Successful Transportation Management System (TMS)

 

A Transportation Management System, or TMS, is a solution that manages the dispatching of trucks or carriers. As well as fleet maintenance, billing, driver pay, driver records, IFTA reports and DOT compliance.

Additionally, a Transportation Management System streamlines operations by optimizing carrier routes, and reporting key analytics while improving customer service across business areas.

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Choosing The Best Truck Company

 

Contracting with a truck company can expand your earning potential as an independent trucker. Choosing the best trucking companies to work with, though, can be tricky.

With so many trucking companies now competing nationally and internationally, customers who need to ship freight as quickly and efficiently as possible often find themselves overwhelmed by the quantity of companies that use various methods to gain business.

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Hurricane Harvey Impacting Transportation

 

Tropical Storm Hurricane Harvey has brought catastrophic and life-threatening floods to Texas. It continues to have a big effect on people and businesses near the South Texas coast. This impact includes the freight transportation industry which is currently experiencing major disruptions to include the following:

  • Halted traffic due to flooded roadways and damaged infrastructure
  • Suspended rail service
  • Closures of regional shipping terminals and ports
  • Chaotic supply chains due to extra shipments and lower productivity

When monumental disasters hit the country, transportation and supply chain networks echo the impacts for months afterward. We are predicting capacity impacts from Harvey to last through mid-October.

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