In the early days of the pandemic, our economic forecasts sought to encourage logistics and supply chain professionals who were tasked with making big decisions in the face of uncertainty....
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Dedicated services case study: Everyone wins
Locked-in rates? Guaranteed capacity? That’s what one customer found with a dedicated fleet.Unpredictability can throw a wrench in a shipper’s entire supply chain. These problems can be...
Where are the professional truck drivers?
What’s going on with the driver shortage?It’s safe to assume that if you’re reading this, you’re aware of the nation’s shortage of professional truck drivers. It’s the defining issue of...
Capacity Headaches? Four Strategies to Ease the Squeeze.
Navigating capacity issues is difficult. Fortunately, there are strategies you can employ to salve the wound.Trucking capacity problems bubbled to the surface in early 2020, turning the...
Taking care of our ESL drivers
How to work well with non-native English speakers — and why it mattersWho do you expect to see behind the wheel when your freight truck pulls up to the loading dock? Based on industry...
Show the love during Driver Appreciation Week
When it comes to getting the supplies, equipment and merchandise you need to keep your doors open and your business humming, trucks are likely the wheels beneath your wings. Trucks deliver...
Tech takes the work out of scheduling appointments
Customers juggle dozens, if not hundreds, of emails every day to manage loads. And we know the world would be a better place if someone could suggest appointments to help streamline the...
Women’s Equality Day offers opportunity to applaud industry leaders
The wheels of change are rolling fast in the supply chain industry. And nowhere is that more apparent than in the growth of women’s leadership roles.Women in management positions at U.S....
Q3 2021 Economic Forecast
With the majority of the United States having reopened to some degree this summer, we were given a peek into what a post-pandemic world could be. While the emergence of a coronavirus...