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Thinking TMS
As the transportation management systems market broadens, and as software delivery options expand, businesses increasingly have TMS on the brain.
Read MoreCareer Solutions: It’s Who You Know
A well-engineered network of professional contacts provides the structural support to build a logistics career with potential for expansion.
Read MoreExpedited Shipping: ”We Need It Yesterday!”
Business is a blur for expedited carriers, and that’s just the way shippers like it.
Read MoreRetail Channel Convergence: Stock ‘Til It Drops
Changing consumer buying habits compel retailers to integrate in-store, catalog, and online channels to keep inventory on hand and shoppers coming back for more.
Read MoreNASCO: NorthAmerica’s SuperCorridor Coalition
The multimodal transportation network known as NASCO runs through the heart of trade in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Find out what makes this corridor unique and why companies are banding together to support it.
Read MoreE-Commerce Network Posts Profit, Holds First Conferences
Elemica, the virtual supply chain management network for chemicals, has reported $50 billion worth of transactions for the fiscal year just ended—its second profitable year. Elemica also will hold its first Supply Chain Collaboration Conference at the Ashland Inc. facilities in Dublin, Ohio, on Oct. 9. Next month, the partnership holds its first roadshow in […]
Read MoreUnivar Acquires Dow Canada Inorganics Distribution
Univar Canada, based in Vancouver, has signed an agreement to purchase Dow Canada’s western Canada caustic soda distribution assets. Those include all related supply and sales contracts, as well as storage and transportation assets—primarily a tank terminal leasehold at North Vancouver, BC—and a proprietary fleet of 374 railcars. This acquisition will increase Univar Canada’s annual […]
Read MoreLogistics at Sea Level
Ocean, rail, and intermodal leaders discuss why capacity concerns, infrastructure inadequacies, and a paucity of policy keep them up at night.
Read MoreRockin’ Rail
For years the rails sang the blues. Now they rock around the clock. Could rail transport soon be the leader of the pack?
Read MoreDrum Beaters
Bulk containers and 55-gallon drums continue to duke it out. Bulk containers are the heavyweight favorite, but the venerable drum has not yet gone down for the count.
Read MoreSetting Sites On Tomorrow
Third-parties and economic development interests can help businesses look beyond the basics to find sites fit for today and tomorrow.
Read MoreInbound Traffic Control
Tracking inbound transportation used to fly under shippers’ radar screens. Today, however, companies as large as Pepsico and as small as Pamida know the position of every shipment headed their way.
Read MoreInbound Logistics Trucking Perspectives 2007
An in-depth look at motor carriers and their customers.
Read MoreSpecialized Carriers: And Now for Something Completely Different
From traversing the tundra to White Glove residential deliveries the last mile is the most important.
Read MoreGo Figure! Freight Payment Services Add Up
The cost-savings benefits of outsourcing freight bill payment and audit are well-documented. But it’s the decision-support data these third parties provide that delivers the real payoff.
Read MoreManaging Domestic Supply Chains
How consumer goods manufacturers leverage domestic supply chains for fast cycle times that global outsourcing can’t match.
Read MoreTemperature-Controlled Logistics: Provide or Perish
Whether shipping fruit, seafood, flowers, or any other perishable goods, transportation must be fresh, fast, and error-free.
Read MoreWelcome to The 3PL Zone
There is a dimension beyond that which is known. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between demand and supply, between strategy and tactics, and it lies somewhere between the pit of an enterprise’s fears and the summit of its visibility and knowledge.
Read MoreGo Ahead…Pile It On!
Today’s outsourcers expect 3PLs to offer a wide range of value-added services. 3PLs respond.
Read MoreOutsourced Logistics: 4Ward Momentum
What is the real role of today’s 4PLs? How do they differ from 3PLs? Who’s driving the growth of this outsourced logistics niche? Inbound Logistics picks up the lead and explores the changing dynamics of the 4PL/LLP market.
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