According to an analytical report by the Congressional Research Service, trucking is one of the key components of the U.S. economy, accounting for roughly two-thirds of all domestic freight by weight. At this scale, the reliability and efficiency of the system directly affect supply chain resilience, business operating costs, and the final price of goods. Under these conditions, not only infrastructure quality but also the effectiveness of managerial and operational processes within transportation companies becomes a decisive factor.
In recent years, the industry has faced a number of structural challenges, including a driver shortage, rising costs, and limited use of digital tools in daily operations. Amid workforce shortages and growing operating expenses, management quality increasingly determines the stability of logistics companies. Practical work in this area in the United States is carried out by Sergii Popovych, a freight transportation management specialist focused on optimizing operational processes, including load planning, dispatching, and integrating digital tools into everyday company operations.
Popovych entered the American logistics sector with already established professional experience. Between 2017 and 2022, he founded and developed a transportation company in Ukraine, working in international freight, including routes to countries of the European Union. During that period, his work focused on building operational models, coordinating teams, and establishing processes that ensured business stability across different regulatory environments. Since 2022, Popovych has continued his professional work in the United States, where his experience has proven relevant amid heavy demand on the freight transportation system.
After relocating to the United States, Popovych continued working in the American transportation sector. In Florida, he founded POP Trans Inc.. His efforts have focused on internal logistics process organization, particularly within the small and mid-sized business segment, which represents a significant share of the freight market but often lacks managerial and technological resources.
One of the most vulnerable areas in the industry remains dispatch operations. In many transportation companies, dispatching still relies on manual processes and fragmented data sources, reducing productivity and increasing the risk of operational disruptions. As part of his work at POP Trans Inc., Popovych implemented and applied digital dispatching tools, including the DispatchIQ platform, an applied solution aimed at improving dispatcher efficiency and on-time delivery performance.
DispatchIQ was developed as a practical tool to speed up and simplify dispatch work. The system helps analyze loads, routes, and operational constraints, find suitable freight more quickly, reduce non-productive mileage, and use equipment more efficiently. The solution is built on forecasting and optimization logic designed around real dispatcher tasks rather than abstract theoretical models. The project is being developed as an integrated technological solution and is currently undergoing the U.S. patent application process.
The impact of DispatchIQ was documented during pilot projects in 2025 involving several U.S. carriers, including POP Trans Inc., American Transport Logistics LLC, American Logistics Prime Inc., and Mobility Transport LLC. Depending on the initial level of operational organization, dispatcher team productivity in certain functions increased by 1.5 to 2.5 times. These results stemmed both from the software tool itself and from management decisions related to workflow changes and staff adaptation.
“In trucking, impact often comes from many small improvements. When a dispatcher spends less time searching for solutions and works with more accurate data, it almost immediately affects delivery times, equipment utilization, and the stability of the entire chain,” Popovych notes.
At the level of individual companies, such changes may appear minor. At the industry scale, however, they begin to play a more substantial role, influencing the reliability of domestic freight movement and overall business operating costs.
Popovych’s practical work has also drawn attention at the federal level. In December 2025, a cover letter submitted to Congress and signed by Congressman Doug LaMalfa of California noted his role in the development and implementation of DispatchIQ as an applied solution to improve freight transportation efficiency and support small and mid-sized businesses.
The letter emphasizes that initiatives like these matter not only for individual carriers but also in a broader context, as a way to strengthen the resilience of American logistics, reduce dependence on outsourcing dispatch functions abroad, and reinforce domestic transportation infrastructure.
Popovych connects his conclusions to experience gained across different markets.
“Working in European logistics and then in the American transportation system made it possible to see the same problems from different angles. In the U.S., they are larger in scale, but at their core these are issues of process organization and management decisions. Even targeted improvements here can produce a noticeable effect,” he says.
Amid sustained pressure on the U.S. freight transportation system, practical managerial and technological solutions embedded in companies’ daily operations are increasingly viewed as one of the most sustainable paths toward improving industry efficiency. The development and future commercialization of solutions like DispatchIQ, currently under patent protection, form a foundation for long-term productivity growth and greater predictability in domestic freight movement – factors with direct implications for the stability of the U.S. economy.