Industry makes strides toward full truckload automation

It is well known that desperation breeds innovation, and many across the logistics industry have certainly found themselves desperate for capacity this year. In the past, the complexities of full-truckload automation have inspired many companies to focus their efforts elsewhere. This all changed during 2021.

API integrations with carriers have allowed for full-scale automation on the less-than-truckload side for years. Automation has been much trickier on the full-truckload side. While the...

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Maintaining valuable relationships with a TMS

Constrained capacity has been a major issue throughout all of 2021, and is expected to continue even after the holiday season. For shippers and freight brokers, there have been serious rate increases as well as capacity constraints. Currently, there is no end in sight and sourcing capacity will likely prove difficult through at least the first quarter of 2022 as supply and demand struggle to strike a balance during the peak season.

The recent shift to online shopping has caused an e-commerce...

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White Paper: How to Source and Secure Capacity in a Strained Market

The freight markets have experienced unprecedented levels of stress over the past two years. With the exception of an unstable period during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020, increasing demand and surging e-commerce sales have kept capacity suppressed. The ongoing driver shortage and manufacturing constraints surrounding new truck orders have exacerbated this effect.

FreightWaves and Tai Software partnered for this white paper to share the importance of why companies that...

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The Daily Dash: Is Walmart the great supply chain innovator?

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon detailed some of the retailer’s goals for innovation. Plus, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has added members to a 16-member committee focused on motor carrier safety, and Navistar plans to close an engine plant.

Supply chain innovator?

Walmart (NYSE: WMT) CEO Doug McMillon delivered a far-reaching keynote address at CES2021, painting in broad strokes the...

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Tai Software sharpens focus on FTL, LTL brokerage scalability

The FreightTech boom of the past decade provided the industry with a number of advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, delivering levels of unprecedented productivity. Nowhere has this had a greater impact than on transportation management systems (TMSs).

TMSs have revolutionized how logistics companies track day-to-day shipments and process freight quotes. The use of these systems is widespread and their tasks have multiplied, but not all TMSs are built equally. 

In the...

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