Business Management

After a rollercoaster ride through 2020 and 2021, the U.S. freight market was hit with a sharp spike in diesel fuel pricing, affecting both brokers and carriers in distinct ways. How can brokers anticipate future changes and compete for reliable capacity?

The data landscape has changed dramatically in the past two years. Worker access from remote locations and a need for 24/7 uptime has companies scouting for technology tools to bolster their data recovery capabilities and resilience. Are there effective models for such continued operation?

All markets exhibit patterns of growth and decline, and the flatbed truck market is no different with cycle results surging well above the previous growth trend following COVID-19 lockdowns. How the rest of 2022 looks depends on when the inevitable regression back to the mean—or normal—begins.

The past two years have been fraught with dramatic shifts in freight demands, market cost, and labor making future planning difficult at best. TIA’s Market Report includes more than a decade of data, metrics, and trend information to help members benchmark their performance in these sectors and better navigate future performance.

Team members are a company’s most important asset, the face of your brand to every carrier, customer, and vendor and essential for building relationships and improving lives through logistics.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, TIA Members Laura Shorette of Time Logistics and Bonnie Supan of Brenny Transportation, share their experiences and insights of the freight brokerage industry.

Liz Wayne of Able Transport Solutions discusses TIA’s relaunched Women in Logistics Committee and the essential questions that generated a new mission for the group.