Alex Carpenter, president of Seated Social, sat down with Taking the Hire Road host Jeremy Reymer to discuss the ways Seated Social focuses on quality recruitment leads and how that ultimately benefits drivers, recruiters and trucking companies. Carpenter’s career path was a winding one, beginning with three deployments to Iraq in the U.S. Marine Corps….
The freight market remains in flux as what once was a persistently inflationary upswing gave way to the current lingering down market. At this year’s Future of Supply Chain event in Atlanta, executives of companies ranging from freight brokerages to back-office solutions providers to factoring companies talked about what’s next in logistics and their thoughts…
A California congressman has the United States’ growing cargo theft problem in his sights. U.S. Rep. David G. Valadao, R-Calif., this week introduced the Safeguarding our Supply Chains Act, which aims to stop “the rampant theft within our nation’s supply chains.” The American Trucking Associations praised Valadao earlier this month for his work leading Homeland…
CHICAGO — Transportation and manufacturing solutions provider Samsara announced Thursday at its user conference Beyond a product designed to improve real-time visibility of industry equipment and tooling. Samsara’s Asset Tag. (Photo: Samsara) Asset Tag utilizes low-energy Bluetooth capabilities to help prevent loss or theft of products during shipping. It enables drivers to share asset locations…
MTS Logistics’ 14th annual bike tour, held on June 8, successfully raised over $120,000 for autism awareness and acceptance. All proceeds raised from the event were donated to Spectrum Works, a New Jersey-based nonprofit organization that provides job training and opportunities for young adults with autism. Over the past 15 years, nearly $500,000 has been…