mission of the Department is to: Serve the United States by ensuring a fast, safe, efficient, accessible and convenient transportation system that meets our vital national interests and enhances the quality of life of the American people, today and…
LLamasoft
LLamasoft, Inc. provides software and expertise to help large organizations design and improve their supply chain network operations. LLamasoft Supply Chain Guru is the leading supply chain design and analysis application available in the market today. It enables companies to…
nuVizz
nuVizz is an award-winning leading-edge enterprise mobile logistics and crowd workforce management provider. Our mission is to mobilize entire delivery processes, enable enterprise crowd workforce delivery and create new delivery business models enabled by mobile technology. We build mobile applications…
Vitran Corporation
Vitran Corporation is a North American provider of freight services and distribution solutions to a wide variety of companies and Industries. Vitran offers less-than-truckload (LTL) service throughout Canada and the United States utilizing its own infrastructure and exclusive partners.
ID Logistics
ID Logistics is an international contract logistics group, with revenue of €1,329 million in 2017. ID Logistics has around 300 sites across 17 countries, representing 5.5 million square meters of warehousing facilities in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa, and 19,000 employees.
FreightSnap
FreightSnap, LLC is a software solutions company solely focused on the transportation and logistics industry. Our applications are designed to allow enterprises, carriers, and shippers to measure LTL freight from digital images. Our system stores these images tied to shipments…
eNow
eNow is the first company to take large-scale solar and make it mobile. We are changing the way the transportation industry thinks about energy by transforming their vehicles from consumers of energy into energy creators. eNow products convert, store, and…
Cryoport
Cryoport provides a complete global frozen shipping service for the life sciences. The Cryoport solution replaces dry ice virtually eliminating the risk of cell degradation during frozen transportation. We use custom-built liquid nitrogen dry vapor shippers to maintain stable temperatures.…
FedEx Supply Chain
FedEx Supply Chain, developed a strong reputation by delivering commodities to businesses. Over the years, our vision to provide innovative, integrated supply chain solutions made us a leader in value-added warehousing and transportation services. As a FedEx Supply Chain customer,…
Tive
Tive helps companies eliminate surprises in their supply chain by providing real-time visibility of the location and condition of their shipments. Tive has developed a sensor solution that allows supply chain managers to track and analyze location, climate and shipment…
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Featured Downloads

Unified Control System - Intelligent Warehouse Orchestration
Unified Control System - Intelligent Warehouse Orchestration
Download this whitepaper to learn Unified Control System (UCS), designed to orchestrate automated and human workflows across the warehouse, enabling automation technologies...
An Inside Look at Dropshipping
An Inside Look at Dropshipping
Korber Supply Chain’s introduction to the world of dropshipping. While dropshipping is not for every retailer or distributor, it does provide...

C3 Solutions Major Trends for Yard and Dock Management in 2024
C3 Solutions Major Trends for Yard and Dock Management in 2024
What trends you should be focusing on in 2024 depends on how far you are on your yard and dock management journey. This...
Packsize on Demand Packing Solution for Furniture and Cabinetry Manufacturers
Packsize on Demand Packing Solution for Furniture and Cabinetry Manufacturers
In this industry guide, we’ll share some of the challenges manufacturers face and how a Right-Sized Packaging On Demand® solution can...
Streamline Operations with Composable Commerce
Streamline Operations with Composable Commerce
Revamp warehouse operations with composable commerce. Say goodbye to legacy systems and hello to modernization.
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