Industry Momentum Accelerates with New Badging System to Identify Integrations and Members; Consortium Grows with Collaborator Additions The Scheduling Standards Consortium (SSC) today announced the achievement of a landmark milestone — the publication of its Technical Standard for developing scheduling application programming interface (API) for transportation management systems (TMS). Now accessible on the open source…
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The future of communication in freight and logistics: examining APIs and the potential for improvement
When it comes to communicating in the freight and logistics industry, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) has long been the established method. However, as we look closer at communication protocols and modern API technologies, it becomes evident that there are nuanced considerations to explore. While modern web APIs offer significant flexibility and advantages, the absence of…
Winning buy-in from leadership for AI projects, with CTO Dorothy Li
In this episode of Emerj’s AI in Business Podcast, Convoy CTO Dorothy Li explains the best strategies for communicating the benefits of AI projects to non-technical leadership. Later, Dorothy and Emerj’s Head of Research, Daniel Faggella, discuss how Google, AWS, and Microsoft are lowering the barriers to entry for SMEs looking to start in AI…
Driving change: how hybrid carriers will finally unlock economies of scale in trucking
The future of trucking is neither traditional brokers nor asset carriers; it is a new model, which we will call the hybrid carrier. This model gets materially better with scale, using technology to address the industry’s existing limitations and the reasons that trucking remains so fragmented. Hybrid carriers have a digital truckload marketplace, a universal…
Convoy’s CEO Dan Lewis on the digital transformation that’s happening in trucking
As the trucking industry goes digital and the lines between brokers and asset carriers blur, Convoy CEO Dan Lewis discusses the challenges and opportunities.
Convoy’s CTO Dorothy LI on predicting freight shipments with AI
Convoy’s CTO Dorothy Li explores a logistics use case for AI capabilities in predictive inventory and the impact it is having on manufacturing writ large.
Is 2022 the end of globalization?
With shipping delays and inventory issues, there’s a moving interest in moving away from global dependencies. Dan Lewis shares his take on globalization.
Stop Wasting Your Time Putting Volatile Freight in RFPs
Clinging to traditional patterns and practices of contract freight is a liability in the world of volatile supply chains. Fortune 500 shippers are leaning into these new approaches. You can, too.
Could All Freight One Day Be Drop-and-hook?
Drop is a win for shippers, carriers, and the planet. Fortune 500 companies would move more drop if they could, but drop has its constraints. We explore what it would take to build a 100% drop future.
The Fastest Path to Autonomous Trucking
Convoy CEO Dan Lewis shares what he believes is the most practical way for self-driving to work in trucking: a system that supports hand-offs between autonomous trucks and human drivers.
The Road Ahead: 6 Ways Technology Will Enable the Future of Freight
Convoy CEO Dan Lewis on his vision for the future of the trucking industry and the implications it has on global supply chains, millions of truck drivers and our planet.
35% of the time that truck next to you on the highway is empty – that’s a really big deal for the environment
Convoy’s latest research reveals that the most immediate opportunity to reduce CO2 emissions in trucking is to focus on empty miles over EV.
Three Data Points For Better Conversations About the Trucker Shortage
Hiring at trucking firms slowed in May according to payroll data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning.
Trucking Freight Rates in Tight Markets vs. Soft Markets
Freight rates change as the market tightens and softens. This guide shows how to make sense of truckload prices in tight and soft markets.
5 Reasons To Read & Provide Freight Facility Reviews
Carriers who work with Convoy have contributed over 1.5 million freight facility reviews, download the app to check out these insights.
Convoy Launches Inaugural Freight Insights Report
Convoy’s Annual Freight Insights Report provides a detailed analysis of trends in 2020 based on data from Convoy’s digital freight network.
What is drop-and-hook freight? 5 common questions answered.
What is “drop-and-hook” freight? “Drop-and-hook” is the trucking industry’s term for when a driver drops a full container at a facility and hooks their tractor to a pre-loaded trailer at the same facility. This grab and go efficiency makes drop-and-hook a win-win: reducing transportation costs for shippers, increasing potential earnings for carriers, and saving time…
Case study: Lowering TONU costs with supply chain analytics
Part 1 of our case study showed how Convoy’s digital freight network provided flexible capacity for a customer when demand surged past supply chain forecasts. In part 2, we’ll explore how supply chain analytics uncovered hidden TONU (truck ordered, not used) costs, providing this customer with savings opportunities. Supply chain analytics with a digital freight…
Case study: When demand surges past supply chain forecasts
Business planners put a great deal of effort into demand forecasting for their supply chains. Demand forecasting seeks to predict consumer demand to inform supply chain and business operations. The more accurate the demand forecast, the more efficiently a supply chain operates. Even in typical business cycles, consumer demand is notoriously difficult to predict. 2020…
CONVOY HAUL STAR, ISAAC WILKE, SHARES HIS EXPERIENCE WITH CONVOY
Macey: One of my favorite questions to ask carriers is how did you find Convoy? Isaac: I actually found Convoy on another load board. We were looking for something local to do that day and we found this shipment with Convoy as the broker. So I gave Convoy a call, and right then and there,…
