TMS

Data, AI, and automation are transforming motor freight management as shippers, carriers, and brokers use digital tools to cut costs, improve visibility, and manage risk in a volatile market. Experts from Gartner and MIT say the real advantage comes when companies align people, processes, and technology to turn digital investments into lasting performance gains.

As e-commerce sales surge toward $8 trillion, third-party logistics providers (3PLs) are evolving to handle higher order volumes, tighter delivery windows, and complex returns using automation, AI, and integrated warehouse management systems (WMS). By offering scalable fulfillment, reverse logistics, and real-time visibility, 3PLs help shippers of all sizes optimize operations, cut costs, and enhance customer satisfaction in a rapidly changing digital marketplace.

A Transportation Management System (TMS) empowers logistics managers to optimize freight costs, improve visibility, and standardize processes while enhancing customer experience and operational efficiency. By leveraging automation, carrier management, reporting analytics, and sustainability tracking, a TMS helps companies scale, reduce costs, and gain actionable insights for smarter, data-driven transportation decisions.

Modern supply chain management (SCM) software is transforming logistics with real-time visibility, AI-driven decision-making, and seamless integration across WMS, TMS, YMS, and ERP systems. These intelligent platforms help companies boost agility, optimize operations, and respond instantly to disruptions, delivering measurable ROI and improved supply chain performance.

Gartner® has just released the much-anticipated 2025 Magic Quadrant™ for Transportation Systems.

The company’s new logistics network aims to help companies of all sizes make smarter, faster decisions.

Standing at the intersection of interconnected physical assets and automated processes is supply chain management (SCM) software, which serves as the connective tissue in today’s ever-evolving landscape. These sophisticated systems are integrating not only with one another, but also with equipment and other assets to create synchronized, responsive networks.

You've selected your transportation management system—now comes the critical step of implementation. This column outlines three key factors that can make or break the rollout and offers practical steps to keep your operation on track.

Effective transportation management involves optimizing carrier selection, order processing, shipment planning and execution, tracking, billing, and performance analysis to minimize costs and enhance efficiency, whether insourced or outsourced.

As global supply chains grow more complex, supply chain management (SCM) software developers are rising to the challenge. With innovations like AI and generative AI, they’re creating tools to streamline operations and address mounting logistics challenges.

Changing customer expectations, increased competition, and a focus on sustainability are all driving shippers to rethink their transportation strategies. Transportation management systems are helping shippers streamline their logistics operations and manage this still highly uncertain logistics environment.

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The platform integrates third-party logistics (3PL), fourth-party logistics (4PL), and advanced transportation management system (TMS) technology into one seamless solution. With this innovation, shippers no longer need to rely on multiple providers to meet their complex logistics needs.

Chicago-based Uber Freight, an enterprise technology company powering intelligent logistics, with a suite of end-to-end logistics applications, managed services and an expansive carrier network, announced today it has introduced a new offering focused on providing brokers with the ability to digitally book and execute loads on the Uber Freight carrier network—and remain the sole broker on the load.

As market conditions remain flat and capacity continues to loosen, digital freight matching (DFM) leaders are preparing for a technology-driven rebound, focusing on AI and automation to optimize future growth.