Is Crowdsourcing Logistics a Solution for Last Mile Delivery?
The rise of eCommerce is both an opportunity and a headache for retailers and final mile logistics companies. After all, door-to-door deliveries can be costly. Businesses that want...
How to Motivate Truck Drivers: Incentives to Consider
Keeping employees motivated at all times is a challenge that many companies face continuously. In the trucking industry, sustaining driver motivation is crucial since failure to do...
Food Delivery Trends of This Year
The food delivery sector has grown into a multi-billion industry, thanks to consumer's preference for quick and easy dining options. The growth is staggering as evidenced by third-...
Confused by the 34 Hour Reset Rule? Start Here.
The 34-hour reset rule allows drivers to reset their 60-hour or 70-hour clocks after 34 consecutive hours off duty. The rule has undergone various changes, confusing drivers on the...
What Are the Best Online Load Boards for Brokers?
There's a marketplace for loads where truck operators and owners, freight brokers, and shippers meet. It's called a load board, also popularly known as a freight board. This market...
Keep B2B Last Mile Delivery from Creeping into Profits
The growth of online selling comes with a higher demand for faster shipping, and companies are experiencing a 33 percent increase in demand for B2B last mile deliveries. Unfortunat...
Optimize Your Route Planning with AI
Fun fact for logistics operations: the field of AI research has its own “last mile problem,” which describes the process of taking research innovations and turning them into applic...
Important Stats for Modern Restaurant Delivery
A Gallup research study said that restaurant deliveries are on the rise, potentially growing by as much as $100 billion. For 2020, quick restaurant deliveries will likely reach clo...
Preparing for the Basics of the Canadian ELD Mandate
Starting June 12th, 2021, Canada will begin implementing the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate. This means, after that date, Canadian truckers must be using ELDs instead of t...
Best Ways to Recruit Truck Drivers: Attracting Millennials
The driver shortage is a perennial problem in the trucking industry, with estimates showing that the shortage is likely to reach 175,000 by 2024. The aging workforce exacerbates th...
How Short Haul Fleets Can Benefit from HOS & ELD Solutions
Government requirements mandating electronic logging devices, or ELDs, for commercial long haul vehicles have resulted in better record-keeping and rested drivers. By automating a ...