Feature Stories
Can You See Me Now?
New tools like blockchain and IoT, as well as advances in existing tools such as RFID, are helping companies gain greater visibility to their supply chains.
Alaska: The Last Frontier
Successfully tapping into Alaska’s growth depends on the perseverance, innovation, efficiency, and resources of logistics providers whose experience has withstood the test of time and travel in this most extraordinary state.
Choose Your Own E-Venture
As the demand for faster shipping and better e-commerce availability increases, retailers will need to adopt new order fulfillment and shipping strategies to stay in prime shape.
2019 Logistics IT Market Research Survey
Inbound Logistics' annual survey highlights key trends in the supply chain technology market and shines a light on the brightest and most innovative providers.
IT Gap? 3PLs Close the Loop
Today, many 3PLs provide the technology solutions and expertise shippers need to manage increasingly complicated customer relationships.
Case Studies
DC Solutions
The Leader of the Pack
Randa improves pick, pack and ship process with supply chain consulting firm VSS and Cybra's MarkMagic barcode labeling software
LeaderSHIP
On-Demand, One Package at a Time
Profile of Victor Finnegan, president and CEO, American Expediting
Reader Profile
Leading a Supply Chain With Dogged Determination
A profile of Matt Cantatore, COO of Ollie, a national service that delivers healthy, high-quality pet food that it sells direct-to-consumers.
Commentary
How-To
Ten Tips
Securing Truckload Capacity
Practical steps that shippers can take to improve their success in securing capacity.
Sponsored
Knowledge Base
How Freight Agents Can Utilize Data To Grow Their Businesses - Landstar
Freight agents rely on technology to maintain the daily operations of their businesses. But how are they using data gathered from technology to drive growth?
Knowledge Base
The Impact of Technology on Trucking
Although the trucking industry is slow in changing its traditional models or absorbing new methodologies, the impact and benefits of emergent technologies can no longer be ignored.
Knowledge Base
Overcoming Supply Chain Challenges With TMS Technology - Transplace
Navigating today’s supply chain challenges requires timely, accurate and holistic visibility into a company’s transportation operations. But that doesn’t mean access to more spreadsheets containing old data; instead, success relies on a shipper’s ability to view the entire network in real-time and easily access critical, actionable information.
Solved!
Advanced Optimization Techniques For Enhanced Solutions - Hub Group
A leading retailer engaged Hub Group to develop an optimized solution that maximized the limited capacity in markets throughout its supply chain.
Thought Leaders
Integrating Multiple Data Sources in a TMS
How to overcome the challenge of data management—integrating multiple data sources in a transportation management system (TMS)
Thought Leaders
How to Leverage a 3PL's Expertise with Packaged Applications
Knowing how to quickly set up and configure supply chain technology so the solutions work for individual customers is the key to getting the most flexible and powerful performance from industry leading package applications.
Thought Leaders
CRM System Brings Ease of Use and Multimodal Benefits - DLS Worldwide
DLS Worldwide’s CRM System provides customers with a simple interface in which shippers can find multimodal quoting, booking and reporting, shipment tracking, and invoice management with online payment options.
Thought Leaders
What to Look for in Real-Time Track & Trace - RateLinx
Track & trace data allows for the shipping process to move smoothly and expectedly and provides opportunities for remedies when things don’t go smoothly.
Past Issues
Digital Editions
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Checking InKeith Biondo
Singularity: Shape-Shifting Self-Aware Supply Chains?
Four recent independent Artificial Intelligence (AI) advances indicate that self-aware supply chains, or what some are calling cognitive supply chains, may be closer than we think.
Good QuestionKatrina Arabe
GOOD QUESTION | What’s the first thing you would do to address the supply chain talent gap?
Readers reveal the first action they would take to address the supply chain talent gap.
Smart Moves: Supply Chain Careers & Education AdviceAmy Wren
Tackling the Talent Gap From the Inside Out
To address today’s logistics talent gap, we need to rethink how we rethink the pipeline for talent in our own companies.
Trade Compliance StrategistRick Brumett
Don't Gamble With Trade Compliance
The complex international trade environment requires due diligence for shippers to remain compliant with ever-changing rules and restrictions.
Viewpoint: Logistics & Supply Chain AnalysisEric Woodie
Soy to the World
The longer the trade tensions between the United States and other countries persist, the more the U.S. agricultural industry needs to rally around containerized soybean shipping to overseas markets.