As the Great Recession of 2008-09 took hold, Nussbaum was not alone in feeling the tightening of freight…and credit right along with it. At the same time, we were forced to expand our use of 3rd party logistics. This meant we were dealing with unfamiliar companies and presented a different risk to the health of our overall business. We recognize that in order to continue provi...

Custom-designed software manages all aspects of a driver’s performance. Do you find feedback more helpful once a year - or once a month? When it comes to safety, effectiveness and efficiency, the more we monitor driver performance with an eye toward improvement, the more money we can save our customers, and in turn, the more profitable we become. While Nussbaum has been issuin...

Load planners need to make decisions rapidly, often making changes on the fly. Back in the days of the T-card, a quick glance at the board provided an instant visual of the big picture, allowing savvy dispatchers to quickly match loads with available drivers and keep everything in motion. When load planning software was introduced about 10 years ago, Nussbaum adopted a popular softwa...