Technology is converting the logistics industry, enabling clients to operate more efficiently, reduce costs, and provide a superior customer experience. Through new innovations such as active real-time tracking, predictive analytics, and sharp route enhancement, companies can gain better control and sight across their supply chain. Key benefits of technology freight management include: • Visibility through the route, allowing companies and customers to monitor shipments in real time •...

Fuel costs have always been one of the most significant variables in freight transportation. While we often focus on cost, capacity, and service levels, fuel can quietly become one of the largest contributors to overall transportation spend. With the most recent changes to the diesel prices, it is a challenge we will still need to manage, but it feels like it is impossible to manage the market, fuel and volitivity of it. We need to focus on fuel as a key component to our transportation...

Fuel prices are rising again as diesel prices have jumped to over $5 per gallon. What does this mean for transportation and operations in the United States? Fuel now accounts for about 20% of total operating costs for carriers. As prices climb, freight rates are following closely behind. Moving goods from origin to destination is proving to become more expensive and those costs are ultimately passed down the supply chain. Currently one of the most affected industries is the food industry....