A VC in Vacationland

A logistics provider's warehouse of goods being stacked on pallets with a forklift. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Nomadron is an innovative ground logistics company applying a NOMADIC approach to the B2B logistics industry, making most all components mobile including the pick-up and delivery hubs.  The innovative model has the potential to have a major impact on the LTL industry and transform current logistics delivery models. Founded by a group of MIT logistics graduates, Nomadron would eliminate the need for fixed-location Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) hubs by having specially designed over-the-road trailers come together and form a "virtual" LTL sorting hub in a vacant parking lot, rejigger LTL loads among the trucks and then have the trucks proceed with customer delivery.

Sound like something out of Star Wars? A bit, for sure. But using advanced optimization technologies to better route LTL freight is certainly feasible. And replacing current fixed location hubs with virtual ones could result in significant reductions in capital and operating expenses for the industry.

We have a long way to go on this idea. It would required an innovative LTL trucking company or a disruptive investor in logistics businesses to pull together the capital needed for such a bold adventure. but who knows? Look at the ocean container business, which did not exist 50 years ago. It takes industry insiders, revolutionaries for sure, to make ideas like this happen and succeed. Lets see if someone steps up and makes Nomadron happen.