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DSC chat: Integrations key to building efficient supply chains

Watch now: The key to building an efficient supply chain

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Domestic Supply Chain Summit.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Partnerships and integrations: The key to building an efficient supply chain.

DETAILS: Current supply chain challenges have highlighted inefficiencies in the supply chain. Rishi Mehra breaks down what the future looks like and how to overcome these issues.

SPEAKERS: Mehra is the director of operations and strategy at Trimble Maps. Mary O’Connell...

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Discover 3 strategies to enhance your driver retention efforts

For transportation industry professionals, the issue of driver recruitment and retention isn’t anything new. But the ongoing shortage of truck drivers has the potential to become an even bigger challenge, both for fleets and the broader supply chain.

According to estimates from the American Trucking Associations (ATA), the trucking industry could see a driver shortfall of 100,000 in five years and 160,000 by 2028. To avoid this fallout, it is important to know what factors are behind attracting...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/discover-3-strategies-to-enhance-your-driver-retention-efforts

Technology provider Trimble posts strong first-quarter results

The across-the-board gains exceeded expectations and reflect increasing end-market strength, Trimble CEO says.

Information technology provider Trimble Inc. (NASDAQ:TRMB), which has a large exposure in the transportation segment, reported late Wednesday strong first-quarter revenue, operating income and earnings per share.

The Sunnyvale, California-based company posted adjusted revenue of $886.7 million, up 12% year-over-year. Operating income increased to $140.9 million from $98.3 million. Net...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/technology-provider-trimble-posts-strong-first-quarter-results

EFS: How Trimble helped a large fleet navigate a last-mile problem

Khirika Jamison of Trimble MAPS and Roehl Transport Chief Information Officer John Paape discuss last-mile navigation during FreightWaves' Enterprise Fleet Summit.

This tech talk was part of FreightWaves’ Enterprise Fleet Summit on Wednesday.

TECH TALK TOPIC: Using precision location data to make last-mile operations safer and more efficient. 

DETAILS: Wisconsin-based Roehl Transport, a trucking company with more than 2,000 power units, worked with Trimble MAPS to allow precision last-mile operations. Trimble’s Khirika Jamison interviewed Roehl executive John Paape about the challenges the carrier’s drivers were facing and how the companies worked together...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/efs-how-trimble-helped-a-large-fleet-navigate-a-last-mile-problem

Trimble tops earnings estimates with strong sales in Asia, Europe

Trimble Inc. (NASDAQ: TRMB) reported on Wednesday fourth-quarter transportation revenue of $159.7 million, down 22.5% compared to the fourth quarter of 2019.

Overall, the company produced $829.7 million in revenue during the fourth quarter of 2020, with earnings per share of 71 cents. Earnings per share, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 61 cents per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations, who expected earnings of 52 cents per share and revenue of $787.6 million for the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trimble-tops-earnings-estimates-with-strong-sales-in-asia-europe

Trimble tackles work zone safety with reduced speed alerts

Work zone safety

More than 18,000 work zone crashes a year involve tractor-trailer trucks. Many times, the reason is the sudden nature of slowing traffic as the trucks approach a work zone, leaving the truck drivers without enough room to safely slow or stop their vehicles. According to data from the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse, there were 672 fatal crashes in work zones in 2018, with 203 of them involving a truck.

Trimble, in partnership with Purdue University, is out to change these...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trimble-tackles-work-zone-safety-with-reduced-speed-alerts