Guest Commentaries

Editor’s Pick: Data is the New Fuel for Transportation and Logistics

Talking Logistics March 5, 2020

Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Pick” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice

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How Delivery Companies Can Use Routing Optimization to Offset AB5

Chris Walz February 11, 2020

How California’s new “gig economy” law is pushing companies that manage or rely on local transportation to rethink the way they route, schedule, and assign

Four Signs That It’s Time to Rethink Transportation Management

BluJay Solutions January 23, 2020

Is your supply chain at a crossroads? Customers want next-day or same-day shipments, IT departments are overextended, and your transportation management system (TMS) has become

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Why You Need to Centralize Transportation Management Operations

Chris Jones January 21, 2020

A recent review of two companies with different transportation management strategies reinforced my belief that centralization of transportation management operations will produce better operating results

Truckload Tactics for 2020: Balance Strategy to Control Cost

James Mathews January 16, 2020

Truckload rates and capacity should not create concerns for shippers managing a proper procurement strategy during the first half of 2020. However, pending legislation and

Did the Grinch Use Supply Chain Technologies?

David Cahn December 19, 2019

This past weekend I was trying to get into the holiday spirit and caught the original animated 1966 version of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”

U.S. Surface Transportation Market Update (Q4 2019)

Steve Raetz December 12, 2019

The truckload market cycle The market historically sees periods of undersupplied capacity, a transition to oversupplied capacity, and a transition back to undersupplied capacity (see