Efforts to streamline via technological collaboration the scheduling of truck drivers waiting dockside are well underway, according to executives speaking at FreightWaves’ Future of Supply Chain event in Cleveland.
Convoy, J.B. Hunt and Uber Freight have been working officially since December to create and standardize a process that uses technological tools such as application programming interfaces to coordinate scheduling at the dock level. The three companies have just released their API requirements, with plans to release the specifications in mid-July, according to Dorothy Li, chief technology officer for Convoy.
