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Polaris Transportation Using ‘Bots’ to Automate Cross-Border Freight
September 13, 2019
Polaris Transportation devised a way to automate the customs process and free office workers from clerical work to focus on more productive and rewarding activities. The effort began by researching a technology, robotic process automation (RPA), as the possible solution to reduce labor costs and increase data accuracy. RPA uses software algorithms as self-learning “bots” that are programmed to do tasks across multiple applications, just like humans. Read the full article about Polaris Transportation's digital
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Going The Distance
September 11, 2019
Polaris President, Dave Cox and CTO, Dave Brajkovich along with Purolator International and Columbus Regional Airport Authority, weigh in on Inbound Logistics recent article "Canada and USA: Going the Distance”. The article discusses the still thriving benefits to both Canada and the United States with our long-established trade relationship as well as key areas of focus in moving freight across the border. Read the Article here.
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Celebrating Esteemed Higher Ranking Once Again of Carrier of Choice
August 11, 2019
Celebrating Esteemed Higher Ranking Once Again of Carrier of Choice For the 12th consecutive year, Polaris Transportation has won the Shipper’s Choice award and are celebrating the esteemed higher ranking of Carrier of Choice for 2019 in the LTL category. Polaris has held the Carrier of Choice designation each year since 2012. Polaris exceeded industry benchmarks across all eight categories set forth by one of Canada’s leading Transportation publications, Canadian Shipper. This year’s highest overall
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Charting a Course to Next-Gen Logistics
August 9, 2019
Polaris and NorthStar Digital Solutions are proud to be featured in the August 2019 Edition of Business Chief Canada, Business Chief USA and Gigabit Magazine in partnership with WorkFusion! In the article, CTO Dave Brajkovich, shares Polaris and NDS technology innovation, infrastructure and the progression within the Supply Chain industry. We encourage you to click here for the full article.
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Technology for Sale
July 23, 2019
As featured in the August Edition of Truck News Polaris Transportation has prided itself on its technological innovation, and has now spun out a tech company through which it will market some of its homebuilt technologies. Read the full Editorial here.
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Verifying cold-chain integrity among blockchain’s promises
June 10, 2019
As featured in Canadian Sailings An affiliate of Ontario-based trucking company Polaris Transport Group is also getting into blockchain in partnership with IBM, which had used its use case to build a distributed ledger, said Dave Brajkovich, chief technology officer for Polaris and a spinoff firm called North Star Digital Solutions Inc. “We’re running POCs, or proof of concepts, before we launch anything new (into) production,” Mr. Brajkovich said. ...Read the full Feature here.
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Canadian Trucking Firm Adopts AI, Then Jumps Into Consulting
May 8, 2019
As featured in the Wall Street Journal PRO Artificial Intelligence Our recent launch of NorthStar Digital Solutions caught the attention of The Wall Street Journal. Learn more about the recent evolution of Polaris in the full Article here.
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The Digital Transformation of Polaris Transportation Group
May 2, 2019
Proud to announce our in-house laboratory and newest company NorthStar Digital Solutions For a quarter of a century, Polaris Transportation Group has been known as a carrier who specializes in the transportation of LTL between Canada and the USA. They have positioned themselves as the ‘#CrossBorderPros’  but who they have become and what they’re seeking to achieve will surprise you. Polaris President, Dave Cox explains, “Polaris is not your typical transportation and logistics company. We have
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Polaris Transport Carriers Named as 2019 Top Fleet Employer
April 18, 2019
In back-to-back years, Polaris has been recognized as one of the best employers in Canada’s transportation industry. This is a testament to the hard work and commitment of each and every member of our team – day in and day out. As we continue to grow, we remain committed to attracting and nurturing top-level talent who positively contribute to our Polaris culture and advance the company. These are exciting times for Polaris as we focus
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Polaris Transportation Named 2018 Top 100 Trucker
October 19, 2018
Leading U.S. publication, Inbound Logistics, recognized Polaris Transportation as one of its top crossborder carriers for 2018! Polaris Transportation Group is pleased to announce the breakthrough recognition received as a 2018 Top 100 Trucker. The prestigious list is compiled yearly by transportation and logistics publication Inbound Logistics, a leading U.S. industry digital and print publication According to Polaris Transportation Group President, Dave Cox, “We are certainly grateful for the yearly recognition we continue to receive
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