by A1 Freight Solutions | Dec 17, 2024 | Domestic Shipping, Freight, Supply Chain
An essential consideration for shippers to ask when starting a supply chain is understanding what is intermodal trucking. Before comprehending this domestic shipping type, the shipper must know what intermodal shipping is. Intermodal shipping is the freight movement...
by A1 Freight Solutions | Oct 22, 2024 | Domestic Shipping, Freight, Supply Chain
Technological advancements in shipping have grown various technology trends in the industry, including 3D printing’s impact on trucking. 3D printing is a manufacturing process where a computer uses a digital design to create a physical object. The computer builds up...
by A1 Freight Solutions | Jul 9, 2024 | Freight Brokers, Supply Chain, Truck drivers
As the carriers on the road continue to outweigh the demand, trucking capacity’s slow decline has affected the freight market. Overcapacity has remained persistent over the last few years despite a minor recovery. In 2023, trucking companies generally reported lower...
by A1 Freight Solutions | Feb 27, 2024 | Expedited, Supply Chain, Trucking and Supply Chain
Understanding how to avoid bottlenecks is crucial when moving freight domestically. A bottleneck is a point of congestion in a process that slows movement. In shipping, this can mean traffic or other situations that cause disruptions in a supply chain. Specifically in...
by A1 Freight Solutions | Apr 25, 2022 | Freight Forwarding
A supply chain is a system of different components coming together to facilitate the delivery of goods to a customer. Often complex, shippers categorize the journey through a supply chain as the first mile, middle mile, and last mile. This article will discuss the...
