Carriers bet on Capacity-as-a-Service

Over the past decade, as-a-service (aaS) business models have infiltrated supply chain actors in order to advance the industry to keep up with increasingly tech-focused lifestyles.

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) has targeted shippers across the globe, promising an easier way to handle in-house procurement and transportation workflows, and offer a layer of resilience when unforeseen hurdles arise.

SaaS-based solutions have also been promoted within the freight brokerage space, eventually fueling the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/carriers-bet-on-capacity-as-a-service

Baton’s Andrus partnership: A lesson in effectively addressing dwell time

Andrus Transportation Service Inc., a trucking company based in Utah, announced it has partnered with Baton, a final-mile logistics platform. The partnership comes after a successful 30-day pilot program that reduced the dwell time, or wait time, the company experienced in Los Angeles.

Andrus’ operations director, Garrett Costly, explained that prior to the pilot, most drivers experienced 3.2 hours of wait time per load, in a market that is currently experiencing dwell time closer to 1.9 hours.

A...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/batons-andrus-partnership-a-lesson-in-effectively-addressing-dwell-time

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