2019 N 3 ® VOLUME XXXVI • NUMBER III


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What’s Inside 4 Customer Photo Contest THE PULSE — CARRIERS & BROKERS:


9 Do You Know the Value of Your Transportation Company?


13 Independent Contractor Drivers – The Good, the Bad and the Awful


ASSOCIATION INSIGHTS


17 ATA Outlines Strategic Plan 19 BiTA Drives Blockchain Education, Standards Forward


23 TCA: Tackling Driver Turnover


25 TIA: Navigating the WIN-WIN-WIN of a Business Relationship


27 Women In Trucking: Thank People For Doing Their Job


CUSTOMER SPOTLIGHT


29 Hoekstra Transportation: Giving Back to the Community


INDUSTRY INNOVATORS


32 MANAGEMENT: Maintain Your Company Culture as You Grow


34 OPERATIONS: The Advantages of Operating


Brokerage & Assets within One System


36 TECHNOLOGY: Artificial Intelligence Solutions


for Trucking USER CONFERENCE 2019


38 Tom McLeod Talks About the Technology Transforming Trucking


42 Tom McLeod: We’re Building Digital Freight Brokerage Technology


45 Case Study: ReedTMS Logistics Streamlines Billing


49 Atlas Trucking Case Study: Insight Where & When You Need it


Boyd Brothers


57 Beemac Case Study: Grow Your Brokerage Division


65 Kudos to Customers ® 3


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