Insights
For the Road Ahead
Get expert tips, TMS strategies, and freight tech trends for brokers, carriers, and shippers, all in one place.
Get expert tips, TMS strategies, and freight tech trends for brokers, carriers, and shippers, all in one place.
AI wisdom means understanding that your business doesn’t run on algorithms. It runs on people, relationships, and split-second decisions when everything goes sideways.
The freight market has crashed before and will crash again, but the difference the next time will be whether you’ve learned to roll with the punches or are still waiting to get knocked out.
Modern TMS platforms deliver exactly what they promise: better visibility, automated workflows, and actionable intelligence. The breakdown happens in the change management process. Or more accurately, the complete absence of one.
The CDL crackdown isn’t going away. But carriers that track the right numbers, do the math, and stay ahead of compliance will thrive while everyone else panics.
August rates went backward. September’s supposed bump never showed up. October is almost here, and you’re still waiting for freight to pick up like it always does this time of year.
EKA’s WAMS (Workflow Activity & Monitoring System) flags custody breaks instantly, like missed scans, document mismatches, and late arrivals. You spot problems while trucks still sit in your yard, not after they’ve vanished.
The issue isn’t a lack of supply chain visibility. You probably have three different tracking platforms already. The issue is that none of them help your team get ahead of the mayhem.
An illegal migrant driver who failed English and road sign tests made a “reckless” U-turn on the Florida Turnpike, plowed into multiple vehicles, and killed three. Suddenly, Duffy’s gradual DOT enforcement squeeze shifted into overdrive.
AI wisdom means understanding that your business doesn’t run on algorithms. It runs on people, relationships, and split-second decisions when everything goes sideways.
Tariffs are reshaping the supply chain, slowing cross-border investment, forcing changes in retail sourcing, and accelerating imports that may leave ports quieter later in the year.
The freight market has crashed before and will crash again, but the difference the next time will be whether you’ve learned to roll with the punches or are still waiting to get knocked out.
Your dispatcher just got an AI upgrade — and it’s not asking for a raise. While you’re still wrestling with rate confirmations at 11 p.m. and playing phone tag with drivers who “forgot” to mention that little detour through downtown Denver, someone with a full suite of AI freight broker tools is quietly eating your […]
