In my 2012 year-end blog on Trends in Transportation, I identified a number of areas where I expected to see some changes in 2013. One area I highlighted was the expectation that we would begin to see more Innovation in Transportation. In my view, Freight Transportation has lagged other industry sectors in the Innovation space. I also questioned the shelf life of the current transactional model of Freight Brokerage. Many freight brokers still rely on faxes, phone calls and e mail to run their operations. In this era of tablet computers, social media and smart phones, this industry would appear ripe for modernization.
When you look at the consumer travel agency business, an industry somewhat analogous to freight brokerage, one can see the transformative power of innovation and technology over the past ten to fifteen years. It looks like some of these changes are finally coming to the freight brokerage industry. Here is a peak at two companies that are likely going to transform this sector of the freight business.
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