The current freight capacity crunch has not been kind to corporate freight budgets. But a capacity-at-any-cost strategy is not sustainable – even in the short term. It’s why we went back and updated our idea log on freight cost reduction st...
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Topics:
3PL Outsourcing,
Freight Transportation,
Reduce logistics costs
This is an update of a previously published blog on warehouse change management. With the explosion of technology on the warehouse floor and the increasing use of robots and other warehouse automation, work processes are changing. To achiev...
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Topics:
Supply Chain Challenges,
Warehouse Operations
The Ultimate Guide to Being a Great 3PL Customer
This quick-read eBook lists 12 best practices designed to elicit greatness from your 3PL.
Safety In Logistics Operations
4 strategies to turn safety from a compliance-driven chore to a profit-driving opportunity.
The logistics industry is in the grips of a disruptive labor shortage. Along with the truck driver shortage, reliable warehouse workers are also hard to find and keep, and wages continue to rise. Warehouse automation, mechanization and robo...
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Topics:
Supply Chain Challenges,
Warehouse Operations,
Reduce logistics costs
The Annual Third-Party Logistics Study has been published every year since 1996. It provides a yearly pulse on the state of logistics outsourcing, and the relationship between 3PLs and their customers. This article provides a high-level sum...
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Topics:
Supply Chain Challenges,
Logistics Labor Management,
3PL Outsourcing
Choosing a third-party logistics provider is a critically important strategic decision, made only after evaluating answers to hundreds of questions related to operational processes, systems integration and other key solution elements. But o...
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Topics:
Logistics Labor Management,
3PL Outsourcing
The scarcity of labor has become the number one issue in US product distribution, particularly as peak season approaches. We spoke to KANE’s Senior VP of Distribution and Operations about the challenge of developing effective warehouse labo...
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Topics:
Logistics Labor Management
Mergers & Acquisitions in the third-party logistics (3PL) industry are on the upswing. Is that a good thing for users of 3PL services? It can be, but shippers working with 3PLs that are the product of recent mergers must do their due di...
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Topics:
3PL Outsourcing
Significant employment decreases occurred in many industries during the pandemic. But in transportation and warehousing, demand for labor continued and even grew. When there are not enough reliable workers to fill the need, warehouse operat...
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Topics:
Logistics Labor Management