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Robots in the Supply Chain: The Perfect Employee?
Robotics systems help distribution facilities gain speed, increase accuracy, cut costs, and handle the grunt work so employees can focus on more productive tasks. And no resume or job interview required.
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Casting a Light on Procurement
As closer supply chain ties are forged with vendors, logistics managers must increasingly collaborate with procurement. To provide insight, a new study illuminates today’s procurement process, and the many challenges
purchasing managers face.

2018 Top 100 Logistics IT Providers
Need logistics IT solutions? These leading providers, presented alphabetically, offer the services that match your supply chain needs. Search the Logistics IT Decision Support Tool for an even deeper dive.
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2018 Top 100 Logistics IT Market Research Survey
Inbound Logistics surveys the supply chain technology market to evaluate the latest trends and uncover the most innovative providers in their respective fields.
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Alaska: North To The Future
A mix of experienced logistics service providers, resilient infrastructure, flexible transportation options, and a seasoned workforce combine to make Alaska a land of promise for companies doing business with the state.
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2018 Global Logistics Guide
Inbound Logistics’ 14th annual Global Logistics Guide presents a transportation and logistics world atlas to help you stay on top of shifting global dynamics and identify and map out continents and countries that require further exploration.
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Technology Fuels Truckload Transport
Dedicated truckload fleets fill up on technology solutions that pump crucial data from power units and trailers and deliver it to shippers ready to give their supply chains the gas.
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Georgia: Pathways to Progress
In the logistics sphere, Georgia offers every important road—as well as air and sea route—to success.
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E-Commerce: Cultivating a New Logistics Landscape
E-commerce continues to mow down traditional business practices. To adapt, companies serving manufacturing, industrial, and retail customers are seeding their portfolios with new services, and not letting any grass grow under their feet.
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Core Competencies Every Supply Chain Manager Needs
Acquire these skills and competencies to build success in your supply chain—and your career.
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6 Supply Chain Terms Creating the Buzz
Word! Brush up on the latest supply chain and logistics terms so you can hold your own at the next industry conference.
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Customized Supply Chains: Fit to a T
The challenges of tailoring a supply chain where no two items are the same, and everything is taken personally.
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Dining In is the New Dining Out
As more people order meals delivered, foodservice supply chains chow down on speed, quality, and safety.
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U.S. Infrastructure: Will It Finally Be Fixed?
A recently leaked Trump administration draft of the Comprehensive Infrastructure Plan provides funds to states for roads, ports, bridges, and more. But will it become a reality?
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Current State of the 3PL Market
Shipper demands, customer expectations, and 3PL capabilities increase, pushing supply chain to the forefront, according to the 2018 22nd Annual Third-Party Logistics Study.
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Specialized Transportation: Paying the Price
When moving high-value items, proper packaging and labeling, efficient scheduling, discretion, and a bit of extra effort are key to minimizing the risk of theft or damage.
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Let’s Get Visible
Shippers gain powerful insight from end-to-end supply chain visibility, where execution and technology converge right before your eyes.
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Spot Market Strategies: Making the Right Connection
Here’s a pickup line that works: tendering freight to compatible carriers through high-tech, digital loadboards.
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Cashing In: 5 Supply Chain Financing Trends
Supply chain financing solutions that allow both buyers and suppliers to optimize cash flow are becoming increasingly popular as more options become available. Here are five trends that are on the money.
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Supply Chain Convergence: Stitching Together Best-of-Breed Technologies
Transportation management, warehouse management, and yard management systems sew together high-velocity supply chains.
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