More than luck: Understanding the formula for explosive brokerage growth

Fast-growth companies should depend on much more than luck.  In this tight-capacity market, brokerages are under simultaneous pressure to grow their business and manage existing business more efficiently. 

Rather than leaving growth up to chance, companies must develop a solid strategic plan, get buy-in from employees, utilize technology and seek accountability. But the first and often hardest part of growth is honestly evaluating your company’s current state ⁠— analyzing your customers, your...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/more-than-luck-understanding-the-formula-for-explosive-brokerage-growth

Commentary: Why are investors looking at supply chain technologies in 2020?

The views expressed here are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.  

Since the coronavirus pandemic took hold earlier in 2020, supply chain has become a household word. Investors, like the public, have woken up to the fact that supply chains are the engine driving economic prosperity.

Almost perversely, supply chain is also the final frontier of tech-based efficiency optimization. Insiders joke (quite fairly, as it turns out)...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/commentary-why-are-investors-looking-at-supply-chain-technologies-in-2020

Ryder launches ad campaign touting supply chain

Multimedia blitz highlights part of Ryder’s business unfamiliar to many

Ryder System Inc. (NYSE:R) has launched a national multimedia advertising campaign to highlight its supply chain and dedicated transportation businesses, capabilities that the general public normally doesn’t associate with the 87-year-old company.

The campaign, called “Ever better World of Logistics,” debuted over the weekend and is originally scheduled to run through December. However, it will probably be extended into the...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/ryder-launches-ad-campaign-touting-supply-chain

Commentary: The drive for fair treatment

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. 

Recent police killings of black men have spawned protests, calls for legislative change, debate over policing, and outrage from every corner of the globe. One of the most valuable consequences may well be the soul-searching that’s taking place in my company, in other logistics firms and in businesses everywhere.

As logistics leaders, we are influencers whose...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/commentary-the-drive-for-fair-treatment

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