University of Tennessee Center for Executive Education

Insurance seen as major way to mitigate losses, but not used by many companies' as avoidance strategy.

The grim reality is that since the new HOS rule became effective, trucking stakeholders are experiencing losses between 3 percent and 9 percent, with many more shippers anticipating that the deficit to be in the upper end of that range.

Ongoing economic “volatility” and the growing global focus on sustainability are placing more pressure on logistics managers to establish a strategic, alternative distribution network. Here’s some food for thought before establishing yours.

A GAME CHANGER changes the way that something is done, thought about, or made. Henry Ford was the epitome of a game changer. His revolutionary new mass-production methods, including the world’s first moving assembly line for cars, made automobile ownership affordable for many middle-class Americans. In this white paper, we’ll discuss the game-changing supply chain trends that you need to squarely face today, and we’ll suggest how to make progress toward the desired end state.