Wall Street Journal reports that logistics hiring contributes a robust 10% to the October 2018 U.S. job growth figures. “Hiring in transportation and warehousing sector soars” says WSJ “adding 24,800 jobs. UltraShipTMS apologizes for not helping to contribute to employment growth in the field we serve. It’s not that we…
We’re no market gurus, but we do know transportation logistics and good, old fashioned common sense. Here’s our take on the state of the global economy and why a tried and true piece of commonsense lore suggests now is the time to move on implementing a new TMS and associated…
This week’s manned Soyuz launch to the International Space Station appeared to be going smoothly, but some 90 seconds later NASA, on its livestream, reported that a problem seemed to have occurred with the booster rocket between the first and second stages of separation. The two astronauts were forced into…
TMS solutions and associated logistics IT tools are a critical part of any successful volume shipper’s supply chain risk management plan. Hurricane Florence is presently testing the mettle of the logistics management technologies used by shippers at the epicenter of natural disaster recovery – food/beverage shippers, building materials shippers, energy…
A top US food safety law firm has won judgments in excess of $650 million for clients stricken by foodborne illnesses like Salmonella against giant brands like Cargill, ConAgra, Taco Bell, Subway, Walmart and others. And that is just one law firm! The amount of money you could be liable…
Selecting a TMS solution is a lot like having a baby. Particularly for those organizations that have not yet dipped their toes into the waters of logistics automation. Not only must one think about the near term needs of infancy, but also how things will change as the fledgling solution…
The spot market is a necessary evil for shippers and when capacity gets tight, shippers more frequently find themselves making deals with the spot market devil. After all, when it has to be there on time and lead time is already short, simply finding a carrier willing to move the…
As if you needed another reason to embrace the cost-saving, capacity-finding, efficiency-boosting, customer-pleasing benefits yielded by the use of a well-designed and deployed TMS platform – the Trump Trade War and associated tariffs add another unexpected cost to already-squeezed transportation budgets. Few industries are feeling the pinch of tariffs more…
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The data is not news to anyone involved in transportation logistics. Business logistics and transportation costs are rising at a quickening pace, especially for motor freight. The reasons are many – a driver shortage, the ELD mandate, the hot economy, trade wars and rising fuel costs. No matter what the…
