Podcasts about transportation management systems

Global supply chains are facing no shortage of complexity from shifting tariffs and changing consumer behavior to rapid advances in artificial intelligence. But having more technology and data does not automatically create a more resilient operation. What matters is how leaders interpret that information and turn it into action. In this episode of The Buzz, powered by Zebra Technologies, host Scott Luton is joined by guest co-host David Shillingford and Shannon Vaillancourt, founder and president of RateLinx. Together, they explore the latest developments affecting global trade, grocery spending, freight operations, supply chain resilience, and AI adoption. The conversation examines why resilience is ultimately a leadership challenge, how poor data can undermine even the most advanced technology, and where human judgment remains essential as organizations automate more decisions. Key Takeaways Why increased tariffs create additional complexity and uncertainty for global trade and supply chain teams How consumer spending pressures, food waste, inflation, and changing purchasing habits may be influencing grocery sales Why supply chain resilience requires action, not simply visibility, risk documentation, or additional technology How experienced leaders use patterns, information, and anticipation to make stronger decisions Why AI often exposes existing data-quality problems rather than creating new ones Which routine supply chain tasks are best suited for AI and where human oversight remains critical How technology can eliminate repetitive work and help teams focus on higher-value decisions Why conversations, collaboration, and real-world experience remain powerful sources of supply chain insight Supply chain leaders do not need more information for information's sake—they need the ability to recognize patterns, evaluate risks, and act with confidence. Tune in to hear practical perspectives on using AI responsibly, strengthening operational resilience, improving decision-making, and preparing your organization for the next disruption. Additional Links & Resources: Zebra: https://www.zebra.com/machinevision With That Said: https://bit.ly/WTS-19-JULY-2026 Easypost Playbook: https://bit.ly/3PL-Carrier-Playbook US imposes tariffs over forced labor before global duty ends: https://bit.ly/New-Tariffs-July2026 The Slave-Free Alliance: https://www.slavefreealliance.org/ Grocery unit sales sink for five straight months: https://bit.ly/US-Grocery-Shopping-Data David's Post: https://bit.ly/David-Shillingford-SC-Resilience Supply chain resilience isn't a data problem; it's a judgment problem: https://www.scmr.com/article/supply-chain-resilience-isnt-a-data-problem-its-a-judgment-problem Zebra: zebra.com/warehouse-vision Insight 26: https://www.ratelinx.com/ratelinx-insight-conference/ RateLinx: https://www.ratelinx.com/ Connect with David on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shillingford/ Connect with Shannon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-vaillancourt/ Upcoming Live Programming:  https://supplychainnow.com/upcoming-live-programming/ Supply Chain Now Resource Hub: https://supplychainnow.com/resource-hub/ Learn more about our hosts: https://supplychainnow.com/about Learn more about Supply Chain Now: https://supplychainnow.com Watch and listen to more Supply Chain Now episodes here: https://supplychainnow.com/program/supply-chain-now   Subscribe to Supply Chain Now on your favorite platform: https://supplychainnow.com/join   Work with us! Download Supply Chain Now's NEW Media Kit: https://bit.ly/3XH6OVk WEBINAR- From Volume to Resilience: How Automotive Supply Chains Are Adapting to a New Market Reality: https://bit.ly/4f6SUGA WEBINAR- The Automotive Industry's Next Digital Breakthrough: https://bit.ly/4vhUwT4 WEBINAR- From Disruption to Stability: Building Resilient Logistics Solutions in a Rapidly Changing Global Market: https://bit.ly/3TguZMt This episode was hosted by Scott Luton and David Shillingford, and produced by Trisha Cordes, Joshua Miranda, and Amanda Luton. Fort additional information, please visit our dedicated episode page at: https://supplychainnow.com/thebuzz-why-supply-chain-resilience-depends-on-judgment-data-and-action The content in this episode, including all audio, videos, visuals, and graphics, is the property of Supply Chain Now and is protected by copyright law. Unauthorized use, reproduction, distribution, modification, or re-uploading of this content in any form is strictly prohibited without explicit written permission from Supply Chain Now.For licensing inquiries or permissions, please contact us at production@supplychainnow.com© 2026 Supply Chain Now. All rights reserved. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On episode 704 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking about the FMCSA's under-21 apprenticeship program. So far, only 113 motor carriers have applied and 34% of those have been rejected. We look into why. Drivers, start your engines! Relay Payments CEO Ryan Droege gets us off the starting line for their Haul of Fame 2024 that will see a pair of drivers win a NASCAR experience in Atlanta. We'll find out all about the event and how you can nominate drivers for this amazing opportunity.  1970 Group CEO Stephen Roseman helps companies minimize the challenges caused by insurance carriers' collateral requirements. We'll learn how it may free up your balance sheet. Amous CEO Mark Shevchuk talks about what's right and wrong with Transportation Management Systems. We'll also learn how they're partnering to help prevent fuel fraud. Plus, a man embezzles $1.5 million from a truck dealer; a unique ferry for semis; and Michael Lombard seizes the day.  Watch on YouTube Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On episode 704 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!? Dooner is talking about the FMCSA's under-21 apprenticeship program. So far, only 113 motor carriers have applied and 34% of those have been rejected. We look into why. Drivers, start your engines! Relay Payments CEO Ryan Droege gets us off the starting line for their Haul of Fame 2024 that will see a pair of drivers win a NASCAR experience in Atlanta. We'll find out all about the event and how you can nominate drivers for this amazing opportunity.  1970 Group CEO Stephen Roseman helps companies minimize the challenges caused by insurance carriers' collateral requirements. We'll learn how it may free up your balance sheet. Amous CEO Mark Shevchuk talks about what's right and wrong with Transportation Management Systems. We'll also learn how they're partnering to help prevent fuel fraud. Plus, a man embezzles $1.5 million from a truck dealer; a unique ferry for semis; and Michael Lombard seizes the day.  Watch on YouTube Subscribe to the WTT newsletter Apple Podcasts Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Greteman, the now retired Chief Information Officer & Transformation Leader for Ruan Transportation Management Systems, shares how Ruan offers work-based learning for high school and college students looking for an alternative career path.

Today I'm joined by Prompt Global, a customer-focused logistics software business who are on a mission to unlock your digitization and automation potential – to drive cost savings and revenue improvements – without changing your underlying software platforms. Prompt helps supply chain companies to easily expand the functionality of their Transportation Management Systems without changing or replacing any of their existing software. As the only logistics technology company with all the major global data privacy and security certifications, Prompt work with more than a third of the top 25 freight forwarders, providing visibility, automation, and payment processing solutions that all safely and seamlessly connect back to their system, or systems, of choice. Today Kai Timmermann, Chief Operating Officer at Prompt Global, joins me to chat all about the company: what they do; the biggest challenges in logistics today; putting customers at the core of their solutions; and the importance of visibility and data integration to the future of logistics.   IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS:   [07.06] Prompt's origin story, and how Rob and Kai's background with Lading and CargoWise led them to develop this new software-based brand. “We're about orienting for real outcomes – we're not excited by jargon… we just want to get the job done.” [10.38] An overview of Prompt Global – what they do, and how they help their customers. “For users, we're about moving time and attention… and from a management perspective, they benefit from that users time and attention, but now they also have process consistency.” [12.12] From managing talent to process inefficiency, a look at some of the key challenges Prompt's customers are facing right now. “To win the talent war – which is a big deal these days – you want to get people out of that menial work.” [15.49] A  closer look at Prompt's Automation solution: what it does, how can it help, the benefits – and Kai's thoughts on the rising importance of automation within supply chain technology. [19.09] What visibility means to Prompt, and how their business intelligence solutions can help to address core inefficiencies. “There are a million people doing it, and visibility can be used to describe a huge span of things… when we talk about our Prompt visibility tool, it's about better data and access to the information inside a company's ERP.” [22.02] Prompt's two-sided integration, how it helps to facilitate improved visibility, and how they work to expand a company's TMS without impacting their existing software. [25.54] A closer look at Prompt's evolving Payments solution. [26.46] Kai's reflections on why we should be paying so much attention to issues like visibility and data integration; the difference it's going to make, both on a business and on an industry level; and Kai's predictions for when global logistics is finally going to return to normal. “Logistics technology has gotten so fragmented… our customers have invested heavily in freight management systems and they've got a strategic imperative to close the gap with digital freight forwarders – so we're trying to provide the capabilities to close that gap.” [29.44] Why successful implementation is on an equal footing to the technology itself, and why customers are so important to Prompt. [32.01] The ideal client for Prompt Global. [32.53] Two key case studies, illustrating how Prompt Automate helped one customer to reduce a proposed integration time of five months down to three to four weeks, and another customer benefit from financial savings of around 40%, on average. [35.41] The future for Prompt Global.   RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED:   Head over to Prompt Global's website now to find out more and discover how they could help you too. You can also connect with Prompt and keep up to date with the latest over on LinkedIn, or you can connect with Kai on LinkedIn. Check out our other podcasts HERE.

It's been quite a while since the Overdrive Radio podcast has attempted to capture the vast dynamism of a trucking show quite like the one that took place for the first time in three years in Kentucky last week -- that's the Mid-America Trucking Show, MATS for short, of course. It'll be quite some time before we convey the full breadth of everything encountered there, but for today on this April Fool's Day edition of the Overdrive Radio we'll get to two aspects: first with the voice of a brand-new podcast, none other than a longtime operator now operating a custom trucking video company, James "Tex" Crowley, out now with the intro episode of 'The Big Road' you can hear in full in today's edition. The show is inspired in part by his career behind the wheel, and a real passion for trucking, generally, as you'll hear. Before we get there, though, a look at one among scads of new Transportation Management Systems geared toward the smallest of carriers popping up around the trucking technology landscape: the Lynks TMS is targeted not only to small carriers but to shippers and brokers as well as a way to grease the skids for dispatch management, invoicing for collections, management of supporting documents out on the road for drivers utilizing the associated Lynks app, and more. It's live commercially as of today, April 1, and it joins a growing subset of the big TMS software market, including the recent Command system from the Trucker Path company, among many others that are geared toward speeding up the digital handoff between carriers and their customers, and operators in the field. There's utility there, as Lynks' George Thellman explains, for one-truck independents, and particularly those who want to set themselves up with back-office tools as they grow beyond that one truck. The Lynks TMS: https://lynks2go.com/ James Crowley's Texas Media Foundry website: https://www.thetexasmediafoundry.com/

Transportation management has multiple facets, and it could mean different things to different companies. But the real value of a TMS system will be when multimode legs are involved in shipping goods. And that's why the transportation and 3PL companies have greater needs for a TMS system than manufacturing and distribution companies. But if the manufacturing company manages its own fleet and requires visibility into multi-mode tracking, it might also need a sophisticated TMS system. So whether you simply use a shipping add-on or a full-blown TMS system for your shipping needs, you will need to integrate with your WMS or ERP system.In today's episode, our guest, Fred Cartwright from Haversack, shares his insights into the nuances of transportation management systems from different perspectives of manufacturers, distributors, 3PL facilities, and transportation companies. He also describes the concepts such as mode optimization, consolidation, and spot market. Finally, he shares several stories of TMS implementations and describes several KPIs that companies should aim to get from a TMS system.For more information on growth strategies for SMBs using ERP and digital transformation, visit our community at wbs.rocks or elevatiq.com. To ensure that you never miss an episode of the WBS podcast, subscribe on your favorite podcasting platform.

Every supply chain needs a good TMS to move their product around but defining a “good TMS” means something different to different companies. For some it's ease of use or comprehensive data for others it means efficient classification vs. effective training & support. Frank Dreischarf, Vice President of Supply Chain Solutions for R2 Logistics joins us to explain how ineffective TMS execution might be negatively impacting your supply chain spend. FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.r2logistics.com/tms  DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THIS EPISODE? Call our Dialog Line: 888-878-3247 DOWNLOAD THE NEW INBOUND LOGISTICS APP featuring the updated and expanded Logistics Planner! Available on iTunes and the Google Play Store: http://bit.ly/ILMagApp   http://bit.ly/ILMagAppGoogle  Are you a #logistics Thought Leader that would like to be featured on the Inbound Logistics Podcast?  Connect with me on Twitter:  @ILMagPodcast   Email me: podcast@inboundlogistics.com   Connect with Inbound Logistics Magazine on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/inbound-logistics Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ILMagazine Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/InboundLogistics Catch our latest videos on YouTube: www.youtube.com/inboundlogistics   Visit us at www.inboundlogistics.com

Dr. Chris Caplice and Roy Ananny take a dive into the TMS market. They discuss recent changes, how shippers should select software and the future of transportation management. Ananny shares from his 25 years of experience with TMS, including his thoughts on integrated cloud based systems and using APIs vs EPIs. Listen to ‘Mr. TMS' explain how to choose the right system and his predictions for TMS over the next decade.To wrap things up, Dr. Inam Iyoob joins Dr. Chris Caplice for the latest North American truckload market rate trends and forecast powered by DAT iQ

Bryant Smith, Global Product Manager at BluJay Solutions, discusses how market intelligence data and transportation management systems can help shippers navigate through the current COVID-19 crisis. Podcast version (click to play): The post [Video] Weathering the COVID-19 Crisis: The Role of Market Intelligence and Transportation Management Systems appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

This episode will give you a snapshot of all you need to know about TMS’. Ted Bowley, our in-house guru on TMS’, goes into great detail on the benefits, how to choose the best TMS for your organization, and the functionality of a TMS.  Enjoy this episode and don’t forget to subscribe and leave a review.

Mr. Norall, who along with Steve Ludvigson, introduced one of the first web-based Transportation Management Systems in 1998, now comes onto “The Freight Project” Podcast to discuss another revolutionary innovation going on in the shipping industry: Final Mile & White Glove Services.

Welcome back Lets Talk listeners! Lets face it, Technology isn't going anywhere and will definitely be a part of our future. I recently spoke on a panel about the Future of Logistics and I strongly believe that supply chain teams need to have someone that not only understands the supply chain but also understands technology so that we can intelligently navigate the new innovation that comes our way on a day to day basis. In this episode, Gwen the CEO at Freightpath joins me to talk about Transportation Management Systems and how you can find the right partner. Here is what you can expect: How can you find the right partner, What are some of the questions companies should be asking to find the right partner, how Freightpath helps, what an on boarding process should look like, the benefits and ROI of having the right TMS and what cost should look like. Technology is a huge cost centre for service providers so make sure to tune in and see how you can make the most out of the capital you have. Share this episode with your management team, C-Suite and colleagues, Enjoy! LISTENER's CORNER! is in full swing and everyone is loving this segment! We are starting conversations on LinkedIn, twitter and Instagram so make sure to follow the show and get in on the conversation! The question and answers are featured on an upcoming show and on the website www.letstalksupplychain.com/listener-corner. If you have a supply chain question send them to me at listener@letstalksupplychain.com and I will send it to the experts that have been on the show to GET YOU THE ANSWERS!  To our success, Sarah P.S - Need a reference guide or Supply Chain Dictionary? We have you covered: https://www.letstalksupplychain.com/product-page/supply-chain-dictionary P.P.S - Make sure to review and rate us on iTunes so others can find us and hear more about our incredible guests! Your feedback means a lot to me and goes into consideration for future episodes and improvements made to the Lets Talk Supply Chain podcast.

JP Wiggins, Co-Founder & Vice President of Logistics at 3Gtms addresses the following questions and more in this timely and informative episode: What are some key factors or trends that are making transportation management systems (TMS) more important than ever today for companies in the food industry? Why are many food companies still not using ... Read moreTransportation Management Systems (TMS) in the Food Supply Chain The post Transportation Management Systems (TMS) in the Food Supply Chain appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.

The role and capabilities of transportation management systems (TMS) must continue to evolve and improve as transportation networks and operations become more dynamic and complex. Companies that continue to manage their transportation operations with outdated systems, or worse, with Excel spreadsheets, will find it difficult or impossible to keep pace with their customer requirements, as ... Read moreDefining the Future of Transportation Management Systems The post Defining the Future of Transportation Management Systems appeared first on Talking Logistics with Adrian Gonzalez.