The trucking industry has faced multiple challenges during the previous years. From COVID-19 pandemic and its restrictions through decreased freight and lower rates to high fuel costs and supply chain issues.
With growing competition in the transportation sector, involved companies should deploy new existing technologies and extensively improve the quality of their services to remain in the business.
«When markets are disrupted, the winners are usually those who can continue to create value. So organizations with scale will remain ahead of the game and so will sharp, agile, tech-oriented newbies. Those in the middle of the pack will likely have a harder time facing this changing landscape»
The end of 2023 was marked with hope for shippers and transportation companies to emerge from the freight recession. The freight crisis was caused and intensified by the global lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Automation is a major precondition for advancement in passenger and cargo transportation. With the introduction of new operational models, logistics today has become much more complex. Clients expect faster service and more transparency. So, even small and middle transportation businesses turn their attention to digital solutions in hope to minimize manual management, paperwork, and foot-dragging.
The changing world changes consumers, their demands and expectations, as a result, shipping service goes up to new heights annually and the role of parcel shipping is re-prioritized. The shippers now need to rethink their strategies and find ways out of the challenges they face.
No matter how large is your business and how long you are in the market, year by year, day by day you will ask yourself the same questions, every business owner does: how to improve efficiency, streamline supply operation, broaden market share, decrease costs, gain real-time supply chain visibility and provide maximum customer satisfaction.
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) estimated that up to 40% of the food produced in the US is wasted, which results in a $218 billion annual loss. The experts consider that to a great extent it’s due to the problems within the supply chain.
Modern logistics and supply chain processes are being continuously reshaped nowadays. Transformations taking place start from the very core and result in more refined and fast logistics procedures and the way they are managed.
Have you ever found yourself trying to get a car over the phone with all lines busy, or maybe in a noisy place, where it’s difficult to speak, or vice versa, somewhere you have to be quiet. A tricky task at times, do you agree?
