Gate Management

Why the way most facilities manage dock assignments is quietly draining margin - and what the shift to continuous optimization looks like.

Truckload spot rates are running more than 25% above last year. Federal CDL rules implemented in March 2026 removed roughly 200,000 drivers from the active commercial pool, approximately 5% of all commercial drivers in the United States. The American Trucking Associations projects the driver shortage will grow from approximately 60,000 positions today to 160,000 by 2028. Carriers are exiting. Fleets are shrinking. And the drivers who remain are making choices about where they