{"id":30259,"date":"2019-11-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.tranistics.com\/nvision\/2019\/11\/18\/uber-freights-new-industry-report-shines-a-glaring-light-on-key-areas-of-logistical-inefficiency-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:24:28","slug":"uber-freights-new-industry-report-shines-a-glaring-light-on-key-areas-of-logistical-inefficiency-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/test.tranistics.com\/nvision\/2019\/11\/18\/uber-freights-new-industry-report-shines-a-glaring-light-on-key-areas-of-logistical-inefficiency-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Areas of Logistics Inefficiency: Uber Freight\u2019s New Industry Report Shines"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a never-ending battle for efficiency raging across every supply chain. And while we\u2019re constantly finding new ways to cut costs and optimize, there are areas of waste where we might not understand the ramifications. A new report from Uber Freight sheds light on some of these issues, specifically logistical inefficiencies in the chain of custody as truckers drop off and pick up freight at various destinations.<\/p>\n

The Report<\/h2>\n

Uber\u2019s shipping report<\/a> isn\u2019t an efficiency metric outright. It actually focuses on facility ratings, compiled from carriers and drivers sharing feedback about their experiences at shipping facilities. It\u2019s a type of Net Promoter Score, compiled over 250,000 trucker ratings.<\/p>\n

The report doesn\u2019t just gauge satisfaction levels among carriers and various facilities. Instead, it qualifies why they rank high or low. This is the basis for many of the findings gleaned from the report. Namely, logistics professionals are correlating the low scores of facilities to inefficiencies affecting the supply chain itself.<\/p>\n

The Findings<\/h2>\n

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The biggest (and most surprising) finding of the report is the correlation between load wait times and trucker satisfaction. In positive reviews, quick loading and unloading times were cited 89% of the time. This has direct connections to logistical efficiency within the chain of custody.<\/p>\n

Also of note in the report is the efficiency of load transfer based on the time of day. According to the report, \u201cpickup facilities scored higher during late nights and early mornings; drop-off facilities scored higher during the daytime, and vice versa.\u201d Within the 24-hour freight and logistics landscape, the difference between peak and off-peak transactions is still prominent.<\/p>\n

Drilling down further paints a picture of where inefficiencies exist at the point of freight exchange. Namely, drivers cite the following problems:<\/p>\n