U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc. (USX) 2021年年度报告「NYSE」.pdf

1、2021ANNUAL REPORTMISSIONWERE ON AWERE ON A MISSION TO MAKE GOODS MOVE BETTER EVERY DAYThe past two years have demonstrated the critical role professional truck drivers and companies like U.S.Xpress play in keeping goods moving.The hoped-for“return to normal”in 2021 did not materialize.Instead,the pa

2、ndemic continued to drive supply chain delays and strong demand for tangible goods.“Supply chain”became part of the American lexicon as manufacturers waited for the raw materials they needed to build their products,and retailers struggled to keep shelves stocked amid a perfect storm of inventory del

3、ays and increased demand for goods causing prices to surge.Meanwhile,consumers who previously took for granted that goods were always available on store shelves until they werent began to understand and appreciate how important our industry is to their quality of life.At U.S.Xpress,we continued to e

4、xecute our multi-year digital transformation,adopting technology to improve the experience for our customers,professional truck drivers,and third-party carriers.During the year,we continued to expand capacity in Variant,our digitally enabled over-the-road(OTR)fleet,expand our carrier network in our

5、brokerage segment,and drive adoption of technology-enabled solutions throughout the enterprise designed to help goods move better every day now and in the years to come.U.S.XPRESS ENTERPRISES,INC.2021 ANNUAL REPORT12U.S.XPRESS ENTERPRISES,INC.2021 ANNUAL REPORT3COMBINING TALENT AND TECHNOLOGY TO DRI

6、VE IMPROVED RESULTSVariant,our driver-first,digitally enabled OTR fleet,grew to more than 1,500 trucks surpassing our year-end goal.In 2021,we introduced the latest version of our Optimizer,Variants fleet optimization platform,that was developed to streamline route planning and load matching to maxi