Laura Adams, Senior Director, Supply Chain Solutions, recently spoke to an undergraduate class at University of Illinois Chicago. In the introductory transportation engineering class taught by Assistant Professor Bo Zou, students are learning about fundamentals in transportation planning, systems analysis and traffic flows.

DSC is piloting new Pick and Load technology for efficient truckload balancing. Using customer item master and outbound information, DSC’s engineering team designs rules for trailer loading to achieve optimal balance. As orders are transferred to the Pick and Load system, the system generates a load diagram specifically for that order with instructions that employees follow when picking and/or.