Transparency19, presented by the folks at FreightWaves, begins Monday, May 6 in Atlanta, Georgia. I’m looking forward to attending this year. It’s a great conference with a lineup of smart speakers and terrific demos. This year’s conference promises to cover “Innovation and digitization trends across...
How difficult is it to find qualified, fully-insured, reliable carriers; to negotiate reasonable rates, to generate the right paperwork while tracking your shipments from pick up to delivery? How hard is it to handle things like last-second dropped loads, or blown tires, snow storms, and...
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.” --Peter Drucker, Founder of Drucker Institute-- It's been nearly a year since I sat down to lunch with my colleague Connor and asked him, "What makes us different from our competition?" His answer compelled me to take a closer...
Scientist, astronomer, and astrophysicist Carl Sagan once famously said, “There’s no such thing as a dumb question.” We agree. But we’re not talking about any questions. We’re talking about questions you can ask freight brokers, questions that will help you choose the best logistics partner....
“To focus on weakness is not only foolish; it is irresponsible.” So said the wise author, educator, and business thought leader, Peter Drucker in his book, The Effective Executive. It makes sense, doesn’t it--don’t focus on the bad stuff? And yet, we all have a...
With the year well underway, we decided to take a look at what 2019 holds for the transportation industry. Small carriers will continue to offer capacity. Most trend lists will focus on the continuing driver shortage, but we prefer to shine a light on the possibility of...
“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” Edward Abbey, Writer and environmental activist Are you operating under the assumption that bigger is always better? You’re not alone, but let’s take a minute to rethink what’s become a tired and ineffectual notion. Conventional...
Tracking and visibility in transportation is a hot topic. Recent news concerning the misuse of cellphone-based tracking has people scrambling. How can the logistics industry, where tracking and visibility is inherent to the best service, deal with upheavals caused by misuse, as well as, an...
A recent article in the Journal of Commerce examined the driver shortage/driver retention problem in the trucking industry. If you’re a shipper dealing with large brokers and larger carriers, the capacity crunch of 2018 made the driver shortage painfully real. And even though the driver...
Pay the Man Have you heard this saying before? This is the slogan of one of my favorite professional athletes Josh Bridges. He’s a retired Navy Seal and five-time CrossFit Games Athlete. Pay the man? What does it mean? What are we paying him? Who is...
