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Readers’ Choice: Top 10 3PL Excellence Awards 2012

Readers’ Choice: Top 10 3PL Excellence Awards 2012

What elevates a relationship from a workable collaboration to a truly great partnership? MORE TO THE STORY: 3PLs to Watch About the Survey Respondents Partner Appreciation: A Sampling of Reader Comments We try to describe this elusive state in so many ways: “He just gets me.” “She’s the yin to my yang.” “It’s like he […]

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Urban Delivery: Getting Into the Grid

Urban Delivery: Getting Into the Grid

Traffic congestion and infrastructure limitations complicate delivery in major cities, but expedited carriers use network engineering, communication tools, and contingency planning to ensure they meet shipper needs.

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Lift Truck Strategies Raise the Bar

Lift Truck Strategies Raise the Bar

Materials handling automation and warehouse technology are transforming forklift fleets into competitive weapons—and distribution facilities into finely tuned, demand-responsive machines.

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<em>Inbound Logistics’</em> Summer Reading Guide 2012

Inbound Logistics’ Summer Reading Guide 2012

Whether you brush up on fundamental logistics concepts, or explore emerging warehousing, sustainability, and procurement trends, you’ll be brighter than ever after dipping into these supply chain bestsellers.

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<div>Beating the Odds in Latin America</div>

Beating the Odds in Latin America

Multinational corporations are gambling on the Latin American market’s growth potential. But when it comes to meeting the region’s supply chain challenges, all bets are off.

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Green is Still White Hot

Green is Still White Hot

While freight costs and capacity dominate water cooler conversations, sustainability embers smolder deep within the supply chain. The fire is still perceptible. So are the justifications.

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The Bionic Warehouse

The Bionic Warehouse

When using warehouse technology to improve labor productivity, combining the right tools with the right people produces super-human results.

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Innovative Warehouse Strategies: Four Walls, Three Takes

Innovative Warehouse Strategies: Four Walls, Three Takes

In most warehouses, change is a constant—especially when you consider seasonal demand forecasts, supply exceptions, and inventory flows. Distribution centers (DCs) are critical sense-and-respond nodes within the supply chain. Warehouse management is about mediating variability so supply flows to demand as economically and efficiently as possible. In today’s consumer economy, however, the warehousing function faces […]

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Economic Development: Pulling the Right Strings

Economic Development: Pulling the Right Strings

It’s one thing for politicians to say they support transportation and logistics investment, but it’s another thing for them to take action. Here are five states and government leaders going above and beyond to influence economic growth.

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All-in-One

All-in-One

An ERP solution equipped with supply chain management functions gives businesses all the logistics tools they need.

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Packaging Grows Green

Packaging Grows Green

Many shippers are looking to replace fossil fuel-based packaging materials with more sustainable options. But they must do their homework to find the best—and greenest—fit.

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