Automating Load-Level Decisions Between the Asset & Brokerage Divisions to Maximize Network Potential
Every trucking or logistics company with assets faces daily decisions of accepting or rejecting loads. If there is a brokerage division,.
Read MoreTalking Decision Analytics Series Part 6: Balancing Objectives for Real-Time Dispatch
Dispatching drivers is a balancing act that can feel like being pulled in different directions at the same time: reducing empties,.
Read MoreTalking Decision Analytics Series Part 5: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
I constantly remind managers: “If you want better performance, you have to make better decisions!”
Read MoreTalking Decision Analytics Series Part 4: Risk Metrics Continued
Management may wish to avoid the risk of an event such as an earthquake, but ultimately risk events, have to be translated into metrics.
Read MoreTalking Decision Analytics Series Part 3: Risk Metrics
There is a lot of unstructured talk about risk which often comes across as: “We know it when we see it” but otherwise do not know how to.
Read MoreTalking Decision Analytics Series Part 2: Performance Metrics
Performance metrics come in two broad categories:
Read MoreTalking Decision Analytics Series Part 1: Learning How to Think About Complex Problems
One lesson I came to appreciate while working on a wide range of practical problems is that the exercise of creating computer models.
Read MoreIntroduction: A New Series on Decision Analytics for Truckload Trucking
Starting today, Optimal Dynamics Chief Innovation Officer, Warren Powell will begin a series of educational posts on decision analytics.
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