The value of vehicle visibility: How location intelligence can deliver
Logistic challenges are nothing new to the trucking industry. Today’s challenge is keeping up with customer expectations that are pushed to increasingly higher levels by technology. Visibility is the name of today’s logistics game and location-powered, end-to-end technology is enabling fleets to deliver on those expectations. From predictive solutions that help fleets tackle challenges typically
Solving the top fleet challenges with location technology
When it comes to fleet management and supply chain challenges, “prompt service and delivery issues” is the number one answer according to new research commissioned by HERE Technologies. More than 300 fleet management and supply chain leaders from around the world responded to the survey, which focused on their objectives, challenges and investment priorities. “Prompt
Morgan Olson, EAVX, REE Automotive show off a newly-designed electric walk-in step van
EAVX, Morgan Olson and REE Automotive are hosting the first live demonstrations and customer evaluations this week of Proxima Powered by REE, the newly announced fully drive-by-wire walk-in step van. The joint events highlight the benefits of the newly-designed EAVX and Morgan Olson body paired with REE’s fully-flat, modular P7 chassis and x-by-wire technology. Over the next several weeks,
Enriched data programs will improve trucking fleet operations
Truck drivers and fleets are no strangers to the sense of urgency that comes with the demand of completing deliveries in a timely manner. The strain on the supply chain stemming from the continued driver shortage, as well as the notable increase in consumer demand (a byproduct of the buying medium of choice shifting to
New ATRI research evaluates motor carrier responses to rising insurance costs
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released a new report analyzing trucking industry impacts from the rising costs of insurance. This analysis, a top priority of ATRI’s Research Advisory Committee, utilized detailed financial and insurance data from dozens of motor carriers and commercial insurers. The report assesses immediate and longer-term impacts that rising insurance costs have on
Waymo Via, C.H. Robinson partner to pilot automated trucks
C.H. Robinson and Waymo Via, the trucking and local delivery unit of autonomous driving technology company Waymo, have formed a long-term strategic partnership to mutually explore the practical application of autonomous driving technology in logistics and supply chains. The partnership combines the benefits of Waymo’s innovative autonomous driving technology, the Waymo Driver, with C.H. Robinson’s
Strategies for fleet managers to navigate the bumpy road ahead in 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic turned on its head the way people look at trucking fleets and drivers. The world finally saw them through the lens of front-line heroes making sure deliveries of critical supplies arrived at hospitals and grocery stores. And later, when the first vaccines became available, truck drivers made sure they arrived at the
Commercial vehicle supply constraints, inflationary ramifications remain front-and-center
According to ACT Research’s recently-released Transportation Digest, the front-and-center concerns of the commercial vehicle industry at the moment are supply chain constraints, as well as the inflationary ramifications that flow from them. The report, which combines proprietary ACT data and analysis from a wide variety of sources, paints a comprehensive picture of trends impacting transportation
Truck stories we’re thankful for
The trucking industry has a lot to be thankful for this year. Sure, we have our share of challenges (we’re looking at you, Supply Chain), but the fact is that trucking flourished during the pandemic and came roaring out of it. While other industries were cutting hours and some even closing their doors, trucks rolled
Truck Tonnage Index rose in August
American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 0.5% in August after falling 1.1% in July. In August, the index equaled 110.3 compared with 109.8 in July. Trucking serves as a barometer of the U.S. economy, representing 72.5% of tonnage carried by all modes of domestic freight transportation, including manufactured and
