2026 Top 100 3PLs
Inbound Logistics’ annual Top 100 3PL Providers list identifies the top logistics partners capable of keeping global trade moving. As corporate supply chains face a critical turning point, businesses increasingly rely on these elite 3PL partners to build operational resilience.
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17 High-Impact Moves for a Sustainable Supply Chain
Sustainability initiatives can improve a company’s supply chain performance, as well as its environmental footprint. These strategies can help you go green.
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On-Site Container Storage: A Flexible Answer to the Warehouse Capacity Squeeze
Warehouse space is one of the least flexible lines on a logistics budget. A lease is a multi-year commitment sized to a forecast, yet the demand it serves is rarely steady. Seasonal peaks, promotional surges, new product launches, and the safety stock rebuilt after a supply disruption all push storage requirements up and down on […]
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Tone Up for the GLP-1 Slimdown
As an estimated 12% of U.S. adults take appetite-suppressing GLP-1 medications, the supply chain effects are far-reaching—from skinnier truckloads to increased apparel returns. Get in shape for the changes ahead.
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A Shipper’s Guide to Science-based Securement at High Altitudes
Which mile is more important in the shipping journey–the last mile or the highest mile?
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10 Tips for Preventing Supply Chain Fraud
In 2025, retailers incurred $706 billion in returns, with about $100 billion of that value lost to preventable fraud and abuse, according to an Appriss Retail analysis. The following strategies can reduce fraud and protect profits along the supply chain.
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Cloud-Based TMS Streamlines Operations Into One Workflow
Helping teams eliminate duplicate data entry and move freight faster, Tai TMS brings quoting, booking, tracking, document management, audit, and invoicing into one connected workflow.
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FedEx’s $1.4B Supply Chain Sale Triples CEVA’s North American Scale
By Ashley Prince | July 2, 2026 CMA CGM has agreed to purchase FedEx Supply Chain for $1.4 billion, a deal set to nearly triple the North American footprint of CEVA Logistics, the shipping group’s logistics arm. The acquisition is expected to close later this year, pending regulatory approval. It also comes bundled with a commercial […]
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Six Technologies Reshaping Logistics Execution
Faced with rising customer expectations, labor shortages, and increasing pressure to operate sustainably, shippers and their logistics partners can no longer rely on yesterday’s processes. Digital logistics technologies help organizations scale rapidly as modernizing supply chains becomes a non-negotiable, especially in high variability situations like inbound workflows. Companies that embrace this new reality are already […]
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Report: Supply Chains 2026
Supply chains are entering a new phase of transformation. What was once built around efficiency and cost is now being rebuilt around resilience, visibility, and the ability to execute reliably across increasingly complex global networks. Trade volatility, regulatory pressure, and the growing role of AI are reshaping how organizations plan, source, move, and manage goods […]
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The Case Against Treating Micro-Fulfillment as a Permanent Model
Micro-fulfillment is having a moment. It is being framed as the inevitable next evolution of logistics: smaller footprints, closer to demand, faster delivery, lower risk. For some sectors, that narrative holds. For many others, it doesn’t.
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Carrier Fraud Prevention: Who’s Really Vetting Your Carriers?
Q. Carrier fraud is getting a lot of attention across the industry right now. Where does the problem actually come from? A. Public load boards. Carrier fraud does not typically originate with shippers—it originates on public load boards that lack user subscription vetting controls. When a broker posts a load to a public board to […]
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Logistics In Hawaii: Sustaining Supply Chains
Logistics companies serving the Hawaiian Islands cultivate resilience while navigating unique challenges, including unpredictable weather events.
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Order Cycle Time: Definition, How to Measure, and Why It Matters
Every business that ships products to customers depends on one metric more than almost any other: order cycle time. This figure tells you how long it takes an order to travel from the moment a customer places it to the moment it lands on their doorstep, and it touches nearly every function within a supply […]
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