TMS

For Idaho's largest and fastest-growing beverage distributor, the pandemic exacerbated its perennial supply chain issues: shortages of drivers, cans, pallets and ingredients. This suddenly caused a lack of control over inventory and freight management.  "Last year, we were really struggling with...

Digital brokerages have played an important role in the technological revolution of the transportation industry. Their disruptive innovation has challenged legacy players to take a step back and analyze the value of their current service offerings and motivate them to invest in bringing true...

Logistics companies across the sector agree: Integrating transportation management systems (TMS) is cumbersome. Complicated wiring isn't the only thing leaving businesses tangled. Problems such as communication errors, tight deadlines and overwhelmed IT staff often make integration costs spiral...

The first part of a new transportation management system (TMS) from Bulkloads is now available. The new offering, Doc Scanning, includes a document library for carriers to send documents to shippers and brokers through the Bulkloads app, allowing the documents to be retrieved through the website....

The American Transportation Research Institute's (ATRI) Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry 2018 survey found that 48.7% of respondents said the parking shortage leads them to park on ramps or the side of the highway between three and five times a week. About 40% spend an hour or more looking...

Investing in a transportation management system (TMS) makes sense for a lot of businesses. Many, though, do not make the leap and as a result lose out on cost efficiencies a TMS makes possible. A TMS is a major investment for any shipper, although there are new options available that have...

The introduction of mandated electronic logging devices (ELDs) in recent years has put a spotlight on driver hours of service (HOS) issues. Prior to ELDs, it was easy for a truck driver to fudge his or her hours – spent an extra hour at the shippers? No problem; just pencil in a different time in...