Transportation Management

Amazon Is Helping Entrepreneurs Start Delivery Companies — As Long As They Deliver Amazon Packages

July 2, 2018

Amazon.com is asking small-business owners to help deliver its goods, seeking to reduce its reliance on the U.S. Postal Service and other major delivery services as the number of packages it ships continues to climb.

The Pillars of Supply-Chain Innovation

June 28, 2018

Sean Elliott, Chief Technology Officer, HighJump

Companies Spent a Record $1.5Tr on Shipping Costs in 2017

June 21, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

U.S. businesses are spending more on transportation and warehousing as demand and prices for logistics services increase.

Amazon's No Enemy. In Fact, It Needs Us, U.S. Xpress CEO Says.

June 20, 2018

Material Handling & Logistics

A vague mention of Amazon.com Inc’s interest in any sector might be enough to send investors into a tizzy, but the top executive of U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. is unperturbed.

As Shipping Costs Soar, Supply Chains Get a Makeover

June 19, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

Retailers and manufacturers are taking stock of their transportation costs and exploring alternatives as a capacity crunch in freight is driving up prices and causing shipping delays.

Digitization Creates a Strong Value Chain: Creating the Global Supply Chain Control Tower – Beyond Simple Visibility

June 11, 2018

Amber Road

Controlling Shipping Costs via Multi-Modal Freight Rate Visibility

June 11, 2018

Amber Road

Truck Orders Soaring on Growing Freight Demand

June 7, 2018

The Wall Street Journal

The market for new heavy-duty trucks is growing at a nearly unprecedented pace this year as fleet owners and big-rig manufacturers race to keep up with accelerating U.S. freight demand.

When Will the Drones Start Flying?

June 1, 2018

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Look, up in the sky: See any drones yet?

The U.S. Doesn’t Have Enough Truckers, and It’s Starting to Cause Prices of About Everything to Rise

May 30, 2018

The Washington Post

Joyce Brenny, chief executive of Brenny Transportation in Minnesota, gave her truck drivers a 15 percent raise this year, but she still can't find enough workers for a job that now pays $80,000 a year.

Transportation Management

The latest news, analysis, trends and solutions regarding transportation management systems (TMS) and their impact on supply chain management. Today’s companies are moving goods across more suppliers, vendors and customers than ever before, and transportation management is critical in the overall supply chain. New technologies are optimizing productivity, increasing efficiency and cutting costs. Learn how companies around the world are improving supply chain operations through their strategic use of transportation management systems and software.