The American Trucking Associations talk industry priorities in Austin From a new milestone in the driver shortage to uncertainty about whether long-promised infrastructure improvements will (finally) come to fruition, freight capacity challenges were top of mind at this week’s American Trucking Associations conference in Austin. The good news-bad news dynamic…

Logistics providers told to get up to speed by September 2019. Late last month, Walmart made an announcement that stands to move much-discussed (but not-always-understood) blockchain technology from an intriguing concept to a market reality. On the heels of a spring E.Coli outbreak that sickened some 200 people before it…

From on-demand deliveries to ultra-transparent logistics Food, clothing, electronics, industrial products: Pick almost any sector, and chances are the global supply chain behind it is being impacted in a big way by an ongoing technological revolution in logistics. With goods available increasingly on-demand, the companies tasked with assembling and delivering…

A case study with the Denver-based trucking company For Western Distributing Transportation Co., speeding up delivery paperwork with a mobile app that allows drivers to send documents straight from the road to the back office sounded like a potential game-changer — that is, if the technology worked. The Denver-based carrier…

Vector’s Sarah Flamm took the scenic route from Silicon Valley to D.C. and back again Yes, Sarah Flamm grew up in Silicon Valley, but working at a tech startup wasn’t a given. The former transportation and immigration policy analyst made the leap from local government to San Francisco logistics tech…

From rethinking routes to zapping paperwork. This article is part two of a two-part series exploring the evolving trucking tech stack, or the widening array of industry-specific technology available to fleets. Part one focused on tools designed for the road. This week, we turn to tech for the back office. …

This article is part one of a two-part series exploring the evolving trucking tech stack, or the widening array of industry-specific technology available to fleets. Part one focuses on tools designed for the road. Next week, part two will touch on tools for the back office. No matter what line…

From stagnant wages to the cities where drivers are most in demand. With major companies like Tyson reporting shipping costs surging as much as $250 million this year, all eyes are on the links in the supply chain contributing to higher costs. …

Welcome to the next generation of LoadDocs. When we started our journey at LoadDocs in 2014, our mission was to transform how logistics companies communicate. …