Scale means a lot in the trucking business. The ability to navigate the twists and turns in daily operations is where size can offer an advantage. But still, many large, small and midsized firms struggle with the ability to manage by exception and recover from...
Every weekday at 8:30 a.m., a group of Kraft Heinz officers gathers in a corner office affectionately deemed “the war room” at the company’s Chicago headquarters. They don’t discuss how they might dominate the competition. They discuss the real war — the...
Industry veteran Vivek Vaid to lead development of FourKites’ next-generation visibility platform and advance the company’s efforts in data science and machine learning CHICAGO, June 12, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — FourKites®, the leader in predictive...
We’ve been talking about the “future of on-time delivery” since the founding of FourKites back in 2014. As a matter of fact, those words are still prominently featured on our website (and will continue to be, because we’re always working with our customers to create...
Shippers Can Now Achieve Full Visibility Across their Transportation Network, Including Managed and Unmanaged Freight CHICAGO – May 29, 2019 – FourKites®, the leader in predictive supply chain visibility, today announced the industry’s first product that provides...
Accuracy matters. With increasing pressure to meet expectations of same-day or two-day delivery, shippers who fail to provide accurate estimated times of arrival will lose valuable market share to competitors who consistently raise the bar on fast, reliable shipments....
Peter Hinnsen, Wednesday’s guest keynote speaker at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference, hit the nail on the head when he applied that famous (if somewhat trite) Dickens quote to the state of the supply chain industry today. It’s an exciting time to be a...
No matter how environmentally conscious we are, we still need to buy stuff to survive and thrive. Food, soap, clothing, and, if you live in Chicago like I do, furnace filters all year long. How often do we think about what it takes to get those products from...
Early Adopters Achieve 2.1x Improvements in Overall On-time Delivery Performance CHICAGO – May 14, 2019 – FourKites® , the leader in predictive supply chain visibility, today introduced a new predictive analytics capability to help customers ensure a higher percentage...
The use of digital tools by container carriers is helping to improve security and operations and making the supply chain run faster and smoother for shippers. Continue reading on...
