Feature Stories
The Customer Experience: The Last Mile Gets the Royal Treatment
This story examines how e-commerce retailers use last-mile fulfillment strategies to gain competitive advantage.
Supply Chain Super Bowl
Build-a-bowl restaurants are proliferating. But supply chain professionals have their work cut out for them because the concept creates new challenges.
Career Solutions: Talent Search
Internships have traditionally provided a short-term opportunity, but colleges and universities are experimenting with apprenticeships as a way to develop and attract supply chain talent.
Case Studies
I.T. Toolkit
Better Routing Takes Root
This case study tells how Weatherford Farms increased efficiency in its delivery network by switching from manual routing to an automated routing system.
LeaderSHIP
From Top Waffle to Top Rhino
Profile of Kevin Nolan, founder and CEO of Nolan Transportation Group, Atlanta
Reader Profile
Billy Duty: Formulating a World-Class Supply Chain
Profile of Billy Duty, head of North American supply chain with BYK USA, Inc., a division of Altana, a specialty chemicals company
Commentary
How-To
Ten Tips
Optimizing Route Planning to Cut Costs
Ensuring your transportation operation is making the most efficient use of vehicles, fuel, and drivers should be a high priority. Use these tips to keep transportation costs in check while boosting your bottom line.
Sponsored
Knowledge Base
The Need for Speed in Automated Truck Policy - WSI
Automated trucks will be the solution to the driver shortage—if they ever make it to the highway.
Solved!
Solved: TMS Offers Significant Savings - BluJay
With BluJay’s Transportation Management solution, Ace Hardware has automated tasks and gained visibility of orders, shipment status, and costs.
Thought Leaders
End-to-end Visibility is Crucial to Shipper Network Optimization - Schneider
Visibility is more than just the latest buzzword on everyone’s mind and tip of the tongue. LeAnne Coulter of Schneider explains what visibility means and its value in your supply chain.
Past Issues
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Checking InKeith Biondo
CX in the Era of Supply Chain Impatience
Transportation, logistics, and supply chain play an increasingly pivotal role in providing excellent customer service.
Good Question
GOOD QUESTION | What's the difference between supply chain visibility and transparency?
Readers explore the fine line between supply chain visibility and transparency.
IT Matters: Logistics & Supply Chain TechnologySean Riley
Building Visibility, Response, Resiliency
To maximize productivity, efficiency, and profit, Chief Supply Chain Officers should strive for visibility into the supply chain and confidence that it could handle any type of disruption.
Viewpoint: Logistics & Supply Chain AnalysisLawrence Catanzaro and Tony Fricchione
How to Navigate the Driver Shortage
The industry’s driver shortage is no secret. As carriers get more selective about the freight they haul, shippers need to make themselves more carrier-friendly.