Transportation Management

Breaking the Cycle: How Tech Can Balance the Freight Market

February 12, 2020

Ahmad El-Dardiry, SCB Contributor

The freight industry has tools at its disposal to solve the root causes of market volatility.

Analysis

Here's Where to Invest to Keep Up With Amazon

February 12, 2020

Bruce Tompkins, SCB Contributor

Customer demand for fast and cheap delivery is forcing the marketplace to step up performance.

Analysis

Decade of the Cloud: How Supply-Chain Applications Are Maturing

February 12, 2020

Tom Singer, SCB Contributor

Cloud-based, software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions have grown from outliers to commonplace for supply-chain systems.

Analysis

Trucking Apps Could Help Lead Latin America to a Logistics Revolution

February 6, 2020

Cathy Morrow Roberson, SCB Contributor

Latin America offers great opportunities for global businesses, but poor infrastructure and the region’s volatile nature have restricted growth.

The Complete Guide to Supply Chain Metrics

February 4, 2020

4Sight

In this guide, you'll learn how to effectively identify, measure and report supply-chain execution system performance.

Elemica Announces Acquisition of Eyefreight Transportation Management

February 3, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

Elemica, a Digital Supply Network for manufacturing industries, announced the acquisition of Eyefreight, a leader in multi-modal SaaS Transportation Management Solutions.

Uber Freight Drivers Are Calling Out Bad Warehouses

February 3, 2020

Bloomberg

Digital trucking apps are changing how freight gets moved around the country, and the advent of ratings has given drivers a powerful new voice.

Here Launches Here Last Mile for Urban Delivery

January 29, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

HERE Technologies, a location intelligence company, has recently announced the launch of HERE Last Mile, a new product that will enable companies to tell customers exactly when they’ll receive a package delivery.

Choptank Transport Launches ORBIT TI

January 23, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

Choptank Transport, a third-party logistics company headquartered on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, recently announced the launch of its new customer-interfacing market intelligence platform, ORBIT TI.

GlobalTranz Acquires Cerasis

January 16, 2020

SupplyChainBrain

GlobalTranz Enterprises, a technology and third-party logistics solutions company and TMS provider, recently announced that it has acquired Cerasis, a technology driven provider of managed transportation and third-party multimodal logistics services.

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.