How to Source Transportation
Identify and prioritize sourcing of your carriers and you will contain transportation costs as well as meet customer service levels. Pete Stiles, vice president of LeanLogistics, a provider of web-native transportation management systems, offers these tips on how to design and execute a market-specific bid process to foster better relations with carriers, ensure an optimized […]
Read MoreStreamlining Truck Visits at the DC
While the full impact of the Hours of Service (HOS) ruling is yet to be determined, it is obvious that truck drivers need to manage their time more carefully to minimize any loss to productivity. Under the new regulations, a driver’s idle time counts toward the maximum allowed 14 hours on duty. Shippers can mitigate […]
Read MoreDoes Your 3PL Have an Effective Hazmat Program? Here’s Why it Should
Safe handling and management of hazardous materials has come a long way since logistics providers crossed their fingers and hoped that an incident involving hazmat wouldn’t happen. And if it did, they hoped that the carrier would do a good job of handling it. Gone are the days when simply complying with a dizzying array […]
Read MoreWebTech: Keep on Tracking
A wireless fleet tracking system helps put Benson Tank Lines in the driver’s seat.
Read MoreSomeone is After Your Job…
And they want it to relocate it—no, not to Mumbai or China, but right here in the United States. Cities, states, and regions are increasingly competing to attract logistics and transportation jobs. Why? Because U.S. manufacturing jobs, and more recently, service sector jobs, continue to migrate to lower wage, lower tax, lower liability, lower regulation […]
Read MoreNot Your Father’s WMS
Today’s WMS packages offer just about everything but the kitchen sink.
Read MoreBytes…Data…Action: How Small Warehouses Compete
Smaller distribution centers and warehouses leverage information technology to operate like the big boys.
Read MoreEconomic Development: The Science of Site Selection
Follow the formula for choosing the right site for your supply chain facilities and you’ll increase your ability to adapt quickly to market change, improve customer service, and reduce transportation costs.
Read MoreBruce Cutler: Selling Style, Price and Global Expertise
In the mid 1990s at Compaq Computer, Bruce Cutler crossed the gap between international marketing and international logistics. “I didn’t have logistics experience, but I knew the people in the subsidiaries, and I knew how to run a project in multiple countries,” he says. His first logistics assignment sent Cutler and a small team to […]
Read MoreProspective RFID Users Face Supply Chain Challenges
Although radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is not new to logistics or the supply chain, interest—and the need for interest in it—has skyrocketed. Alarms set off by the Department of Defense and Wal-Mart, among others, has many a supply chain manager in a tizzy. The DoD and Wal-Mart now mandate that all cases and pallets […]
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