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Third-Party Logistics

2023 Inbound Logistics Perspectives: 3PL Market Research Report
What’s trending in logistics partnerships in 2023? Our 18th annual 3PL market research report asked both providers and shippers.
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Putting 3PLs to the Text
There’s no such thing as TMI when third-party logistics providers work diligently with shippers to help them navigate macro changes and to provide accountability, transparency, efficiency, and streamlined supply chain operations. It’s 3PLs FTW.
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Navigating Supply Chain Uncertainty and Volatility with Proven Solutions
In 2023, The Logistix company sees its customers’ much more conscientious to their freight spend and notices contracted rates taking precedence along with more insight into forecasts.
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Navigating the Insourcing vs. Outsourcing Debate in Post-Covid Logistics
Logistics companies must go beyond traditional value propositions. Shippers expect benefits to be delivered at an accelerated pace without sacrificing control and flexibility.
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A Bolt From the Blue
An admitted workaholic, Mark Ang does a day’s worth of work before 8 a.m. While he is there for his team any time of day or night, he is a shockingly hands-off leader who encourages autonomy and gives his team space to spread their wings.
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Key Ingredients for Efficiency: 3PL Partnership Delivers Multiple Benefits
By partnering with Hub Group, a major dairy and food ingredient company is finding the right capacity at the right time while using supply chain data to become more time- and cost-efficient.
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Carrier Success Stories
The road to a successful partnership with your transportation provider can be long. But with the right mix of dedicated service, innovative strategies, advanced technology, and old-fashioned work ethic, carriers go above and beyond to meet shippers’ unique needs. Here’s how they get the job done.
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Easing the Pain of Fulfillment and Shipping
Since its launch in 2006, Tiger Tail USA, a pioneer in muscle care and recovery, has expanded from the garage of Spring Faussett, its founder, to producing and selling tens of thousands of units.
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3PLs Discover Value for Shippers
Technology, service and communication will differentiate third-party logistics providers.
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Keeping the Supply Chain Running in Ukraine
Since 2020, the business landscape has been full of crises for 3PLs operating in Europe. First a worldwide pandemic, now a war between Russia and Ukraine. Keeping a supply chain operating efficiently is challenging in the best of times, but how can companies best respond during game changing disruptions? Yuriy Ostapyak, a Ukrainian-born U.S. citizen and COO for Logistics Plus joined the Inbound Logistics podcast to discuss his company’s response to these challenges.
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