CX North America’s Intelligent Visibility Platform, Integrates with McLeod Software

January 23, 2019 CHICAGO, IL — CX North America, part of Transport Exchange Group, a world leader in transportation visibility and collaboration technologies, has announced a direct integration of their broker, shipper and carrier platforms with McLeod Software, the leading provider of transportation management software for carriers, brokers and 3PLs. McLeod’s TMS solutions help their […]

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Collaborative Logistics’ Role in the Emergence of the Physical Internet

Original Article: January 22, 2018. Material Handling & Logistics (online). “Collaborative Logistics’ Role in the Emergence of the Physical Internet.” Bylined article by Simon Bunegar. Imagine moving cargo across continents as smoothly as computers process data. It may seem impossible today, but the physical Internet could be embedded into freight supply chains by 2050. Today, […]

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Why Surge Pricing and Collaborative Logistics Go Hand in Hand

Original Article: November 16, 2017. SupplyChainBrain (online and e-news). “Why Surge Pricing and Collaborative Logistics Go Hand in Hand,” bylined article by Simon Bunegar. Surge pricing, where the value of a particular item or a service increases according to demand, may soon be coming to logistics – and bringing green benefits in multiple ways. A […]

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The Rise of Digital Platform–Based Business Models – What Are They and Do They Really Matter?

Original Article: November 7, 2017. Supply Chain Dive (online). “The Rise of Digital Platform–Based Business Models – What Are They and Do They Really Matter?,” bylined article by Lyall Cresswell. You’ve probably been reading about ‘platforms’ – writers and journalists across every type of media are using the term to describe anything and everything. From Facebook […]

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Collaborative Logistics Platforms and Platooning

Original Article: November 3, 2017. Fleet News Daily (online). “Collaborative Logistics Platforms and Platooning,” bylined article by Simon Bunegar. Wokingham, a 12th century United Kingdom market town, may seem an unlikely setting to spark a collaborative logistics revolution but it could hold the key to the future of freight mobility and help shape data-centric freight […]

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Realities of Managing a 24/7 Business: Who’s Managing Who?

Original Article: October 10, 2017. Supply Chain Dive (online). “Realities of Managing a 24/7 Business: Who’s Managing Who?,” bylined article by David Kreidler. For years, the “big guys” in the industry have been investing millions of dollars in technology – both off-the-shelf and in-house solutions. Technology has allowed them to gain competitive advantage and greater market […]

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5G Services Can Transform Freight Communication

Original Article: September 25, 2017. Journal of Commerce (online). “5G Services Can Transform Freight Communication,” bylined article by Simon Bunegar. The Android and iPhone revolution has proved to be a game-changer for the transportation industry, helping lay the groundwork for collaborative logistics networks. Indeed, innovative freight exchange platforms, which harmonize global navigation satellite systems and 3G, 4G […]

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Why Surge Pricing, Collaborative Logistics Go Hand in Hand

Original Article: September/October 2017. SupplyChainBrain (digital). “Why Surge Pricing, Collaborative Logistics Go Hand in Hand,” bylined article by Simon Bunegar. “Freight is one of the most challenging sectors to tackle, illustrated by the fact that empty running and capacity utilization have stayed at the same levels for the last decade… Any model, which helps eliminate dead-end […]

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Deliveries Simplified

Original Article: September 2017. Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery (print/digital). “Deliveries Simplified.” Quotes from Simon. CX North America recently introduced Replay functionality. It allows users to review each delivery in its entirety and evaluate what happened in terms of milestones and events, either in real time or in a retrospective report. Replay has helped improve driver quality and efficiency across many organizations, Bunegar says. For access to the full article, click […]

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