WHITEPAPER: How AI can future proof logistics
Navigating the Future: Harnessing AI in Transportation and Logistics offers logistics leaders clear, practical guidance on adopting AI strategically to improve efficiency, strengthen resilience, and build long-term competitiveness. For logistics, AI technologies are no longer just transforming spot-market transactions or ETA calculations; they are advancing into the operational core of logistical value creation – a topic that executives and […]
How machine learning can help turn fleet data into delivery intelligence
Fleet operators across the UK are facing mounting pressure. Whether it be through rising customer expectations, tight delivery windows or ongoing sustainability targets, traditional planning methods are struggling to keep pace. Given these circumstances, machine learning has fast become a vital component of modern fleet and logistics management. To emphasise its importance, in 2023, themachine learning in logistics […]
First electric HGV completes Channel Tunnel freight crossing
A battery-electric heavy goods vehicle has completed the first-ever freight journey through the Channel Tunnel using LeShuttle Freight, in a milestone that operators say demonstrates zero-emission road freight is becoming viable on one of the UK’s most commercially critical trade corridors. The trip was delivered through a collaboration between Kuehne+Nagel, LeShuttle Freight (Eurotunnel), charging specialist […]
AI in logistics: Helping to understand performance and environmental impact
Real-time data insights are transforming logistics performance, driving down costs and improving CO2 emissions management. Adding Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Transport Management Systems (TMS) is set to further enhance the depth and breadth of data, extending automation and enhancing predictive insights, as Elmer Spruijt (pictured), VP, Global Sales, Descartes explains… Real-Time Visibility The growing availability of real-time […]
New electric car grants ‘don’t help logistics businesses’
The government’s new electric car grant, offering drivers up to a £3,750 discount to buy electric cars, has been in the headlines, but while it’s undoubtedly good for consumers, it doesn’t help businesses. That’s according to Andrew Tavener (pictured), Head of Fleet Marketing EMEA at Descartes, who argues that for logistics businesses, the challenge of purchasing an EV goes far beyond […]
Retail Fleet In Focus: Embedding returns within the e-commerce offer
With a challenging 12 months ahead predicted to bring higher prices, retailers need to make radical changes to reduce costs and safeguard consumer loyalty and spending. Andrew Tavener, Head of Marketing at Descartes explores the opportunity to add returns collections to existing delivery schedules and the implications for cost control, reduced empty miles and customer experience… Spotlight on […]
The digital dispatcher has arrived – Here’s what that means for logistics
By András Kovács (pictured), Director of Fleet Products at Transporeon, A Trimble Company In the long-haul full truckload (FTL)L industry, dispatchers have traditionally relied on manual processes and years of experience to navigate a complex regulatory landscape, fluctuating fuel prices and evolving customer demands. While functional, this approach is far from optimal, putting pressure on dispatchers and leading to […]
eCMR: If not now, then when?
By Gerry Daalhuisen (pictured), Product Unit Lead Dock Scheduling & Yard Management at Transporeon, A Trimble Company There have been several unexpected pit stops on the road to eliminating paper-based processes in logistics. But, is paper finally set to be a thing of the past? 2024 marks 13 years since the official launch of the eCMR protocol […]
Data data data – The key for logistics and transportation businesses to meet their sustainability goals in 2024
By Serge Schamschula, Head of Ecosystem at Transporeon, A Trimble Company It is fair to say that the EU has certainly been in full ‘green mode’ in recent years, with the aim to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030. And, in its bid to meet this ambitious, long-term environmental and […]
Why Europe’s driver shortage isn’t just a personnel problem
By Stephan Sieber, CEO, Transporeon It’s no secret that global supply chain disruption has dominated headlines since mid-2020. And, over the past three years, the continuing aftershocks of the COVID pandemic, combined with geopolitical factors and an economic downturn, have caused significant upheaval for shippers, cargo receivers, service providers, brokers, freight forwarders, carriers – and […]