If you’ve worked in Transportation, you are undoubtedly familiar with the following request: What is our __________ Per Mile? This is a core metric that almost every carrier measures for pricing with customers, pay for drivers, cost and profitability analysis, and more. The first step to answering this question is the hardest. We need to determine the definition… Read More
Keys to Successful Implementation
Despite this being a blog focused on technology, I want to make my first focus the two most important elements I have found that make an implementation successful. Supporting Cultural Shift Implementing a TMS is a huge shift for an organization. Much of the change introduces opportunity, such as measuring and reacting to information more… Read More
Who Am I and What Is This?
For this introductory post I wanted to provide a bit of background on myself and some insight on the intended content that will follow. I’ve been told I can be a bit verbose before, so without further ado… Who Am I? My name is Scott Applefeld. I’m a consultant in the Transportation and Logistics Industry who focuses on… Read More
Technology in Transportation 