Topic
route optimization
Logistics How Overroute's AI Is Reshaping Asset-Side Trucking Operations at JB Hunt
Overroute, incubated through JB Hunt's UpLabs program, has deployed its AI platform across hundreds of JB Hunt users in intermodal, over-the-road, and dedicated operations, according to FreightWaves. CEO Alex Reed details a three-tier automation approach that starts with low-risk tasks and moves toward frontline asset decisions. The carrier-native strategy aims to prove ROI at the individual user level before expanding to riskier use cases.
Technology How HERE Technologies uses a cognitive reasoning layer to explain AI route optimization decisions
HERE Technologies is adding an AI reasoning layer to its route optimization engine, moving beyond static plans to a system that learns from field data. New features include time-dependent optimization, walk clustering, and Last Meter Guidance, which closes the loop between dispatch and drivers by collecting real-world delivery endpoints.