Guest Commentary: Transportation Compliance Doesn’t Cost, It Pays
Traditional thinking is that government transportation compliance programs, such as hours of service (HOS) regulations, cost companies money. If the focus of your compliance efforts is solely to meet...
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Clock Ticking on Hours of Service (and Other Trucking Risks)
It’s been more than a year since the U.S. Department of Transportation announced its final rule on Hours of Service (HOS) (read my comments at the time in “Hours of Service Rules Changed, But the Big...
View ArticleThis Week in Logistics News (January 28 – February 1, 2013)
Wow, 2013 is already one-twelfth over. With no time to waste, let’s go straight to the news… Manhattan Associates Reports Record Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2012 Performance UPS Achieves Record...
View ArticleThis Week in Logistics News (February 25 – March 1, 2013)
The appliance repair guy showed up this morning to confirm what I already suspected: my refrigerator is on life support and will soon die. My five year old daughter burst out crying, not because buying...
View ArticleTakeaways from Shipper-Carrier Roundtable at Momentum 2013
What happens when you bring together a large group of shippers and carriers and put them in a conference room? At the Manhattan Associates Momentum 2013 conference last month, the answer was a great...
View ArticleWhat is the Future of Truckload Transportation?
There’s been a common thread in my conversations with shippers over the past few years: their desire to take freight off the truckload grid — i.e., minimize the number of one-way truck shipments they...
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Hours of Service: The “Obamacare” of the Trucking Industry?
The new Hours of Service regulations, which went into effect July 1, 2013, might well be the “Obamacare” of the trucking industry, with yet another challenge issued last Thursday when U.S. Reps....
View ArticleThis Week in Logistics News (November 11-15, 2013)
Lots of interesting news to discuss today, so let’s go straight to it. Descartes Unveils Same-Day Delivery Optimization Technology Amazon to Begin Sunday Deliveries, With Post Office’s Help (Wall...
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How to Manage Transportation in any Environment
Before members of Congress left Washington, D.C. for the Memorial Day recess, one of the issues being debated was the potential of changing the Hours of Service (HOS) rules for truck drivers. An effort...
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Editor’s Choice – FMCSA HOS Final Rule: What to Know
Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Choice” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide supply chain insights and advice. This article comes from GlobalTranz...
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