Ask a mid-sized company what their transportation challenges are these days and you might receive a response like “How much time do you have?” From rising costs to changing retailer demands, there is certainly no shortage of issues to go ar...
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Freight Transportation
The just-released Top Industry Issues Report from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) shows that the shortage of drivers is now the NUMBER ONE concern of the 1,500 trucking industry professionals surveyed.
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Freight Transportation
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The chronic U.S. truck driver shortage threatens to disrupt supply lines and materially impact corporate financial performance. But has the drumbeat of warnings reached the corner office? There is evidence it has not, with companies ignor...
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Supply Chain Challenges
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Freight Transportation
There was a terrific piece in Transport Topics recently on National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (Sept. 10-16). The writer, Dan Bearth, pointed out that companies do an excellent job celebrating drivers – during this designated week. What...
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Truck Drivers
When it comes to pricing, promotion, and consumer goods distribution services, the pinch that brands have felt from retailers in recent years is only getting tighter. As retailers themselves feel pressure to lower prices and offer service ...
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Was your supply chain impacted by hurricanes Harvey and Irma? It was for thousands of businesses as ports and highways literally shut down for a time. Such events are a tragic reminder that shippers must proactively prepare for supply chai...
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Supply Chain Challenges
Within the logistics industry, it is now widely known that there are not enough truck drivers to meet the transportation demands of the economy. What is less commonly known, however, is that labor pool challenges extend into other logistics...
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Logistics Labor Management
With the ELD mandate taking effect, the issue of truck driver safety is at the forefront of logistics industry news. This is a good thing as driver safety is the foundation of our industry – and it needs to improve. According to the Federal...
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Logistics Safety
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