Industry Trends & Insights
This heading includes terms related to current trends, challenges or prospects within the trucking and transportation industry. Keywords include driver shortage; mergers & acquisitions disrupting traditional business models; effects of technology on international trade patterns; last mile delivery challenges; market trends influencing transport sector development among others.
Over the coming years, mapping supply chain trends can give fleet operators an edge over their competition, by helping them shape new efficiencies that reduce costs and create larger customer bases.
Electric trucks are trucks that use electric batteries for power instead of fuel. Because they have a smaller environmental impact and lower operating costs, and because the emission limits are becoming tighter and tighter, more and more electric trucks are populating our roads.
In the trucking industry, telematics is defined as the integration of telecommunications and informatics. It involves monitoring and managing fleet vehicles through GPS and onboard diagnostics that track vehicle location, driver behavior, fuel consumption, and so forth.
Supply chain solutions provide integrated strategies and technologies that help optimize the movement of goods from source to destination, and make the supply chain more efficient, cost-effective in its operations, and compliant in its movement of goods throughout the logistics network.
Modern technologies in trucking refer to the use of new additions to current technologies such as telematics, AI, and automation to optimize fleet operations and increase safety and efficiency in the logistics industry.
Fuel efficiency in fleet management is the strategies and technologies applied to reduce the consumption and cost of fuel in a fleet unit. Using this helps the driver to reduce the cost of running a fleet and also the environmental contamination caused by driving a fleet.
Women in trucking is typically used to describe the increase in female professional truckers and the importance of creating a diverse, inclusive, and women-friendly environment in the trucking industry.
Green trucking initiatives involve programs that minimize the negative environmental effects resulting from the operation of the fleet of a trucking company. These initiatives include utilizing energy-efficient equipment, employing the use of alternative fuel and practices, and implementing activities that reduce carbon footprint and other sustainable practices.
Green trucking initiatives involve programs that minimize the negative environmental effects resulting from the operation of the fleet of a trucking company. These initiatives include utilizing energy-efficient equipment, employing the use of alternative fuel and practices, and implementing activities that reduce carbon footprint and other sustainable practices.
Challenges in the recruitment of personnel for the trucking industry in the United States arise due to a skills gap, turnover, and a competitive market, all of which lead to a deficit in driver’s supply.
Trucking industry trends are the current changes in practice, technology, and regulation that shape the trucking industry. They affect what fleets do, how they operate and compete, how they manage employees and customers, and how they react to new regulations, and technology and try to address various issues of sustainability.
Trucking analytics are derived from data-analysis tools that allow fleet managers to track and analyze parameters such as fuel efficiency, driver behavior, route optimization, and vehicle maintenance – helping them find ways to save fuel, reduce costs, and improve the bottom line.
It describes the effect of e-commerce on the trucking industry, which means it presents the changes and challenges that the quick increase of online shopping brings regarding its logistics process, including faster, more efficient, and scalable delivery services in meeting consumer needs.
Blockchain in the supply chain refers to the use of blockchain technology to create a secure, transparent, and immutable ledger of transactions across the entire supply chain. This technology enhances traceability, reduces fraud, and improves efficiency in logistics.
Fleet electrification trends represent the accelerating adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in commercial fleet sectors, as electric and hybrid propulsion systems replace internal combustion engines. The global fleet electrification trend is fueled by the move to Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandates, including EVs, and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs).
This increasing need as a whole is primarily due to the growing demand for trucking in agriculture. Ever-growing and expanding global markets as well as rising levels of agricultural production call for a reliable delivery service with a high level of logistical competence.
The last-mile trends are the technologies and approaches that hope to shape that last step from the distribution center to the doorstep – in terms of making it faster, more efficient, and better.
Embedding automation, electrification, and safety technologies in the long-haul truck will shape this post-diesel reality, changing how cargo moves through the logistics network in ways that reduce carbon costs and enhance quality of life.
Truck parking problems are issues that commercial drivers and fleet managers face when trying to find safe, legal, and convenient parking locations for trucks (off-highway) during rest breaks. These issues can result in poor mental health, safety issues, and hours-of-service (HOS) violations.
Truck parking problems are issues that commercial drivers and fleet managers face when trying to find safe, legal, and convenient parking locations for trucks (off-highway) during rest breaks. These issues can result in poor mental health, safety issues, and hours-of-service (HOS) violations.
