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CCJ Innovators
Innovators: Estes Express Lines turns its attention to the rear of the rig to boost capacity, productivity
Estes helped develop an innovative way to increase the cargo space by taking advantage of the dead space between the trailer floor and the road surface.
September 1, 2020
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CCJ Innovators
CCJ Innovators: Halvor Lines protects drivers with contact-free BOL
Halvor Lines developed an electronic bill of lading (eBOL) to help drivers avoid contact with receivers to get signatures. See CCJ to learn how it works.
July 21, 2020
Bonnie Ramsay, CIO of Halvor Lines
CCJ Innovators
CCJ Innovators: Groendyke reduces rear-end collisions with unique brake light
In an effort to reduce rear-end collisions, Groendyke Transport installed a unique pulsating brake light to their tanker trucks. Learn more here on CCJ.
July 1, 2020
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CCJ Innovators
CCJ Innovators: Penske takes DPF cleaning in-house, saving ‘millions of dollars’
When Penske Truck Leasings’s DPF-related expenses began to climb, the company decided to open full-time in-house DPF cleaning centers. Learn more on CCJ.
June 1, 2020
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CCJ Innovators
CCJ Innovators: Liquid Trucking’s tech rewards drivers for reconnaissance
Liquid Trucking developed a trucking app that rewards drivers for sharing location intelligence and offers access to other digital tools. Learn more on CCJ.
April 21, 2020
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CCJ Innovators
2020 Innovator of the Year: Polaris — unlocking human capital
The RPA platform has reduced the cost per order for PTG and brought visibility to work in process (WIP). Workers can see the status of all orders at any time of day. Before the technology, “we had no clue what orders were ahead or behind schedule,” Brajkovich says. The automated bots have enabled PTG to […]
April 1, 2020
Lucy Lewis, customer care manager, has overseen the transformation in order entry using RPA technology.
CCJ Innovators
CCJ’s 2020 Innovator of the Year: Polaris Transportation Group using technology to automate paperwork, customs
Polaris Transportation Group earned the CCJ 2020 Innovator of the Year award for implementing technology to increase efficiency. Learn more about PTG on CCJ.
April 1, 2020
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CCJ Innovators
2020 Innovator of the Year: Polaris — heading into the future
Besides using technology to automate internal business systems and workflow, PTG continues to make strides to help its customers do the same by increasing connectivity options and capabilities. PTG has built a suite of APIs that enable its business systems to connect directly with those of its customers and border agencies, Brajkovich says. Currently, the […]
April 1, 2020
Dave Brajkovich (left) says that PTG President Dave Cox (right) is creating a culture that “allows everybody to lift to the next level. If they want to try something, we say ‘Go for it.’”
CCJ Innovators
2020 Innovator of the Year: Polaris — ready for robotics
The company had an immediate need for a technology pillar in order entry. As a less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier, PTG’s local pickup-and-delivery operations feed 35 line haul schedules south bound and 35 line haul schedules northbound every night. The assets go no further than 500 miles out and return, loaded with freight into and out of […]
April 1, 2020
Dave Cox, president of Polaris Transportation Group (PTG), wanted to invest in advanced technology to unlock human capital. “People are creative and want to use their talents,” he says.
CCJ Innovators
2020 Innovator of the Year: Polaris — a digital laboratory
As work continued to progress with RPA technology in order entry and the customs and operations departments, Cox and Brajkovich created a new business entity in 2018 called NorthStar Digital Solutions. Rather than place PTG’s growing technology team into an IT department, which carries a perception as a cost center, the executives wanted technology workers […]
April 1, 2020
Dave Brajkovich, chief technology officer, says the ultimate goal for NorthStar Digital Solutions is to develop the capabilities for “complete order-to-cash automation” of freight transactions.
CCJ Innovators
Innovators: Driver first mentality leads to ‘explosive’ growth for ammo hauler
With impressive growth in revenue, the first big change for the better at Roadmaster and Tri-State Motor Transit started with driver pay and added amenities.
March 1, 2020
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CCJ Innovators
Polaris Transportation Group takes top honors at the 2020 CCJ Innovators Summit
Commercial Carrier Journal has named Mississauga, Ontario-based Polaris Transportation Group as the 2020 CCJ Innovator of the Year for the deployment of robotic process automation to automatically read emails and process attachments, create broker packages and send them to brokers, as well as machine learning to facilitate classification of required documents and data extraction.
February 6, 2020
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CCJ Innovators
Innovators: Trimac Transportation removes real-world dangers through virtual reality training
Trimac Transportation will implement a virtual reality training program for its drivers in 2020. Learn more about the program and its uses on CCJ today.
January 15, 2020
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CCJ Innovators
CCJ Innovators: Paper Transport takes ‘leap of faith’ with driver behaviors
After truckload carrier Paper Transport implements a behavior assessment tool to screen driver applicants, its turnover, safety and culture improves.
December 16, 2019
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CCJ Innovators
CCJ Innovators: At Carbon Express, time is money
Carbon Express is a CCj featured innovator. In this post read about how the fleet is leading innovation in the trucking industry.
December 2, 2019
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CCJ Innovators
CCJ Innovator: DHL Supply Chain goes full speed to digitalization
DHL Supply Chain is making big moves to digitize transportation and contract logistics by bringing data together for end-to-end visibility.
October 21, 2019
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CCJ Innovators
CCJ Innovators: Polaris Transportation using ‘bots’ to automate cross-border freight
Polaris Transportation devised a way to automate the customs process to free office workers from clerical work to focus on more productive activities.
September 9, 2019
Dave Brajkovich leads a team of software developers as the chief technology officer of Polaris
CCJ Innovators
CCJ Innovator: Reddaway tackling driver shortage with DOL-certified training program
Reddaway’s initial data show immersion in the training program leads to safer drivers, as accidents for drivers with less than one year of experience are down 30%.
September 1, 2019
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