Our Will Cotten was at the Food Shippers Conference last week where many attendees focused on…
Our Will Cotten was at the Food Shippers Conference last week where many attendees focused on truck-capacity shortages. Their solution set seems to be:
- Make freight more enticing – offer drop trailers to help with hours-of-service, etc.
- Fix current processes – quicker gate check-ins, quicker in and outs at the dock, etc.
- Add technology – freight matching tools, trailer tracking, etc.
The focus was more on how to find trucks. We’d advance another important strategy: to cut the need for trucks. By better filling trailers, our clients eliminate an average of 6 out of every 100 trucks…a nice capacity boost!
DHL is jumping back into the US domestic market with a novel approach to the last mile – use contractors. Package recipients will see on their smart phone exactly who is making the delivery and where they are. This may help to put a lid on UPS and FedEx price increases.
