A competitive edge can be born from industry uncertainty
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Good morning - just another Manic Monday… ☀️
Market conditions have seemed nothing but bleak for the past few years - but don’t let that stop you, your career, and your business from getting a leg up over the competition with an effective supply chain strategy.
Check out today’s featured article from Flexport to learn how to build supply chain during these turbulent times, giving your company the competitive advantage it needs to thrive in the future. ☕️
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Featured Article:
Turning Supply Chain Uncertainty Into a Competitive Advantage (flexport.com)
“Anyone who imports or exports finished products, supplies, or raw materials is facing especially market conditions with no end in sight.”
Water Cooler Topics
🌾 Kansas is the latest state to allow the deployment of fully autonomous trucks on their public roads for commercial purposes. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly signed the allowance into law with Senate Bill 313 last week. Shortly thereafter, middle mile logistics startup company Gatik revealed that they would be beginning operations in Kansas.
🚛 The United State Department of Transportation reports exciting industry growth through its Supply Chain Indicators Tracker. President Biden’s Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force unveiled the tracker to help gauge the reality and trends of the industry during this volatile time.
🔥 “Highway Angel” is the new moniker of truck driver Binyam Tadele. Adele spotted a vehicle with an undercarriage fire on his route between Baltimore and Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Saving the day, he ended up putting out the flames and helping the driver get to safety.
Powertrains are the solution to emissions and weather emergencies
Don’t mess with Mother Nature. Severe outages, hurricanes, snow, and rain… it all plays a part in delaying shipments.
Perhaps its time to focus on powertrains to power through.
Customers are wondering: what’s your fleet doing for the climate?
Customers are becoming increasingly interested in what fleets are doing in order to minimize their carbon footprint created by operations.
Successful carriers say the key is to start with a specific strategy and to work from there. Zero-emission technology is in its beginning stages and it’s time to prepare for it to be here in full swing.
Artificial Intelligence 🤖
FedEx, Aurora expand autonomous trucking pilot in Texas | Transport Dive
“FedEx and trucking startup Aurora expanded their Texas-based pilot program to test the use of autonomous vehicles within the carrier’s linehaul operations, the companies announced Wednesday.”
Electric Vehicles 🔋
“Inspiration Mobility, a sustainable infrastructure platform dedicated to accelerating the electrification of transportation, has secured an additional $215 million of capital from new strategic partners Macquarie Asset Management and global infrastructure company Ferrovial S.A., joining existing lead investor ArcLight Capital Partners LLC.”
Business Strategy💡
“The advent of the COVID-19 quarantine had a lot of us working at home.”
Trade & Border Issues 🗺
'I can’t see the light': War fuels surging prices in Europe | AP News
“Edoardo Ronzoni inspects a construction site near Milan that he shut down in March as costs for materials skyrocketed.”
Regulations ⚖️
House passes bill to crack down on gasoline 'price gouging' | AP News
“A closely divided House approved legislation Thursday to crack down on alleged price gouging by oil companies and other energy producers as prices at the pump continue to soar.”
Fuel Tech ♻️
Confessions of a fuel-cell fool | Fleet Maintenance
“I’ve always been fascinated by new technologies like the ones from sci-fi movies I watched growing up.”
Network Association 🤝
Air Liquide, Toyota, CaetanoBus Collaborate on Hydrogen Solution Development - NGT News
“Air Liquide, CaetanoBus and Toyota Motor Europe have signed a memorandum of understanding with the aim of developing integrated hydrogen solutions.”
Industry Forecasts 📊
Spot Market Insights from FTR & Truckstop.com for the week of May16, 2022 (ftrintel.com)
“After rising slightly in the prior week, dry van and refrigerated spot rates in the Truckstop.com system returned to their downward trend during the week ended May 13 (week 19).”
American Politics 🇺🇸
The economic hits keep coming as Biden's promised return to normal eludes America | CNN Politics
“Empty baby formula shelves. Feared summer power blackouts.”
“Biden requesting more federal ‘power’ for problems it created one year ago, Brian Brenberg slams.”
Biden's approval dips to lowest of presidency: AP-NORC poll | AP News
“President Joe Biden’s approval rating dipped to the lowest point of his presidency in May, a new poll shows, with deepening pessimism emerging among members of his own Democratic Party.”
Quote of the Day:
“Wonder what your customer really wants? Ask. Don’t tell.”
— Lisa Stone, co-founder and CEO of BlogHer
The Workday Dash is an aggregation of articles regarding the transportation logistics, trucking, and supply chain industries for July 31, 2025, from iLevel Logistics Inc.