Whether you’re delivering products or services, there is a lot of focus today on the last mile. And one of the best examples is newspaper distribution, which like other industries, has to keep pace with changing customer expectations and market trends. What are the biggest trends impacting the industry? How is technology helping newspaper companies ... Read more

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Thanks to all sorts of technology advancements and system integrations, we have more data today than ever before. This is particularly true in transportation. But how can companies turn data into insights, and then leverage those insights to make smarter and more effective operational and procurement decisions? That is the main question Tim Dalton, Director ... Read more

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This past year taught us that the rules for success moving forward won’t be the same as those from the past. This is particularly true in transportation management. In research we recently conducted, in partnership with Transporeon, we asked over 300 shippers, carriers, and other transportation stakeholders from around the world how much room for ... Read more

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As we begin 2021, the parcel market is very different than it was a year ago. Simply put, the surging growth of e-commerce, driven in large part by the pandemic, has created a capacity crunch in the market. How should shippers respond? What’s required from a technology standpoint to move up the parcel shipping capabilities ... Read more

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It’s been a roller coaster ride for shippers and carriers the past few years. Remember 2018, when transportation spend went through the roof due to capacity constraints? And then last year, the pandemic upended the transportation market once again, and its effects are still shaping today’s procurement practices. Does this signal that the time has ... Read more

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The end-to-end supply chain consists of many parts, but the rise of e-commerce (especially over the past year due to the pandemic) has put the spotlight on last mile delivery. What makes last mile delivery so complex? How has the pandemic transformed this process? What will separate the leaders from the laggards moving forward? Those ... Read more

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Steve Williamson, Director of Solution Consulting at BluJay Solutions, discusses the growing importance of compliance screening. Podcast version (click to play):

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Anthony Vitiello, Head of Sales at UltraShipTMS, a PCS Company, discusses how transportation management systems evolving to help shippers find capacity quickly, efficiently, and at a fair price via the spot market. Podcast version (click to play):

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Prasad Gollapalli, Founder and CEO of Trucker Tools, on how small freight brokers can leverage the playing field by leveraging technology. Podcast version (click to play):

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Graham Parker, VP Digital Freight Solution Sales at Descartes Systems Group, discusses the importance of digital transformation for logistics service providers and carriers. Podcast version (click to play):

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