Although they failed to pass the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development bill (perhaps appropriately referred to as “THUD”) before departing for recess, past is prologue yesterday as four Congressmen, Reps. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.), Tom Rice (R-S.C.), Trey Radel (R-Fla.) and Todd Rokita (R-Ill.) introduced an amendment designed to block the…
Implementing a Transportation Management System can be a daunting task. A variety of stakeholders from diverse quarters of the business must be involved. Regardless of the inevitable conflicts of opinion and competing concerns facing this cross functional group, freight must continue to be picked up and delivered on schedule, regardless…
Not all Software as a Service (Saas) or cloud-based TMS (Transportation Management System) solutions are built with equal architecture. Selecting a provider can be a long, uncertain process, especially for those who may lack experience working with SaaS providers. There are many questions to be answered above and beyond system…
How Will Your Transportation Management Program Handle the Coming Crunch?
If it seemed like you were getting everything you wanted for a price that couldn’t be beat when you were seeking a transportation management system (TMS) solution, you might have acknowledged that little voice in the back of your mind that said, “This seems too good to be true”.
Managing private or dedicated fleets using modern transportation software poses an entirely different set of challenges to transportation and logistics practitioners than managing either common carrier shipping or fleet management using the available software tools dedicated to each of these strategies. Contemporary TMS software is well-suited to managing common carriers…
Reuters reports that Amazon is planning a major roll-out of an online grocery business which they’ve been working on for years. Called, “AmazonFresh” the program is already live in its Seattle test market, delivering groceries including fresh produce, seafood, meat and dairy to area residents who place their orders online….
Managing director of Supply Chain Management at Accenture, Mark Pearson, completes a four installment series for Logistics Management magazine on the topic of Dynamic Operations. We highly recommend reading the series. Defined as, “global supply chains imbued with the ability to alter the function and focus of key processes like…
“Good logistics alone can’t win a war. Bad logistics alone can lose it.” – General Brehon B Somervell, 1942
Ultra transportation analysts have done the legwork, taking a hard look at what the new rules will actually require and establishing a framework for analyzing client program data to determine the real-world impact the changes will have on their current operations.
