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There’s no doubt that regulatory compliance can be costly, but are you making the most of your required investment in technology?

It takes a lot of paper to manage a trucking, brokerage or logistics operation.

There are order intake forms:

• Bills of lading
• Proof of delivery
• Invoices and other financial documents
• Scale tickets and lumper receipts
• Driver settlement
• License
• Motor vehicle records
• Medical and training details
• Equipment specification and maintenance records
• Customer information, and much more.

Keeping track of parts is, let’s just say, a process. Parts come in, parts go out, parts aren’t in the right place, part numbers are wrong. Parts are just plain gone. You know the drill.

Are you wondering what activities and behaviors you can perform to improve your business relationship with IT partners?

If you’re reading this, the answer is more than likely “Yes.”

Are economic conditions improving? Multiple indicators, from a recovering housing market to tax code changes that offer advantages to entrepreneurs, suggest this is the case, potentially leading to increased spending and, ultimately, a need for more freight movement.

Head ‘em up and move ‘em out. Nearly 60 years after the theme from the TV show “Rawhide” became a pop-culture staple, its semi-iconic lyrics still resonate today. It’s the credo by which dispatch managers thrive: plan and keep the fleet moving.

There’s a modern-day twist: use technology in ways that improve performance and profitability, while ensuring drivers are aware and productive. Smart fleet managers know the most effective way to accomplish this is with transportation management system that offers solutions specific to their company’s needs and business objectives. Not only does it make routine responsibilities easier to achieve by reducing planning and tracking time and help with more efficient scheduling, the advanced technology returns objective performance measurements that supply strategic data, including scheduled-versus-real unloading times, mileage, speed and information associated with driver performance. 

Staying “in the know” is key to continued success in the transportation services industry. Here are a few front-burner media topics covered during the first half of the year that you may want to further explore:

Considered by many to be one of the top transportation technology events of the year, we hope you'll join us for in.sight user conference and expo 2017 as we continue to connect attendees with the best practices for safety, compliance, fleet performance, maintenance and innovation.

A penny per mile: at first glance, a less-than-meaningful figure – yet in today’s market, boosting your bottom line by a penny or more per mile offers your business significant financial advantages.