Category Archives: Automation

FREEDOM DRIVERS CALL FOR ACTION

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Freedom Drivers (FD), a California-based alliance of immigrant truck drivers, is demanding immediate action as thousands of commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) are set to expire March 6. Fateh Singh, an owner-operator and co-founder of Freedom Drivers, exclaims: “For an independent trucker, it’s devastating.. this isn’t just a job — it’s how I feed my family. If my CDL expires, the income stops immediately, but my truck payment and bills don’t. Losing my CDL can erase years of hard work overnight.”
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SLEEP APNEA SOLUTIONS FOR DRIVERS

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Lofta is partnering with the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association (PMTA) to broaden the availability of streamlined at-home sleep apnea testing and treatment for professional truck drivers. Megan Magensky, PTMA director of communications, extolled: “We’re excited to have Lofta supporting the association… their commitment to PMTA shows they are interested in promoting the trucking industry holistically… their platform is focused on prioritizing driver health and safety, which aligns with PMTA’s mission.” read more…

SELF DRIVING TRUCKS CAN CREATE NEW JOBS

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As self-driving truck developers get ever ­closer to utilizing fully driverless on-highway tractors, they are also creating a set of new, unique job functions that will be imperative to support self-driving fleets in real-­world freight operations. Even without a driver, autonomous trucks “will still depend on trained professionals to prepare, inspect, dispatch, monitor and maintain the vehicles as they haul loads between designated freight hubs on specific stretches of highway.” Read more

1300 LAYOFFS HIT LOGISTICS COMPANIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY

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Layoffs across the freight and logistics industry continue “with companies in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan and Texas announcing job reductions and facility closures over the past two weeks.” One example is that of Warren, Michigian-based Universal Logistics, which is permanently closing two of its subsidiaries and laying off a total of 677 employees, according to notices recently filed with the state. Read more…

AR/VR TO HELP THE LOGISTICS INDUSTRY

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Virtual reality and augmented reality will soon be beneficial for warehouse workers,  as the technology can be used for “various operation purposes in the warehouse, such as put away and sorting, or so-called Vision Picking.” Vision Picking is wearable gear utilized to increase warehouse workers’ productivity, making their  jobs much easier in the process.  Read more…

AI COMES FOR THE WRITERS FIRST, NOT THE TRUCK DRIVERS

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While “experts have long imagined that blue-collar workers like truckers or factory workers would be the first to lose jobs to artificial intelligence,” with even former presidential candidate Andrew Yang suggesting that it could cause a truck driving industry catastrophe of epic proportions, it seems that many have overlooked that Artificial Intelligence could blight non-blue collar workers first, such as writers and creatives. Read more…

EMERGING SUPPLY CHAIN JOBS FOR THE FUTURE

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With continuous shortages and unreliable transportation in the supply chain industry, “it seems everyone’s suddenly interested in a field that has been generally ignored for too long.” Amongst all the new job openings in the sector, there are four in particular that stand out: data driven-planner, traceability analyst, supply chain communicator, and supply network innovator. Read more… 

PENNSYLVANIANS UNCOMFORTABLE SHARING ROAD WITH SELF-DRIVING TRUCKS

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According to a RABA research poll, Pennsylvanians aren’t exactly ecstatic about sharing the road with self-driving trucks and other vehicles. When asked how comfortable they are “sharing the road with ‘highly automated, driverless vehicles,’ over half of respondents said they were either ‘somewhat uncomfortable’ or ‘very uncomfortable’ with the idea.”    Read more…