Commentary
Hard-to-Insure Risks Pressure Cash Flow
For distribution, import, and export companies, financial strain often begins in the gap between shipment and payment. A disruption may start with delayed goods, unpaid invoices, or added freight costs, then become a liquidity problem when cash leaves the business before revenue, reimbursement, or insurance recovery arrives.
The Cost of Disconnected Systems
Today, retail companies manage policy shifts, evolving compliance requirements, complex product assortments, and demand volatility at the same time. In that environment, disconnected systems are no longer just an operational inconvenience. What once showed up as a friction cost can quickly become a structural vulnerability.
The Hidden Cost of Paperwork: How Home Service Contractors Lose Productivity Each Week
Ask a plumber how long a water heater swap takes and you’ll get a confident answer. Ask how many hours went into invoicing, chasing payments and sorting receipts last week, and the answer is usually a shrug. That gap is the problem. For most U.S. home service professionals, admin work is not a line item […]
Case Studies
Delivering the Route to a More Efficient Fleet
Richard’s Building Supply maintains operations in more than 60 locations across 14 states. Even so, it managed and tracked its fleet of several hundred vehicles via “a paper-process with old-fashioned delivery boards and a GPS system,” says Jenny Vetter, the company’s logistics manager.
Uniting the Public and Private Sectors to Achieve High-Stakes Goals
With a lifelong immersion in politics and business, Eugene Laney, president and CEO of the AAEI, values the art of listening, the power of public-private partnerships, and adaptability as the ultimate trade secret.
Brent Hagan Puts His Stamp On Direct Mail Delivery
Success when joining an established organization like Lob, a technology-enabled logistics network for direct mail, requires balancing fresh perspectives with a deep respect for the people who built the business. I recognize the expertise of the team—they are the experts in our industry, our customers, and the culture that makes Lob unique. At the same […]
How-To
10 Tips for Building a Strong Workforce
As labor shortages intensify, warehouses must look beyond traditional hiring strategies. Expanding your potential talent pool and improving onboarding, communication, and workplace technology can help unlock productivity and retention gains.
10 Tips for Mapping AI to Resilience
Giving AI a complete, real-world picture of operations—the actual decisions, constraints, exceptions, and workarounds that define how work gets done—is what enables it to identify risks and drive resilient supply chain outcomes.
10 Tips for Bringing Integrated Intelligence to Your Supply Chain Data
Shippers have access to more supply chain data than ever before, but more data doesn’t necessarily lead to better decisions. When information is fragmented across systems, delayed by reporting cycles or viewed without the right business context, even valuable insights can arrive too late to make a difference. The next evolution in logistics technology is […]