dispatching

What can a bird’s-eye view do for load planning and recruiting?

Most people are aware that truck drivers are an essential piece of the supply chain, carrying everything from essential supplies headed to store shelves to the latest online purchases that end up on customers’ doorsteps. But not many people dwell on what takes place behind the scenes to make this efficient system possible.

Everybody in the transportation industry can tell you that there is another journey that takes place before drivers deliver their loads. Without it, the trucking industry...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/what-can-a-birds-eye-view-do-for-load-planning-and-recruiting

Powerful TMS helps Gully Transportation increase cash flow with same-day billing functionality

Shifting demand, dropping rates and skyrocketing fuel prices are just some of the market obstacles carriers are currently facing, with new supply chain challenges cropping up seemingly every day.

As these problems compound on one another, it’s no wonder carriers are beginning to feel budgetary strain. In the uncertain market, midsize and large carriers are looking to set themselves apart from the competition in order to continue to stay ahead. 

For many, challenging times tend to highlight...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/powerful-tms-helps-gully-transportation-increase-cash-flow-with-same-day-billing-functionality

Drilling Deep: Getting into the business as a dispatcher

There are lots of entry points into the trucking industry: driver, broker, mechanic. One that doesn’t get a lot of attention is the role of an independent dispatcher.

But that job is the focus of what Laura Weston does. She’s the head of Effective Dispatching Plus and it’s her job to take somebody who might be interested in entering the trucking business as a dispatcher and tell him or her how to prepare. As she notes on the Drilling Deep podcast with host John Kingston, it is a way to get into...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/drilling-deep-getting-into-the-business-as-a-dispatcher

A day in the life of a dispatcher — with and without Alvys

Victoria Condratiuc sips her coffee as she catches up on emails to start her Tuesday morning. As operations manager at TVA Logistics, she’s gearing up for another busy day.

Overseeing 120 trucks and refrigerated trailers, Condratiuc knows that her dispatchers have a lot on their hands. TVA has 19 dispatchers that, on average, each dispatch six trucks per day across a cold chain that stretches from the Midwest to the Pacific Northwest.

Nonetheless, Condratiuc is confident that her team will...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-dispatcher-with-and-without-alvys

Driver shortage problem can be solved by fixing driver utilization and trucking cost structure

The issue of driver shortage and retention has been widely discussed in the logistics industry over the past several years. However, according to Vorto CEO Priyesh Ranjan, retention challenges are just a symptom of the true issue plaguing the driver population: driver utilization inefficiency.

“On one side, the volume of shipments per shipper is extremely fragmented across all parts of America. On the other side, most fleets are extremely small and fragmented across America. Due to this...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/driver-shortage-problem-can-be-solved-by-fixing-driver-utilization-and-trucking-cost-structure