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...

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Refining innovation lands J.B. Hunt in FreightTech 25 top 10

J.B. Hunt Chief Commercial Officer Shelley Simpson presenting at FreightWaves Live Chicago 2019

Technology and innovation have become the hallmark of one of North America’s largest supply chain solutions providers, J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ: JBHT). The company took home another top-10 finish, sliding three spots to No. 7 on the 2021 FreightTech 25.

The Lowell, Arkansas-based company has become well known for its digital transformation, which has centered on a $500 million investment in digital freight platform J.B. Hunt 360. The 360 marketplace connects shippers and carriers to...

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Inside JB Hunt’s transformational journey (with video)

JB Hunt executives talk about the company's digital transformation

“Disruption is a great theory. It’s wonderful to read about, and hear about and watch from the sidelines, and what we’ve learned together is, it’s a lot harder to do,” said John Roberts III.

The president and CEO of J.B. Hunt Transport (NASDAQ: JBHT) joined the company’s EVP and Chief Commercial Officer Shelley Simpson to deliver the opening keynote address on Thursday at FreightWaves’ LIVE @HOME virtual conference. The free two-day conference is being streamed at live.freightwaves.com and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/inside-jb-hunts-transformational-journey

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