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How custom apps prevent fleet business disruptions
Fleets can prevent system outages by implementing software and network redundancy.
November 13, 2023
Cybersecurity experts say API security starts with company culture
API security and how to mitigate the risk of a bad actor infiltrating your company via that route was a hot topic at the National Motor Freight Traffic Association’s annual Digital Solutions Conference on Cybersecurity held in Houston, Texas last week.
November 2, 2023
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October 30, 2023
Business operations
Business compromised email one of the biggest threats to cybersecurity
Experts who attended the NMFTA Digital Solutions Conference held this week in Houston spoke on the most common cybersecurity threats of 2023 and the prevention and reaction methods to help fleets mitigate and recover from those attacks.
October 24, 2023
Business operations
Activity-based costing helps carriers improve bottom line
Activity-based costing assigns rates associated with the actual consumption of resources by each activity, drilling down to the lowest common denominator of every element that drives cost on a load or a shipment.
October 23, 2023
Technology
Tech that helps small to mid-size carriers fight against a volatile economy
The freight market will see slow growth over the next year. These three technologies can help carriers survive and even thrive in a stagnant economy.
October 23, 2023
Technology
GP Transco takes in-house TMS to market
The dry van carrier created its own TMS years ago, tailored to its specific needs, and other carriers have been asking to buy it ever since. The company has finally answered their call and opened a new line of business in software.
October 6, 2023
Technology
Estes Express working through cyberattack
Estes Express Lines said it was the victim of a cyberattack that caused "an outage in our core infrastructure and it is impacting a number of our system."
October 3, 2023
Technology
Agriculture trucking technology, reducing empty miles, video telematics and more
In this week's CCJ's Tech Shorts we look at an acquisition in the agriculture trucking technology space, an integration that exposes carriers to more available loads, a beta launch of an AI-powered software platform and more.
September 12, 2023
Load bidding and contracts
Historical data helps small fleets plan for more profitable loads
Advanced freight booking and fleet management platform SmartHop launches its inaugural monthly profitability report highlighting hot markets and profitable lanes to help small fleets compete against bigger players.
August 29, 2023
Technology
Metrics fleets can track with toll management
With toll management services, you can learn several important pieces of information about your business and its operating costs in relation to toll usage and other related costs if you use it.
August 11, 2023
Technology
The year of the rebound: Fleets move to adopt more technology
Industry surveys indicate that fleets are showing more market readiness to invest in core and emerging technologies.
August 3, 2023
Technology
Weathering logistics disruptions: Integrating weather into platforms for logistics decision making
Safety, operational efficiencies, improved customer service and cost savings are among the reasons more carriers and tech vendors are integrating weather into their platforms.
July 26, 2023
Business operations
NMFTA plans development of LTL industry API roadmap
The Digital LTL Council recently implemented its eBOL API standard and is now turning its focus to developing a complete API roadmap to digitize everything within the LTL shipment data stream from quote to cash.
July 24, 2023
Technology
Automation is the next step beyond data insights
Transportation industry experts say digital transformation, i.e. automation, is key to saving fleets time and money while meeting environmental goals and retaining drivers, but lack of internal infrastructure is a barrier to implementation.
July 13, 2023
Technology
Are your employees using one of the 10 worst passwords in transportation?
More than half of transportation and logistics company employees use a password that is "both poor and dangerous to use."
June 20, 2023
Technology
Fuel payment providers use technology to mitigate, eliminate fuel fraud
Fintech company Relay Payments has expanded its fuel fraud protection capabilities with its recently launched digitized payment platform at more than 800 Pilot travel centers while Comdata continues to use technology like telematics to prevent fuel fraud.
June 16, 2023
Technology
Yard management system integrations improve driver uptime
Companies like Outrider and Manhattan Associates are using cloud-based API architecture to automate yard processes to reduce pain points of yard operations and get drivers back on the road quickly.
June 13, 2023
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