4 Tips for Writing a Transportation Manager Resume
Guest Post by Liz Hogan Are you crafting a Transportation Manager resume? Transportation managers can have quite the lucrative careers. According to Salary.com, transportation managers can earn anywhere from $60,000 all the way to $100,000+. With such attractive compensation, you can be sure that the competition is tough for these jobs.
10 Tips for Sharing the Road with Transport Trucks
Navigating a road full of transport trucks can be difficult. It is important to use caution when driving alongside big trucks in order to keep yourself and the truck drivers safe. Read our infographic below for 10 tips for sharing the road with transport trucks.
3 Modes of Shipping: LTL, TL, & Small Package
There are three common modes of shipping: Less-than-Truckload (LTL), Truckload (TL), and Small Package shipping. When shipping freight it is important for a company to evaluate the best method for shipping their products to its destination. In today’s blog post we examine the benefits of these three modes of shipping.
Driver Productivity & Advancing Technologies
Technological advancements to the trucking industry are in full swing. There is a rise in connected/automated trucks, the Internet of Things, automated warehousing processes, and other technologies in every area of the supply chain that are designed to turn the transportation industry on its head. This technology has the ability to connect every aspect of […]
Causes of the Driver Shortage
There’s been a lot of discussion around the truck driver shortage. There are countless articles about how many spots the industry needs to fill (and how that number will keep rising in the coming years), and how we can go about solving the shortage. But how did the truck driver shortage happen? What root causes have […]
The Driver Shortage
The truck driver shortage has been 1 of the top issues the transportation industry has been dealing with for many years. The number of drivers required keeps getting larger and there is no immediate fix to the shortage the trucking industry is facing.
The Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) has become the latest buzzword associated with advancing technologies in the business world. One of the industries most aggressively embracing this process is manufacturing. In this week’s blog post we discuss what exactly the Internet of Things is and how industries can benefit from this changing technology.
Trucking Industry Evolution
These days we see transport trucks everywhere. We know that these trucks and their drivers deliver most of our products and materials to their destinations, but how did this start? Who created the first transport truck? How did the commercial trucking industry evolve? We examine the history of the truck and the trucking industry in today’s […]
Women in Trucking
Currently, women represent 48% of the Canadian workforce yet only 3% of Canada’s truck drivers, technicians, and cargo workers. The trucking industry has begun taking steps toward marketing the industry to women in hopes that more female drivers will help solve the driver shortage and fill in the gaps left by aging male drivers.
3D Printing & the Transport Industry
3D printing has become one of the newest form of technology that has the transportation and logistics industry wondering how this type of technology will affect how the industry operates in the coming years. What exactly is 3D printing? How is it being used in the industry now? How is it going to advance in the […]
