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The current economic climate has presented unique challenges to industries across the globe. This is no different for businesses with fleets, making it more important than ever to ensure your vehicles stay healthy and productive. A vehicle in the shop versus on the road can make the difference between a business that’s succeeding and one that is just...
The COVID-19 pandemic put exorbitant pressure on supply chains – only to expose their vulnerabilities. However, these vulnerabilities aren’t new, especially around food safety and refrigeration.
The meat processing plants that shut down, the produce that spoiled waiting for a truck and the dairy farmers who dumped good milk were events spurred by the coronavirus, but they shine light on the 1.3 billion tons of food that is lost or wasted each year.
Produce season may be slowing out West, as...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/demand-for-reefer-monitoring-spikes-after-covid-19
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued an advisory on cyber risks associated electronic logging devices (ELDs) after determining the devices “did little or nothing” to ensure against data breaches, according to media reports.
The advisory – a copy of which has been circulated among various media – follows best-practices advice from private industry warning on the potential security vulnerability of ELDs and other technology that has the potential to cause severe financial damage to...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/reports-fbi-warns-trucking-of-potential-eld-hackers
Shippers and third-party data aggregators are pressuring brokers to step up their tracking game as economic uncertainty continues. Over the last few years, shipment tracking has shifted from a perk to an expectation. Now, subpar consistency and poor compliance are enough to cost a brokerage its profitability and, ultimately, the company’s life.
Brokers can tap into a few tried and true methods to improve their consistency and compliance numbers – namely electronic logging device (ELD) access,...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/how-does-app-based-tracking-compare-to-more-complex-methods
Einride, a Swedish truck technology startup best known for its cabless autonomous vehicles, announced today that it will be partnering with Oatly, the popular Swedish oat drink company, on a truck electrification project.
The partnership, to launch in Sweden during the fall of 2020, will make Oatly one of only a few global brands to electrify transportation on commercial routes.
As part of the collaboration Oatly will install Einride’s new freight mobility platform, a software platform that...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/einride-partners-with-oatly-to-electrify-truck-transportation
The convulsions that COVID-19 has sent through the economy and supply chain have made it imperative for carriers to diversify their customer base, shed weak areas of their business and adapt to changing retailer behavior.
“What COVID-19 is doing is stress testing by default every country’s supply chain and every company supply chain. And some of them are failing because of that stress test. Out of the many companies hauling during this time, even in refrigeration, some have survived and some...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/carriers-must-diversify-product-to-survive-the-impact-of-covid-19
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is partnering with growth-stage fleet management software startup Platform Science to let customers use third-party telematics and connectivity services directly from their trucks without installing aftermarket hardware.
The agreement between North America’s leading truck maker and La Jolla, California-based Platform Science includes an undisclosed investment by DTNA in the company’s Series B funding round. Founded in 2014, Platform Sciences has raised $30...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/daimler-trucks-will-embed-platform-science-telematics-software
Freight-matching marketplace Truckstop.com announced that Brad Bedoe has joined the company as chief marketing officer.
The newly created position will direct marketing functions across various disciplines, including demand generation, go-to-market strategy, industry/segment marketing, and brand and product marketing.
Bedoe previously was the CMO for Verizon Connect. Prior to that, he was the vice president of segment marketing for Fleetmatics. While at Fleetmatics, Bedoe helped scale the company...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/career-tracks:-truckstopcom,-southeastern-freight-and-eimskip
While many fleet owners have pivoted their processes to keep drivers socially distanced and healthy, manufacturers and warehouse managers have been busy tracking the health not only of their workers, but of their equipment.
The health of equipment, whether forklift or hand truck, is in the hands of the operator, and throughout any given day, the equipment is a central connection point between workers, cargo and downstream customers. So it’s essential to keep it sanitized.
For forklifts, the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sanitized-equipment-will-maintain-the-health-of-operators