The Dispatch

Our industry is increasingly complex, with multiple trucks and drivers interacting with a single load. Freight touchpoints are higher than ever before. The need for clean and accurate data increases exponentially alongside the complexity of your business. BOLT System...

Today we are faced with a multitude of new customer requirements.  The Amazon Effect has established the benchmark that distributors and consumers now want their deliveries within 24 hours. While supply chain deliveries were expected to be made once per week, the...

BOLT is the leading provider of TRUE cloud-based Transportation Management Systems.  It was specifically developed for the Internet and the trucking industry.  BOLT has all the characteristics and benefits of true cloud systems as they are described below. If you are...

There’s a lot of talk about viruses these days. Prior to COVID-19, when you heard the word "virus," most of us thought about our computers. Cyber-security terminology has borrowed from the biological world because of the similar ways that viruses spread. Both rely on...

It’s said that 64% of small and medium businesses will commit to cloud-based technology as a means to boost workflow productivity in 2019. While a recent report reveals that 73% of organizations say nearly all (80%+) of their apps will be SaaS come 2020. SaaS — what’s...

First, what is web-based software anyway? Web-based software (now known as Software as a Service – or SaaS) is software you use over the Internet with a web browser. You don’t have to install any CDs, download any software, or worry about upgrades. If you use an...

According to Roland Berger, a strategy and management consulting firm, digital technologies have the ability to benefit the transportation industry in the form of more efficient logistics. In a report titled, “The Future of Trucking: Challenges for the Transportation...

Developing a fleet management program is a never-ending process. And that’s a good thing, so says Jerry Robertson, chief technology officer for BOLT System. “The trucking industry is very liquid and ever-changing,” he says. “We’re changing as well by building...

According to the American Transportation Research Institute’s (ATRI) annual study of the leading issues affecting the trucking industry, motor carriers, who made up 51% of the respondents, overwhelmingly picked the driver shortage, while drivers, comprising 35% of...

In our previous articles we documented the many and various ways Big Data was created. As each week passes in transportation, people are discovering additional data pieces that they want to capture. GPS tracking and the recent mandate for Electronic Logging Devices...

One of the latest buzz words in the industry over the last couple of years is BIG DATA. But how many of us truly understand what this means and more importantly, the impact that it can have on us – both personally and professionally. The amount of data in the world is...

In an age of instant gratification, consumers expect they can get what they want, when they want, how they want it. Retailers are responding to the demand with an omnichannel approach that provides a consistent shopping experience across a variety of channels: online,...

Electronic logging has been used for over 20 years.  A handful of vendors pioneered this device focusing on both HOS (Hours of Service) and messaging.  When the mandate went into effect everything changed.  Today there are a very large (and growing) number of devices...

“I just now purchased a storage shed for my backyard off of Amazon — and it’s expected to arrive TOMORROW! Plus, there was free shipping! “ How is a common freight shipper supposed to compete with that!? In reality, you probably can’t “compete” with that kind of...