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Load Tracking Now Available in Tailwind TMS with e4score Integration and Partnership

Tailwind

e4score’s EZCheck-In is integrated into the Tailwind TMS, allowing trucking companies and freight brokers to easily track shipments for $1-a-load (up to 66% less than other tracking services). App-less shipment event tracking that closes the visibility gap and eliminates check-calls. GPS-validated event timestamps and dwell times.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 2.11-2.15

Freight Plus

New England Motor Freight, a 40-year staple of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, stunned the shipping world Monday by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy liquidation. went out of business in the fall of 2002, according to FreightWaves. This week in, "Where's My Freight?!". largest U.S. trucking shutdown. Spotify. ,

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Tailwind Transportation Software Launches Fully Web-Based Enterprise TMS

Tailwind

“We are excited to launch Tailwind Enterprise for agile trucking companies and freight brokerages that need a system robust and flexible enough to manage their entire business, and allow for adjustments to their business model in the months and years ahead,” said Murray Pratt, President & CEO of Tailwind Transportation Software.

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Stories of Supply Chain Leadership: An Interview with Joan Motsinger of Seagate

Supply Chain Shaman

First Phase: 2002-2006. What suppliers need help with cost (LEAN, labor, freight,…)? Our factors spans all those prior priorities, but expands into a much higher level of analytics on design cost (simplicity, leverage, supplier input), manufacturing cost (sites, labor, automation,… ) ,service costs (freight,…).

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What’s Your Plan if There’s a West Coast Port Strike?

CH Robinson Transportfolio

Supply chains can face disruption from man-made events, as well as natural disasters. Or, will we see a repeat of 2002, when a 10-day lockout left dozens of ships lined up outside the West Coast docks, unable to unload? When the current contract expires on June 30, will they have a deal?

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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

Virtually all of those startups disappeared by 2002 — they either burned through all of their investment money or were acquired by bigger fish. I’ve spoken at this event in the past, but this year I came mainly to learn and network with the attendees (over 600 this year, a new record). Descartes, in short, is alive and well.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 17 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

While New Coke would linger for quite some time, it was discontinued in 2002, with a limited re-release in 2019. It will be on highway and surface streets, hauling actual freight. Coca-Cola Classic remains the number one soft drink in the US. And now on to this week’s logistics news. That’s all for this week.