You may have seen the term “data-driven” popping up more frequently in the business trade headlines and wondered if it’s just another jargon buzz word. Is the...
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COVID-19 has been devastating, and it appears to be far from over. As a pandemic, it’s likely one of the most adverse events of our lifetime. Around the globe, from Italy to Spain, France, major cities in the United States, and multiple Asian regions of the Pacific Rim, communities have been shut down hard.
In the weeks following the first known cases of COVID-19 infection in the U.S., the federal government, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has been severely criticized for its slow and insufficient response to developing and deploying test kits.
California has experienced unusual weather throughout its 169 year history, but more recently the most populous U.S. state has seen widespread droughts and severe wind. This has caused utility companies to take proactive measures to prevent wildfires - another issue this state is no stranger to. Drought and wind contribute to starting wildfires, leading to the difficult decision of cutting off power for customers.
There was once a large grocery chain with over 1,000 retail locations who wanted to improve its business. Competition was growing, labor costs were increasing, and they needed to operate more intelligently than they had previously. Leadership was frustrated with the limited visibility they had into store operations. Management was frustrated with the time employees spent on routine, non-customer facing activities....
The less-than-truckload (LTL) industry has been experiencing very strong growth, driven in part by the manufacturing sector in addition to robust retail and e-commerce sectors. They need LTL carriers to transport smaller shipments for last-mile and middle-mile logistics to distribution centers. Last year, some experts touted economic conditions in the transportation marketplace as producing the strongest LTL market...