Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chains: Game On
From decision support to reverse logistics, here’s how AI activates supply chain capabilities and takes systems to another level.
Site Selection Best Practices: Location, Location…Logistics
It’s sometimes the overlooked factors–from labor pools to power grids–that define a truly efficient warehouse or distribution center site in today’s demanding supply chain landscape. Following these data-driven strategies will help you separate optimal site selection from costly mistakes.
NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights
DP World will invest $2.5 billion this year to expand its global logistics network, launching major infrastructure projects across India, Africa, South America and Europe in response to rising demand for supply chain solutions.
Powering Growth Through Insights
Today’s complex business environment is marked by fluctuating demand, supply chain disruptions, cyber threats, changing fiscal policies, and regulatory shifts. Procurement professionals must balance cost-saving measures with a mandate to reduce risk, build resilience, enhance supplier relationships, and drive growth.
Rewiring the Waste Stream: Could Biomass Gasification Change the Logistics of Garbage?
A proposed biomass gasification facility in Orange County, New York, just cleared a major regulatory hurdle for construction and operation. And it isn’t just another piece of green tech — if it works, it could fundamentally shift how waste is collected, transported, and converted into energy across the region.
Carbon Neutral Shipping: What It Is, How It Works, and Benefits
Growing demand for greener logistics has made carbon-neutral shipping a key strategy for reducing carbon emissions and shrinking the carbon footprint of global trade. By adopting neutral shipping, companies help lower global greenhouse gas emissions, meet environmental goals, and stay relevant in a fast-changing market.
Digital Twins in Logistics: What They Are, How They Work, and Benefits
Digital twins in logistics turn live data into smart decisions. These models improve planning, boost speed, and raise accuracy across modern supply chain management strategies.
Supply Chain Predictive Analytics: What It Is, Key Components, and Benefits
Supply chain predictive analytics helps companies navigate uncertainty, reduce waste, and make better decisions using real-time data and intelligent forecasting. By applying predictive analytics in supply, teams improve supply chain management, cut delays, and align with future trends.
Lean Meets Green: How Smart Supply Chains Cut Waste
Many companies are beginning to realize that Lean and Green are not necessarily contradictory but can be mutually beneficial. Conflicts may arise, for example, when Lean supply chains employ a just-in-time approach involving smaller, more frequent deliveries, which can result in higher CO2 emissions and increased energy consumption.
Karla Trotman: Wired to Reshape Manufacturing
From cutting wires for quarters to leading a multi-million-dollar electronics company, Karla Trotman says legacy, grit, and humility power her approach to business, family, and the future of American manufacturing.
9 Best Practices for Global Logistics Management
In a climate of uncertainty and disruption, companies that prioritize visibility, sophisticated tech, empowered teams, and trusted collaboration are building more resilient, responsive global supply chains.
Changing Your TMS Isn’t as Painful as You Think
Coming from someone who has been through multiple transportation management system (TMS) transitions, the initial thoughts of it can be daunting: “How will a new system affect my current workflows? How long will it take to learn where everything is? Will it have the same button and perform the same function that I’ve been used to for the past five years?”
WHAT’S THE WORD: The Language of Logistics
From the difference between a duty and tariff to why you should pay attention to tail inventory, here’s how to speak supply chain.
Staying Ahead of the Curve: 7 Key Regulatory Changes Impacting Global Transportation
As transportation regulations increasingly emphasize transparency and timely information, staying informed is key. Here are seven critical regulatory updates—including de minimis rule changes, new international data requirements, and cyberattack reporting—that will significantly impact shippers and demand proactive compliance strategies.
Echo’s $9.8M Logistics Play: Dodging Tariffs, Delivering Savings
When trade tremors hit, hydrogen health tech company Echo didn’t flinch. Faced with looming tariffs and rising risk, the wellness brand moved fast—overhauling its supply chain, shifting manufacturing to the Philippines, and saving nearly $10 million in one year. Here’s a firsthand account of how smart logistics made it possible.
Experience the Future of Supply Chain & Warehousing Technology at IntraLogisteX in Miami Beach
IntraLogisteX, the premier free-to-attend trade show and conference for logistics, supply chain, and warehousing professionals, returns to the Miami Beach Convention Center on September 17–18, 2025. This event brings together the industry’s innovators, thought leaders, and cutting-edge technology under one roof.
6 Ways to Make Must-Arrive-By Dates Work for You
If you’ve shipped into big box retailers in the past 15 years, you’ve undoubtedly encountered Must-Arrive-By-Dates (MABDs), the protocol implemented by Walmart, Target, and others during the early days of retail’s data revolution. MABDs allow shippers to meet time-sensitive demands with confidence, while avoiding unpleasant fines. Additional non-compliance on shipments can also lower your overall scorecard, leading to being downgraded as a supplier.
IN BRIEF: New Services and Solutions
Lynden Air Cargo is partnering with Moog Inc. to upgrade its fleet of Lockheed Model 382G Hercules (L-382G) aircraft with the Genesys Avionics Suite. The avionics and autopilot modernization program includes the installation of equipment, software updates, and integration testing. The first aircraft is scheduled for completion in 2026.
Sunset Opens New Windows for VEKA
When working to provide its customers with innovative window and door systems along with multiple rail and deck solutions, VEKA Inc. emphasizes quality service, transparency, and accountability. However, a previous logistics partner’s shift to a more automated approach degraded responsiveness and service. VEKA sought a new logistics partner that was similarly committed to service and reliability. It found a match with Sunset Transportation.
How Automation, Data, and Demand Are Reshaping Warehouses
Warehousing and distribution remain a cornerstone of logistics operations. Effective strategies are essential to ensure the timely and efficient flow of goods from manufacturers to consumers. Businesses must constantly adapt and innovate to meet the dynamic needs of stakeholders and customers.
Predictive Analytics in Inventory Management: Definition, How It Works, and Benefits
As markets shift quickly and supply chains grow more complex, predictive analytics inventory management has become a key strategy for staying ahead. It uses historical data, algorithms, and statistical models to improve how businesses handle stock, supply chain operations, and customer demand Instead of reacting to problems after they happen, companies can now use predictive […]
Warehouse Robotics Gain Picking Prowess
Making advancements in dexterity and finesse, warehouse robots take on more supply chain applications.
End-to-End Visibility: The See-Through Supply Chain
In an era of constant disruption, supply chain leaders seek end-to-end visibility solutions to gain transparency from origin to final mile. The clarity that comes with supply chain X-ray vision helps them detect issues early, respond quickly, and build a resilient, agile network.
Can We Jumpstart American Shipbuilding?
In 80 years, U.S. shipbuilding has gone from producing record numbers of hulls during World War II—representing roughly 60% of global merchant tonnage—to just 0.1% today. President Trump’s executive order on “Restoring America’s Maritime Dominance” aims to reverse this decline.
Panasonic’s $4 Billion Battery Factory Set to Transform U.S. EV Supply Chain
This state-of-the-art facility will ramp up domestic EV battery production, helping reduce reliance on overseas suppliers and supporting faster, more sustainable vehicle manufacturing.
Top 10 3PLs: Readers’ Choice Excellence Awards
The tally is in. These third-party logistics providers rounded up the most votes and won reader applause.
3PLs Keep the Beat
In today’s high-stakes, high-speed global supply chain, third-party logistics providers are more than just behind-the-scenes players—they’re the drummers keeping time, driving rhythm, and keeping operations in sync. Discover how agile, tech-savvy 3PLs help shippers stay resilient, responsive, and right on beat.
Radeberger Brews A Smarter Supply Chain
In the beverage industry, everything is fluid. Production and sales volumes are heavily dependent on both market trends and raw materials availability. The slightest change in the sequence of processes—production, filling, distribution, or the return of empty bottles and containers—has immediate ramifications for the entire supply chain. How is it possible, under such conditions, to optimize both production capacities and route planning over the long term?
Seeing Clearly: How CLI’s AI System Transformed Quality Control
One plant. One challenge. One breakthrough—now transforming many. CLI’s proprietary vision-based AI solution redefines quality control.
Taiwan Expo USA 2025: Elevating Innovation, Culture, and U.S.-Taiwan Partnership
Nation’s Largest Taiwan Expo is Free and Open to the Public
Transportation Risk Management: What It Is, Types, and How to Choose
Learn how transportation risk management helps supply chains minimize disruption and improve resilience. Explore risk types, mitigation strategies, and how to choose the right solution for your business.
120-Ton Advantage: Meeting Critical Deadlines for Heavy Haul Cross-Border Shipments
Landstar’s exclusive, 120-ton overhead bridge crane, located in Laredo, Texas, ensures seamless transloading for heavy haul freight at a critical U.S.-Mexico gateway.
Overcoming Geopolitical Uncertainty and Turning Challenges into Opportunities
Q. What are the biggest challenges facing the freight market? A. The most obvious answer is the ever-changing geopolitical landscape. Globally there have been some headwinds in the trade routes, with many ocean carriers shifting how they operate. Tariffs have certainly forced many to shift aspects of their supply chain or for some, unfortunately, halt […]
Decommissioning and Reconfiguring an Aging Cryptocurrency Data Center in Texas
Logistics Plus® LP Crypto Mission Critical™ provides an end-to-end supply chain solution with installation services, extended workforce, and complete inventory visibility, reducing costs and enhancing ROI for the client.
Alaska Marine Lines Supports FEMA Hawaii Housing Project
Alaska Marine Lines transported three barge loads of modular housing units from Seattle to Maui to support a FEMA project assisting in the Lahaina fire rebuild efforts.
Rail Shipping: How to Future-Proof and Streamline Your Operations
One of the biggest challenges in rail logistics is that data is everywhere but rarely connected. To move toward a centralized system, shippers need to simplify and modernize their processes, from phasing out spreadsheets and manual methods, consolidating systems to building flexibility and redundancy into operations.
2025 Inbound Logistics Perspectives: 3PL Market Research Report
Amid policy shifts and uncertainty, geopolitical volatility, and fast-rising new technology solutions, third-party logistics (3PL) providers are adopting and evolving to serve the changing needs of their clients. The 2025 Inbound Logistics 3PL Perspectives report highlights how recent adjustments are shaping 3PL services and operations, while also revealing shifts in the diverse shipper landscape they […]
How Ascent Fast Boat Saved an Automotive Manufacturer Millions and Kept Production on Schedule
A faster ocean freight option from Ascent Global Logistics reduced a leading automotive manufacturer’s reliance on costly airfreight and protected its global production lines from disruption.
4PL: Definition, How it Works, and Benefits
Global supply chains are no longer simple. Businesses now manage hundreds of moving parts across multiple countries, from sourcing to shipping orders, tracking inventory, and handling freight forwarding. Distribution and fulfillment centers serve as strategic hubs in the supply chain, where inventory is stored, managed, and shipped to optimize logistics efficiency. Without the right system, […]
Circular Supply Chain: Definition, Components, and Benefits
Linear supply chains no longer meet the needs of today’s global economy. High waste, resource shortages, and frequent supply chain disruptions make it harder for companies to operate efficiently. Businesses need smarter systems that recover value and reduce dependence on finite resources. A circular supply chain offers a better way forward. As part of the […]
Why the Smartest Supply Chain Leaders Are Replacing Traditional Warehouse Hiring in 2025
If the last five years have taught supply chain leaders anything, it’s that agility is no longer a competitive advantage—it’s a requirement. And nowhere is that more apparent than in the warehouse. From fluctuating volumes and constrained labor pools to rising costs and changing customer expectations, warehouse operations have become the pressure valve of the […]
The Top 20 Fleet Management Challenges Faced By Owners and How to Overcome Them
Solving fleet management challenges helps fleet managers reduce fuel costs, lower maintenance costs, and improve driver performance. Tools like GPS tracking, route optimization, and telematics systems enable smarter, informed decisions.
What Hobbies/Activities Make You Better at Managing Supply Chains?
Readers share how hobbies like running, yoga, puzzles, and team sports develop key skills—resilience, flexibility, problem-solving, and communication—enhance supply chain and logistics management performance.
NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights
Stay informed with this month’s top supply chain highlights: from innovative AI‑powered automation and major M&A moves to sustainability milestones and workforce trends shaping logistics today. insights from Inbound Logistics.
Supporting a Hotel Brand’s Global Expansion and Complex Logistics Needs
SEKO’s comprehensive approach transformed hotel brand citizenM’s supply chain, ensuring a future-proof logistics model that supports their global expansion while maintaining operational efficiency.
Outrun the Bear™: Building a Smarter Response to Supply Chain Disruption
Q. What concerns do shippers have in today’s climate of disruption and uncertainty? A. The number one concern today is visibility. Whether it’s cost transparency, shipment tracking, or understanding service performance, companies are asking: “Where’s my freight, what’s it costing me, and is my provider being fair?” This concern is especially urgent in times […]
Adapting Your Supply Chain to Mitigate Risk and Volatility
Q. How are companies adapting their supply chains to current conditions? A. In today’s market, companies are reshaping their supply chains to boost resilience and efficiency amid disruptions like geopolitical tensions, inflation, and shifting demand. A key focus is diversification, with firms reducing reliance on single regions by expanding supplier networks across multiple countries. Many […]
2025 Top 100 3PLs
Successful supply chains hit a high note when 3PLs lay down the rhythm. These Top 100 third-party logistics providers don’t just move freight and provide warehousing; they’re the drummers of industry, setting the tempo for global commerce and ensuring every beat drops on time.
End-to-end Supply Chain: E2E Meaning, Benefits, & How to Implement
Adopting an E2E supply chain ensures businesses stay competitive by optimizing workflows and strengthening supply chain planning. The ability to track performance across the supply chain end enhances adaptability and customer satisfaction.
5 Types of Risk in Supply Chain Management
This guide breaks down five types of risk in supply chain management, showing how environmental risks, financial threats, and market shifts can hit operations hard.
Walmart Bets Big on Drones
Walmart is banking on drone deliveries to continue dominating both the last-mile delivery sector and the broader retail industry. This drone strategy is long-term and based on Walmart’s research showing that younger consumers (ages 18-35) are the most likely to use drone delivery services. Younger consumers, accustomed to organizing their lives around iPhones and apps, […]
Prioritizing Technology Upgrades in a Multi-Client Warehouse Environment
As industry demand grows and client business evolves, it’s the role of the solution provider to be able to quickly respond to accommodate their growth. MD Logistics accomplishes this by pinpointing key upgrades.
State of Logistics Report; The Latest Data on Cross-Border Trade; Spotlight on Autonomous Supply Chains & other Logistics News
News, trends, and insights on the latest in global logistics and supply chain management.
Freight Fraud: 5 Ways to Mitigate Risk
Freight fraud is becoming increasingly commonplace across the U.S. supply chain. In fact, 72% of respondents to a 2024 Transportation Intermediaries Association survey experienced at least three different types of fraud—everything from phishing and brokerage scams to cyberattacks, and fraudulent inbound phone calls and text messages.
Unlocking Revenue Growth With AI
In the modern service economy, businesses face growing pressure to deliver value-driven customer experiences while maximizing profitability. Yet, many organizations remain tethered to outdated tools and manual processes that hinder operational efficiency and scalability.
The End of Cost-Plus: A Legacy Pricing Model in a High-Performance Supply Chain
A Case for Performance-Based Pricing
Rare Earth Elements: What’s the Drill?
While rare earths are not exactly “rare” (even the rarest of these elements, thulium, is 125 times more common than gold), these critical metals present tricky supply chain challenges and opportunities for companies to mine:
Fashion in Flux: How Apparel Brands Are Battling Tariffs, Demand Dips, and Supply Chain Snarls
Leading brands like Gap Inc., Lululemon, and American Eagle prepare for trade uncertainty.
Types of Cargo: Key Factors, How They’re Transported, and Handling Requirements
Cargo means goods or products moved from one place to another for cargo transportation. In the shipping industry and global trade, understanding different types of cargo helps optimize how goods reach their destination. Businesses rely on shipping companies and logistics companies to handle bulk cargo, liquid bulk cargo, general cargo, and more. Proper transport vehicles […]
Fantasy Farms and Fintech: A Blooming Success
Each year, Fantasy Farms grows more than 50 million stems of flowers across its own farms and by working with qualified growers in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Mexico. The company regularly supplies 8,000-plus retail locations and 30,000-plus locations during major holidays.
10 Tips for Overcoming Workforce Shortages
Supply chain workforce shortages continue to plague today’s businesses, and they are as prevalent on the warehouse floor as they are in the office.
Supply Chain Resilience: What It Is, Common Disruptions, and How to Build
Supply chain resilience refers to a company’s ability to prepare for, respond to, and recover quickly from unexpected disruptions. Businesses now face constant challenges like natural disasters, geopolitical risks, and the lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. These events expose weaknesses in even the most efficient supply chain models. Supply chain leaders are under pressure […]
To Reduce Empty Miles, Shippers Must Share to Save
For an industry that prides itself on running lean, the supply chain has a glaring inefficiency on the roads every day: trucks with plenty of space to spare.
Ecommerce Fulfillment: How to Keep it Rolling
Ecommerce retailers convey confidence despite facing barriers. Here’s how they stay on track.
5 Key Steps to a Circular Supply Chain
Shippers looking to reduce waste should prioritize these critical components for traveling a successful path to circularity.
Betting on Robots Over Hype: ‘Viral Videos Don’t Pack Boxes’
From fashion design to robotics CEO, Kimberley Losey’s journey defies convention. But it’s her relentless focus on solving real problems that’s redefining automation and reshaping warehouse robotics, one human-footprint robot at a time.
Do More With Less: How High-Density Storage Is Reshaping Warehouse Efficiency
High-density storage systems like Vertical Lift Modules are helping operations reclaim space, boost accuracy, and reduce labor strain; all without expanding their footprint.
For a Competitive Edge, Safety Is a M.U.S.T.
Fostering a solid safety culture not only saves lives and reduces accidents and cargo damages, it strengthens customer relations.
Enter: A Warehouse Robot with Finesse
“Numb and dumb” no more, the new Vulcan robot from Amazon features a capability that has eluded robotics: a sense of touch. The result? Tangible benefits for order fulfillment.
NOTED: Supply Chain Highlights
GOOD WORKS: DHL Global Forwarding successfully transported the world’s first mobile heart clinic for children to Burundi. The mobile clinic provides life-saving cardiovascular surgeries for children with congenital heart diseases.
The Best Mapping Software for Location Intelligence
Choosing accurate mapping software is essential for businesses that use location intelligence. This field has seen steady growth. The global market is projected to reach $63.8 billion by 2032, with steady demand from retail, logistics, and urban planning. Maptive stands out as the best mapping software for location intelligence due to its precision, speed, and […]
Hawaii Logistics: Maintaining the Island Flow
Keeping cargo movement flowing to and from Hawaii’s multiple locations requires logistics savvy, specialized experience, and inter-island ingenuity. Call it Aloha spirit or pure persistence; these providers go the distance for every shipment.
Vendors vs Suppliers: The Differences and Why It Matters
Vendors and suppliers are both business entities that play different roles in the supply chain. Suppliers provide raw materials, while vendors sell finished products to other businesses or the final customer, operating in distinct capacities depending on the products’ use and sales channels. The key difference lies in what each business entity provides to the […]
The Chemistry of Trust: Logistics Leaders Reinvent Chemical Supply Chains
In a high-stakes, highly regulated environment, top logistics providers blend innovation and institutional knowledge to secure safer, smarter, and more sustainable chemical transportation for a shifting global market.
How Year-Round Demand Is Reshaping OTC Supply Chains
Cold and flu season is no longer confined to the winter months. For manufacturers of over-the-counter (OTC) cold and flu products, this unpredictability is forcing a fundamental shift in how, and where, supply chains are built and maintained.
How Businesses Can Adapt and Thrive in a New Tariff Era
Tariff-driven turbulence creates an opportunity to rethink, retool, and reinforce logistics operations. Rather than viewing tariffs as an uncontrollable threat, you can use them as a catalyst for digital transformation.
Bringing Supply Chains to Breakthrough Research and Science
Allison Bennett Irion brings deep expertise in defense, government, and supply chain strategy to her work at Argonne National Laboratory. Learn how she’s helping shape the future of critical materials and science-driven logistics.
Can We Ever Fully Trust AI in Supply Chain Management?
Artificial intelligence is transforming supply chains with real-time insights and predictive power—but is full trust realistic? Experts share the risks, benefits, and human oversight needed to make AI a reliable partner in logistics.
Prepping for Peak-Season; Next-Level Yard and Dock Ops; Strategies to Mitigate Disruption; & More Supply Chain News
Get the latest supply chain and logistics insights from expert research, analysis, and trend reports.
Digital Marketplaces Transform Special Equipment and Commercial Vehicle Procurement for Optimized Logistics Operations
In contemporary logistics, where every element of the supply chain demands maximum efficiency, the management of specialized equipment and commercial vehicle fleets is critically important. From ensuring timely raw material deliveries to efficient distribution of finished goods, the availability of appropriate and readily accessible equipment defines the continuity of business processes. Nevertheless, traditional approaches to […]
Rural Retailer Reroutes the Final Mile
Customer service has always been a top priority for Blain’s Farm & Fleet, a family-owned, modern general store rooted in the traditions and culture of the Midwest. When the outcome of a decision to offer same-day delivery for online holiday shopping exceeded all expectations, the retailer decided to offer the option year-round.
Operational Risk Management: Core Principles and Practices
Modern business operations face rising complexity from cyber threats, supply chain issues, and failed internal processes. Each mistake or delay increases risk exposure and disrupts performance. Without a structured system, risks multiply fast and often without warning.
Global Supply Chain: What It Is, Importance, and Challenges
Studying the global supply chain reveals how products move from raw materials to finished goods across multiple countries. It connects manufacturing operations, distribution, and customer demand in a vast worldwide system. Many global supply chains involve complex steps and working relationships with foreign suppliers to meet the needs of international customers. Breaking down how global […]
What is Linehaul: Definition, How it Works, and Importance
What is a line haul? It refers to the transport of goods between two points, such as cities, ports, or even warehouses. Line haul transportation covers the long-distance part of the shipping process. It moves freight between hubs like sorting facilities or distribution centers, with the final destination being the endpoint of the shipping process, […]
UPC Meaning: What It Is, Types, and How to Get
Running a business today means staying organized, especially when selling products globally or across online marketplaces. Mismanaging items leads to errors, confusion, and lost sales. That’s where understanding UPC meaning becomes essential. A UPC—short for Universal Product Code—is a unique number and a type of bar code used for product identification. The barcode symbol, which […]
Beyond Reshoring to Regionalization
Recent and ongoing tariff discussions have some supply chain leaders rethinking their global supply strategy. While this has led many manufacturers to consider reshoring, an alternate strategy is growing around regionalization and rightshoring.
IN BRIEF: New Services and Solutions
Providing air capacity on key trade lanes, CEVA Logistics launched a trans-Pacific charter program connecting Wuxi, China, to Chicago. Offering three flights per week, the Wuxi-Chicago charter is designed to accommodate a range of cargo types, including industrial equipment, electronics, oversized cargo, ecommerce goods, and apparel.
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Drones
From conducting inventory counts with accuracy to completing last-mile deliveries with precision, these drones take flight in the supply chain space.
TMS: Time to Ditch the Spreadsheets
Outdated tools can’t keep up with today’s global supply chain demands. A modern transportation management system (TMS) turns complexity into clarity, cuts costs, improves service, and transforms shipping from a manual chore into a strategic advantage.
How to Manage Lead Time With Machine Learning
The impact of lead time variability on supply chain management is a critical factor impacting operational efficiency, cost management and service delivery. Lead time involves decisions that determine optimal inventory levels, when to place orders and how much to order, stocking policy, available-to-premise calculations, supplier performance and supplier selection.
Create Efficiencies for B2B and D2C Fulfillment with Unified Warehousing
Q. What is unified warehousing? A. A unified warehousing network seamlessly handles both your B2B and D2C orders under one roof. Consolidating your inventory into one location eliminates the need for redundant stock across separate warehouses. This reduction in overall stock levels translates directly into lower inventory carrying costs. With all products housed in one […]
Inside the Four Walls: Scaling Smarter with Robotics, Goods to Person, and Agile Fulfillment
Q. What are the biggest challenges your clients are facing in warehouse and fulfillment operations today? A. Labor remains one of the most pressing issues across the industry. With increasing wage pressures and a limited pool of available workers, many fulfillment centers are struggling to scale their operations traditionally. As demand grows and service expectations […]
Supply Chain Pocket Change?
As a company’s supply chain network evolves over time, information needed for adaptive efficiency becomes isolated in hard-to-find data pockets. In those instances, data required to drive modern efficient operations is isolated and not instantly accessible—usually housed on old world siloed spreadsheets. Do you have supply chain data points in hidden pockets? Modernized business operations […]
What is Supply Chain Forecasting? Best Methods, Benefits, and Challenges
Uncertainty hurts business. When companies don’t know what’s coming next, they overstock, underdeliver, and miss sales targets. Poor planning can wreck supply chain operations, increase costs, and frustrate customers. Supply chain forecasting refers to the process of predicting demand, supply, or pricing for products within an industry, using data from suppliers to anticipate stock availability […]
What is LIFO? Definition, Benefits, and Real World Use of Last In, First Out
Inventory valuation shapes how businesses report profits and manage taxes. The LIFO method—Last In, First Out—assigns the cost of the most recent purchases to the cost of goods sold, often reducing taxable income when prices rise. LIFO is one of several cost flow assumptions used in inventory accounting to determine how inventory costs are allocated […]
How to Modernize Your Warehouse Without Starting Over
Q. If I want to improve my warehouse performance, do I really need a brand-new facility or a full retrofit? A. Not at all. That’s one of the biggest misconceptions out there. Companies often think they need to spend heavily on a new facility to upgrade with automation or increase capacity—but that’s usually because they’re […]
4 Ways a 3PL Can Help Shippers Navigate Tariff Volatility
Relying on a good third-party logistics (3PL) partner can help you manage tariff volatility. Here’s how:
How Shippers Can Prepare for NMFC Changes
In the world of less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping, upcoming changes to the NMFC classification system loom large. The impact on freight rates could vary. Here’s what to expect:
Smart Load Planning for Smarter Warehousing: Optimizing Warehouse Operations in an Era of Ecommerce Growth
Q. How are modern warehouses evolving—and what role does smart load planning play? A. Warehouses today are under pressure like never before. Ecommerce growth has driven order volumes through the roof, while customer expectations for fast, damage-free delivery continue to rise. At the same time, warehouses face labor shortages, rising costs, and limited space. Smart […]
How to Make Floor Loading An Efficient Shipping Option
Few things are more costly than having empty space in your shipments. Floor-loading can help make each load more efficient compared to pallet loads, deflating the amount of air in each trailer. The majority of container imports are floor-loaded to maximize each expensive shipment. While palletized loads are more common in domestic shipments, floor loading […]