Industry Expertise, Commentary & Best Practices

DC Automaton Gets Real

DC Automaton Gets Real

These systems are doing the heavy lifting to boost warehouse efficiency in today’s modern distribution centers.

Market Research: 2024 Trucking Perspectives

Market Research: 2024 Trucking Perspectives

In this year’s deep dive into the trucking market, Inbound Logistics explores the issues of greatest concern to motor carriers and their customers.

Freight Bill Audit and Payment Providers Solve the Case

Freight Bill Audit and Payment Providers Solve the Case

Clued in by big data and artificial intelligence, providers detect anomalies and dig up crucial information that shippers can use to optimize transportation costs and improve operational efficiency.

WMS 2024: Solutions Unlock Warehouse Efficiencies

WMS 2024: Solutions Unlock Warehouse Efficiencies

Bringing benefits including inventory visibility and order accuracy, these leading warehouse management systems (WMS) can help you gain operational insights and tackle the ecommerce boom.

2024 Inbound Logistics Perspectives: 3PL Market Research Report

2024 Inbound Logistics Perspectives: 3PL Market Research Report

Our 19th annual 3PL market research report reveals what’s trending in logistics partnerships in 2024, examining the challenges and opportunities shaping the market.

YMS: Your Yard, Optimized

YMS: Your Yard, Optimized

Yard management systems optimize a sometimes-overlooked supply chain link, helping shippers maximize the potential of their yard and strengthen key performance indicators.

Today’s Pallets: Leaders of the Stack

Today’s Pallets: Leaders of the Stack

Market changes highlight the need for a strategic approach to pallet management. With innovative product and service option developments, pallet providers deliver on a wide range of customer demands.

2024 IL Market Research: Logistics IT Steps Up

2024 IL Market Research: Logistics IT Steps Up

Inbound Logistic’s annual logistics IT market research report offers valuable insights into how shippers are harnessing supply chain technology to drive efficiency and profitability in today’s complex, global marketplace.

Content Partner Perspectives

Content Partner Perspectives

These providers have answers to supply chain conundrums. From managing risk to leveraging artificial intelligence, these companies help shippers strengthen and streamline their supply chains.

Highlighting DC Efficiency

Highlighting DC Efficiency

Consumer demand for speed and accuracy highlights the central role distribution centers now play in the supply chain. DCs are stepping up by tapping into technology and resources to transform and optimize operations.

3PLs Keep It Together

3PLs Keep It Together

Serving as the glue that holds everything together in the supply chain, third-party logistics (3PL) providers inject technology tools, advanced capabilities, and exacting attention to detail into the services they provide shippers. Here’s how they seal the deal.

Freight Pay: Beyond the Audit

Freight Pay: Beyond the Audit

As freight bill audit and payment providers transition to transportation spend management, leading companies deploy technology tools and offer services that transcend traditional freight audit and payment processing.

Selecting a Warehouse Management System + WMS Guide

Selecting a Warehouse Management System + WMS Guide

Looking to increase inventory accuracy, streamline fulfillment, and optimize equipment and labor utilization? A warehouse management system may be the answer. Here’s how to choose one as well as a short list of systems that can meet your warehouse needs.

2023 Inbound Logistics Perspectives: 3PL Market Research Report

2023 Inbound Logistics Perspectives: 3PL Market Research Report

Our 18th annual 3PL market research report reveals what’s trending in logistics partnerships in 2023. For starters: AI.

The Route to the Right Transportation Management System: Insight and Guide

The Route to the Right Transportation Management System: Insight and Guide

TMS vendors and service providers are expanding their offerings to meet your logistics requirements. This annual guide to top TMS providers and solutions can help you choose the best option.

Maintaining the Yard: Insight and Guide to Yard Management Systems

Maintaining the Yard: Insight and Guide to Yard Management Systems

The right YMS provides the insights needed to keep yard operations moving smoothly. Here’s what to look for as well as a handy list of leading providers.

Pallets Stack Up Supply Chain Advantages

Pallets Stack Up Supply Chain Advantages

From integrating with automated equipment to providing sustainability benefits, pallets provide steadfast support to supply chains while making gains in technology and versatility.

Intermodal Adds Value

Intermodal Adds Value

Intermodal solutions boost shippers’ options and provide advantages. Here’s why intermodal remains key to efficiency and how one port stacks up intermodal services.

Increasing E-commerce Efficiencies Block by Block

Increasing E-commerce Efficiencies Block by Block

Consumer expectations continue to stack up, and pressures on e-tailers are mounting. Here’s how companies are building efficiencies and constructing e-fulfillment strategies.

Solved!

Solved!

These providers have answers to supply chain conundrums. From providing supply chain visibility to meeting omnichannel demands, these companies help shippers strengthen and streamline their supply chains.

DCs Level Up

DCs Level Up

Now that achieving efficiency is more pressing and challenging than ever, distribution center operators turn to flexible automation solutions to boost productivity and optimize space utilization.

Freight Bill Audit & Payment: Savings in the Bag

Freight Bill Audit & Payment: Savings in the Bag

To save money and streamline supply chain processes, freight bill audit and payment providers help enterprises gain insights from their freight data and bring bottom-line benefits.

2022 Trucking Perspectives

2022 Trucking Perspectives

Inbound Logistics exclusive yearly survey of motor carriers and shippers offers a close look at the state of the trucking industry in an era of inflation and supply chain volatility.

Pharma Supply Chains Get Technology Booster

Pharma Supply Chains Get Technology Booster

Pharmaceutical and life sciences supply chains receive a healthy dose of innovation and automation solutions—boosting visibility, traceability, and productivity.

2022 3PL Perspectives: Market Research Report

2022 3PL Perspectives: Market Research Report

Our 17th annual 3PL market research report provides a view into the dynamics driving relationships between shippers and logistics partners in 2022.

Pallets: Front & Center

Pallets: Front & Center

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Playing a central role in the supply chain, the often-overlooked pallet is capturing the spotlight and evolving to keep up with rapidly changing demands. These pallet companies ensure standout performances.

Intermodal Is Just the Ticket

Intermodal Is Just the Ticket

With rail facility and infrastructure upgrades nailed down and intermodal network improvements on track, these ports and sites are riding high on the advantages of intermodal.

Solving the E-Commerce Equation

Solving the E-Commerce Equation

As labor constraints and capacity challenges persist, e-commerce complications multiply. Eureka! These logistics providers have it all figured out.

Global Trade Management Systems Guide 2022

Global Trade Management Systems Guide 2022

In today’s complex and unsettled business environment, global trade management (GTM) systems are more important than ever. These GTM providers can help take some of the stress out of managing a global supply chain.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Industry experts engage and enlighten with insight on some of the most pressing challenges facing shippers today, from overcoming cold chain complexities to managing freight spend.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Industry experts provide the information you need to drive transformative change and the solutions to address supply chain challenges, from right-sizing automation to optimizing expedited transportation.

Solved!

Solved!

These providers have answers to supply chain conundrums. From achieving freight spend savings to meeting peak season demands and beyond, these companies help shippers strengthen and streamline their supply chains.

Boosting DC Productivity

Boosting DC Productivity

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Faced with increasing e-commerce complexity, distribution centers have to balance flexibility with efficiency. Here are the products, equipment, and systems that can help streamline operations.

3PLs Drive Logistics IT Solutions

3PLs Drive Logistics IT Solutions

As consumer expectations and e-commerce shift into overdrive, more shippers are turning to 3PLs’ technology expertise to rev up their services and capabilities in an ever- changing marketplace.

2021 Trucking Perspectives

2021 Trucking Perspectives

In an exclusive annual survey, Inbound Logistics takes the trucking market’s pulse in highly unusual times, polling motor carriers and shippers to discover how they’re navigating today’s market.

Freight Bill Audit & Payment: Sparking Synapses

Freight Bill Audit & Payment: Sparking Synapses

In a globalized, fast-paced market, businesses need to fire off rapid and accurate insight to thrive. These freight bill audit and payment firms activate solutions and process improvements for shippers’ transportation networks.

WMS Guide 2021

WMS Guide 2021

Warehouse management systems are coveted now more than ever as consumer behaviors continue to shift. This short list of leading solutions can help your business stay agile to meet surging fulfillment demands.

Logistics Supports a Healthy Pharma Industry

Logistics Supports a Healthy Pharma Industry

Handling everything from freezing temperatures to micro-samples, these innovations and strategies boost pharmaceutical logistics with a healthy dose of efficiency.

3PL Perspectives 2021

3PL Perspectives 2021

Our annual 3PL Market Research Report uncovers the state of the union between shippers and their third-party logistics providers and reveals how they navigate supply chain challenges. Featuring handy charts and noteworthy figures, the section enumerates and examines the forces that influence their collaboration.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain and logistics technology leaders share knowledge and give guidance on how to improve business processes.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Industry experts provide the information you need to drive transformative change.

Solved!

Solved!

From deploying artificial intelligence to implementing pool distribution, these case studies highlight ingenuity and the ability to solve practical and complex supply chain, logistics, and transportation challenges.

TMS: Unlocking Transportation Efficiencies

TMS: Unlocking Transportation Efficiencies

READ THIS EDITION NOWTransportation management systems (TMS) are key to managing disruptions, capacity shifts, fluctuating fuel costs, and evolving customer expectations. This guide to leading solutions providers can put you on the road to improved performance.

3PLs: Custom Fit Solutions

3PLs: Custom Fit Solutions

Providing solutions that fit to a T, logistics providers are helping shippers increase visibility, flexibility, and accuracy. Offering seamless technology integrations and tailored transportation networks, these providers are well-suited supply chain partners.

Logistics IT Perspectives:  Market Research

Logistics IT Perspectives: Market Research

To help logistics professionals plan for the future, Inbound Logistics conducts an annual survey of logistics technology providers. Assembling data on current logistics IT trends, we paint a picture of the capabilities available today and the technology investments shippers are making to gain a competitive edge.

E-commerce Enabled

E-commerce Enabled

As e-commerce growth continues to explode, new technology revolutionizes order fulfillment and last-mile delivery strategies to help shippers keep pace.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Industry experts provide the information you need to drive transformative change and the solutions to address supply chain problems.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Industry experts provide the information you need to drive transformative change.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Industry experts provide the information you need to drive transformative change and the solutions to address supply chain problems.

Solved!

Solved!

These providers have answers to supply chain conundrums. From increasing e-commerce efficiencies to thriving amidst disruption, these companies help shippers strengthen and streamline their supply chains.

Above and Beyond

Above and Beyond

These customer success stories highlight the ingenuity and problem-solving prowess of leading logistics providers.

Knowledge Base and Thought Leaders

Knowledge Base and Thought Leaders

Leading contributors and industry leaders take on the challenges confronting shippers today and reveal how they drive transformative change. Experts share guidance on how to improve business processes.

Expedited Carriers Guide 2020

Expedited Carriers Guide 2020

These expedited freight solution providers and the services they offer help shippers move their freight—and better serve their customers—at lightning speed.

2020 Trucking Perspectives

2020 Trucking Perspectives

In our exclusive annual survey, we polled shippers and truckers to discover how they’re faring in today’s volatile market, what they expect in the future, and what issues loom largest during these unprecedented times. Some results may surprise you.

WMS Buyers Guide 2020

WMS Buyers Guide 2020

WMS solutions are top of mind now more than ever as customer buying patterns continue to change. These forward-thinking solutions can help your business react quickly to emerging fulfillment demands.

3PL Perspectives 2020

3PL Perspectives 2020

Our 15th annual 3PL Market Research Report uncovers what’s top of mind for both shippers and 3PLs and reveals how they navigate supply chain challenges. Featuring handy charts and figures, the section enumerates and examines the forces that influence their collaboration.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain and logistics technology leaders share knowledge and give guidance on how to improve business processes.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Industry experts provide the information you need to drive transformative change.

Solved!

Solved!

From implementing artificial intelligence to outlining strategies for thriving amidst a competitive supply chain labor market, these case studies highlight ingenuity and the ability to solve practical and complex supply chain, logistics, and transportation challenges.

TMS Buyers Guide 2020

TMS Buyers Guide 2020

This handy guide showcases TMS providers and solutions that will take your transportation operations to the next level.

Pallets Take the Spotlight

Pallets Take the Spotlight

Long a warehouse workhorse, pallets now take center stage in retailers’ sustainability strategies.

Intermodal Leans In

Intermodal Leans In

Intermodal beckons as a reliable train to catch for shippers as the supply chain prepares for its journey toward recovery.

Logistics IT Perspectives:  Market Research

Logistics IT Perspectives: Market Research

Inbound Logistics’ annual survey highlights key trends in the supply chain technology market and shines a light on the brightest and most innovative providers.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain leaders offer their perspectives on the logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Industry experts provide the information you need to drive transformative change.

Solved!

Solved!

These providers have answers to supply chain conundrums. From inventory strategies to cartonization-optimizing technology, these companies help shippers streamline their supply chains.

Global Trade Management Guide 2020

Global Trade Management Guide 2020

From resource planning and transportation management to analytics, these GTM solutions can take the stress out of managing your global supply chain.

E-commerce Engine: Technology Revs Up Efficiency

E-commerce Engine: Technology Revs Up Efficiency

Technology helps the supply chain stay on course as it navigates e-commerce and omnichannel roadblocks.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Industry experts provide the information you need to drive transformative change.

Solved!

Solved!

These providers have answers to supply chain conundrums. From AI capabilities to overflow product solutions, these companies help shippers streamline their supply chains.

Sponsored (KnowledgeBase/Solved!)

Sponsored (KnowledgeBase/Solved!)

Industry experts provide the information you need to drive transformative change and the solutions to address supply chain problems.

Airfreight Forwarders Guide

Airfreight Forwarders Guide

Need to move goods quickly? These airfreight partners offer speed and reliability with end-to-end solutions.

How 3PLs Add Value

How 3PLs Add Value

Increasing consumer expectations, market uncertainty, and other recent trends have only enhanced the value 3PLs bring to shippers. From technology innovations to process insights, here are the ways 3PLs unlock and increase supply chain efficiencies.

H.O.W (Help on the Way) 2019

H.O.W (Help on the Way) 2019

Wondering how to use expedited service for painless shipping to Mexico? Or how to build a supply chain based on speed to the Midwest? Or how a freight audit and a TMS can drive efficiency for your supply chain? Find out H.O.W. to handle these challenges in our annual compilation of logistics best practices.

2019 Trucking Market Research Report

2019 Trucking Market Research Report

Insights collected through Inbound Logistics’ exclusive annual survey of shippers and truckers unpack significant trends and challenges.

Freight Bill Audit and Payment Services

Freight Bill Audit and Payment Services

Meet the leading FBAP service providers that use big data and business intelligence to drive global enterprise change for their customers.

2019 WMS Buyers Guide

2019 WMS Buyers Guide

Warehouse management system (WMS) solutions help track inventory so you can pick and ship to customers faster, eliminating the errors and back orders that can cause them to bail on you. Use this list of leading WMS vendors to narrow down your choices and zero in on the right solution for you.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain leaders offer their perspectives on the logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Logistics KnowledgeBase gives you a data boost and the information you need to drive transformative change.

3PL Perspectives

3PL Perspectives

Inbound Logistics’ 14th annual 3PL Market Research Report examines challenges, trends, and future expectations that are driving shippers and logistics providers to change the way they manage logistics and supply chain operations.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain and logistics technology leaders share knowledge and give guidance on how to improve business processes.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Industry experts provide the information you need to drive transformative change.

Solved!

Solved!

When logistics challenges slow operations and threaten customer service, these logistics providers have the solution. Find out how shippers overcome supply chain problems with the help of these resourceful partners.

TMS Buyers Guide 2019

TMS Buyers Guide 2019

This handy guide showcases TMS providers and solutions that will take your transportation operations to the next level.

YMS Buyers Guide 2019

YMS Buyers Guide 2019

From providing visibility to assets to boosting operational efficiency, a yard management system (YMS) can ultimately deliver customer satisfaction. These providers have got you covered.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain leaders offer their perspectives on the logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

I.T. Gap? 3PLs Close the Loop

I.T. Gap? 3PLs Close the Loop

To help shippers meet technology needs and manage customer relationships, 3PLs come armed with innovative solutions and expertise.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Industry experts provide the information you need to drive transformative change.

2018 Airfreight Forwarders Guide

2018 Airfreight Forwarders Guide

These airfreight partners can help you fashion transportation operations that make your company a model of efficiency.

H.O.W (Help on the Way) 2018

H.O.W (Help on the Way) 2018

Looking to prioritize and select logistics technology? Need to use a TMS for shipment visibility and connectivity? Trying to make your holiday shipping less frightful? Wondering how to use expedited service for painless shipping to Mexico? Find out H.O.W. to handle these challenges in our annual compilation of logistics best practices.

2018 Trucking Market Research Report

2018 Trucking Market Research Report

Insights collected through Inbound Logistics’ exclusive annual survey of shippers and truckers unpack significant trends and challenges.

WMS Buyers Guide 2018

WMS Buyers Guide 2018

Warehouse management systems (WMS) help track inventory so you can pick and ship faster, eliminating errors and backorders. To find the right solution, start with this list of leading WMS vendors.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Industry experts provide the information you need to drive transformative change.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Industry experts provide the information you need to drive transformative change.

YMS Solutions

YMS Solutions

From providing visibility to assets to boosting operational efficiency, a yard management system (YMS) can ultimately deliver customer satisfaction. Here are the leading solutions.

TMS Buyers Guide 2018

TMS Buyers Guide 2018

This Transportation Management Systems’ Buyer’s Guide showcases providers, 3PLs, and systems that will take your transportation operations to the next level.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain leaders offer their perspectives on the logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

Logistics KnowledgeBase

Logistics KnowledgeBase

Get a data boost and the information you need to drive transformative change.

3PLs & Technology

3PLs & Technology

Still struggling to get your logistics technology up to speed? You’re not alone. See why companies are increasingly outsourcing IT to their third-party logistics providers.

Global Trade Management Solutions Guide

Global Trade Management Solutions Guide

Global trade management (GTM) solutions automate complex international supply chain sourcing, logistics, cross-border trade, and regulatory compliance activities. In the market for a GTM solution? Here’s information on some leading GTM vendors and their solutions to help you make an informed choice.

E-Commerce: Cultivating a New Logistics Landscape

E-Commerce: Cultivating a New Logistics Landscape

E-commerce continues to mow down traditional business practices. To adapt, companies serving manufacturing, industrial, and retail customers are seeding their portfolios with new services and not letting any grass grow under their feet.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Industry experts provide the information you need to drive transformative change.

H.O.W (Help on the Way) 2017

H.O.W (Help on the Way) 2017

Looking to turn data into supply chain action or better manage carrier relationships after the ELD mandate? Find out H.O.W. to handle these challenges in our annual compilation of logistics best practices.

Innovation in the Air Cargo Space

Innovation in the Air Cargo Space

With an emphasis on speed and service, Rickenbacker International Airport helps shippers move freight with speed, care, and efficiency.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Industry experts provide the information you need to drive transformative change.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain leaders offer their perspectives on the logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

2017 Trucking Perspectives

2017 Trucking Perspectives

Inbound Logistics’ exclusive annual trucking market research report delivers shipper and trucker insights into the industry’s challenges and trends.

WMS Buyers Guide 2017

WMS Buyers Guide 2017

Warehouse management systems (WMS) help track inventory so you can pick and ship to customers faster, eliminating the errors and backorders that can cause them to bail on you. Use this list of leading WMS vendors to narrow down your choices, and zero in on the right solution for you.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Industry experts provide the information you need to drive transformative change.

Sponsor Spotlight

Sponsor Spotlight

Here’s a great source of information on new solutions and updated services. This e-book spotlights the leading logistics solutions providers and brands that support IL’s mission: to help you match demand to supply.
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3PL Perspectives

3PL Perspectives

Inbound Logistics’ 12th annual 3PL market research report reveals the trends and tribulations shaping logistics outsourcing strategy for both providers and shippers.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain and logistics technology leaders share knowledge and give guidance on how to improve business processes.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Industry experts provide the information you need to drive transformative change.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain leaders offer their perspectives on the logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Logistics KnowledgeBase gives you a data boost and the information you need to drive transformative change.

Managing Yard Work

Managing Yard Work

Yard Management Systems are sometimes the missing link in the supply chain. Here’s why you should fill the gap.

TMS Buyers Guide 2017

TMS Buyers Guide 2017

Inbound Logistics’ TMS Buyer’s Guide highlights leading providers, 3PLs, and systems that can optimize your transportation operations.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Logistics KnowledgeBase gives you a data boost and the information you need to drive transformative change.

Solved!

Solved!

Have a supply chain problem? These providers have answers. From logistics IT solutions to equipment improvements, these companies help shippers streamline their supply chains.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain leaders offer their perspectives on the logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

GTM Solutions: Making a World of Difference

GTM Solutions: Making a World of Difference

Global trade management (GTM) solutions automate complex international supply chain sourcing, logistics, cross-border trade, and regulatory compliance activities. Use this guide to get to know leading GTM vendors and their solutions.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain leaders offer their perspectives on the logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Logistics KnowledgeBase gives you a data boost and the information you need to drive transformative change.

H.O.W (Help on the Way) 2016

H.O.W (Help on the Way) 2016

Looking to choose a single-source logistics provider or use demand chain management to increase profits? Find out H.O.W. to handle these challenges in our annual compilation of logistics best practices.
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Latest Trends and Whos Who in Airfreight Forwarding

Latest Trends and Whos Who in Airfreight Forwarding

Despite turbulence, forwarders continue to find cruising altitudes, providing reliable transport for shippers who need to quickly move goods—from fashionable apparel to critical components. Inbound Logistics’ annual guide spotlights the airfreight partners that help shippers soar.
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2016 Trucking Perspectives

2016 Trucking Perspectives

Inbound Logistics’ exclusive trucking market research report delivers shipper and trucker insights into the industry’s challenges and trends.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain leaders offer their perspectives on the logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

WMS Buyers Guide 2016

WMS Buyers Guide 2016

Warehouse management systems (WMS) software helps track inventory so you can pick and ship to customers faster, eliminating the errors and backorders that can cause them to bail on you. Use this list of leading WMS vendors to narrow down your choices, and zero in on the right solution for you.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Industry experts provide the information you need to drive transformative change.

3PL Perspectives

3PL Perspectives

Here’s how to form a relationship with your 3PL that’s so productive and strong, you’ll want to make it permanent.

KnowledgeBase

KnowledgeBase

Industry experts provide the information you need to drive transformative change.

TMS Buyers Guide 2016

TMS Buyers Guide 2016

Transportation management systems help shippers move freight more efficiently. Pinpoint the solution that best aligns with your needs with Inbound Logistics’ handy directory, which highlights leading providers and their offerings.
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Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain and logistics technology leaders share knowledge and give guidance on how to improve business processes.
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Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain and logistics technology leaders share knowledge and give guidance on how to improve business processes.

View as an eBook.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain and logistics technology leaders share knowledge and give guidance on how to improve business processes.
View as an eBook.

Whos Who in Airfreight Forwarding 2015

Whos Who in Airfreight Forwarding 2015

Our annual guide helps shippers navigate this dynamic industry, listing leading players of all sizes who can let you soar.

2015 Shipping Lines Directory

2015 Shipping Lines Directory

Inbound Logistics dives into the latest service enhancements and innovations offered by some of the industry’s major ocean carriers.

Freight Audit and Payment Services: Cash is King

Freight Audit and Payment Services: Cash is King

Freight audit and payment companies help shippers find the hidden cash in their supply chains by eliminating overbilling, and paying invoices accurately and quickly. Ready to partner with a provider? It’s your move.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain and logistics technology leaders offer their perspectives on the important logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

WMS Buyer’s Guide

WMS Buyer’s Guide

Ready to upgrade your warehouse processes? Turn to technology! These top-of-the-line warehouse management systems provide visibility, flexibility, and more.

Joint Supplement: Inside Logistics

Joint Supplement: Inside Logistics

The Institute of Supply Management and Inbound Logistics team up to provide an overview of the growing collaboration between procurement and supply management and logistics functions.

TMS Buyer’s Guide 2015

Inbound Logistics’ annual directory highlights the leading TMS providers and solutions.

Riding the Rails

In today’s high-speed logistics infrastructure, rail represents a key component of the intermodal framework.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain leaders offer their perspectives on the logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain leaders offer their perspectives on the logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

30 Under 30: Rising Supply Chain Stars

30 Under 30: Rising Supply Chain Stars

Announcing the 2014 winners of the 30 Under 30 Rising Supply Chain Stars program. Meet some of the brightest new lights in our industry’s firmament and see what makes them shine

H.O.W. 2014

H.O.W. 2014

Looking for tips on how to use real-time ground conditions? How to prepare for the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act? You’ve come to the right place. Find out H.O.W. to handle these challenges in our annual compilation of logistics best practices.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain leaders offer their perspectives on the logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

2014 Shipping Lines Directory

2014 Shipping Lines Directory

Inbound Logistics’ annual Shipping Lines Directory provides an overview of the industry’s major players, and what they are doing to continue offering valuable services in a changing landscape.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain leaders offer their perspectives on the logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

WMS Buyer’s Guide

WMS Buyer’s Guide

These best-of-breed warehouse management systems streamline order fulfillment, optimize inventory control, automate workflows, and more.

Freight Audit and Payment Services: Stacking Up Savings

Freight Audit and Payment Services: Stacking Up Savings

Analyzing shipment data can reveal trouble spots and identify opportunities to cut costs. Freight audit and payment services provide the supply chain analytics and expertise to give shippers an edge.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

A team of supply chain leaders offers insights on the logistics challenges and opportunities affecting businesses today.

Fleet Treats

Fleet Treats

These tractors, software tools, and tracking solutions can drive your truck fleet performance to the max.

3PL Perspectives

Our survey of the 3PL market explores how both logistics service providers and shippers are adapting to change, and pushing the outsourcing needle in new directions.

TMS Buyer’s Guide

TMS Buyer’s Guide

Inbound Logistics’ annual directory of transportation management systems offers a best-of-breed shortlist of leading TMS providers and solutions. 

Logistics Thought Leaders

Logistics Thought Leaders

Supply chain leaders share their perspectives on logistics challenges and opportunities affecting your business.

Stack, Store & Transport: The Indispensable Pallet

Stack, Store & Transport: The Indispensable Pallet

Pallets are a vital piece of warehouse equipment for storing and moving products.

Supply Chain Thought Leaders

Supply Chain Thought Leaders

Inbound Logistics assembled a team of supply chain and logistics technology leaders, and asked for their perspectives on the important logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

Warehouse Workhorses

Warehouse Workhorses

From forklifts to stackers, rugged tablets to safety equipment, these products are just what you need to give your operation a boost.

H.O.W. 2013

H.O.W. 2013

Looking for tips on making the most of intermodal transportation solutions, managing Hours-of-Service rules, or partnering with a 4PL to transform your supply chain? Find out H.O.W. to handle these challenges in our annual compilation of logistics best practices.

Trucking Perspectives 2013

Trucking Perspectives 2013

This annual market insight survey explores trucking trends and challenges.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain leaders offer their perspectives on the logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

WMS Buyers Guide 2013

WMS Buyers Guide 2013

Enhance inventory visibility, improve order fulfillment, and automate data collection with these leading warehouse management systems.

Freight Payment Services

Freight Payment Services

Freight audit and payment services allow shippers to leverage data to solve their business challenges.

3PL Perspectives

3PL Perspectives

Our annual 3PL market research report demonstrates how 3PLs are going beyond transactional services to help shippers grow in spite of economic uncertainties.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Inbound Logistics asked a team of supply chain leaders for their insights on the logistics challenges and opportunities affecting businesses today.

Pallet Strategies: Stacking the Odds in Your Favor

Pallet Strategies: Stacking the Odds in Your Favor

When it comes to selecting the best pallet for your shipments, the smart money is on a strategic approach that anticipates future needs.

TMS Buyers Guide 2013

TMS Buyers Guide 2013

Inbound Logistics’ annual directory offers a starting point for choosing a transportation management system.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Executives at leading supply chain technology companies weigh in on import compliance programs, freight spend management, inbound shipment optimization, and other top-of-mind issues.

Supply Chain Thought Leader

Supply Chain Thought Leader

Chuck Fattore of RR Donnelley explains how freight classification changes impact shippers.

E-commerce: Finding the Sweet Spot

E-commerce: Finding the Sweet Spot

Online retailers seeking new DC and warehouse sites need the transportation infrastructure and other resources to support a constant, rapid-fire flow of shipments.

Warehouse Workhorses

Warehouse Workhorses

A selection of products – from simple storage bins to sophisticated conveyor systems – that never quit driving warehouse efficiency.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Inbound Logistics asked supply chain experts for their perspectives on the important logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

H.O.W. 2012

H.O.W. 2012

Need tips on sustaining 3PL partnerships or keeping your supply chain afloat through natural disasters? Find out H.O.W. to handle these challenges and others in our annual compilation of logistics best practices.

Who’s Who in Airfreight Forwarding

Who’s Who in Airfreight Forwarding

Inbound Logistics’ annual guide helps shippers find airfreight partners that will help them soar.

2012 Ocean Carrier Guide

2012 Ocean Carrier Guide

Our annual guide offers a quick-scan resource for information on steamship line service offerings, capabilities, and new developments.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain leaders address logistics technology tools, maritime cargo security, and other key issues.

Trucking Perspectives 2012

Trucking Perspectives 2012

This annual market insight survey provides an in-depth look at trends and challenges facing the trucking sector.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Executives from industry-leading WMS solutions providers and trucking companies offer insights on top-of-mind supply chain topics.

WMS Buyers Guide 2012

WMS Buyers Guide 2012

Get the facts you need to select the right warehouse management system for your facility.

Freight Payment and Audit Services: Beyond Bills

Freight Payment and Audit Services: Beyond Bills

Once focused solely on billing accuracy, freight payment and audit providers now deliver financial insights through a variety of value-added services.

Forklift Spotlight

Forklift Spotlight

Lift truck innovations ensure a materials handling solution exists for every shipper’s needs.

3PL Perspectives 2012

3PL Perspectives 2012

Inbound Logistics’ annual market insight report demonstrates how 3PLs and shippers are banding together to confront existing challenges and capitalize on new opportunities.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain technology leaders address transportation management tools, cloud computing, sustainability, and other key issues.

Materials Handling Thought Leaders

Materials Handling Thought Leaders

Materials handling experts offer advice on choosing solutions and tools to maximize your warehousing and distribution operations.

TMS Buyers Guide

TMS Buyers Guide

Inbound Logistics’ annual directory offers a starting point for choosing a transportation management system.

Intermodal: More Than Roads and Rails

Intermodal: More Than Roads and Rails

Intermodal service excellence well-connected transportation infrastructure, plus support from knowledgeable logistics service providers, a skilled workforce, and affordable utilities.

The Power of Pallets

The Power of Pallets

Companies that use pallet systems strategically can reduce transport costs and promote supply chain efficiency.

I.T. Thought Leaders

I.T. Thought Leaders

Executives at leading supply chain technology companies weigh in on global trade management, EDI utilization, automated routing, and other top-of-mind issues.

Wind Power: Generating Logistics Opportunities

Wind Power: Generating Logistics Opportunities

The domestic wind power industry continues to grow, expand, and excel – and equipment manufacturers and specialty transportation providers are growing with it.

Logistics & Supply Chain Education Resource Guide

Logistics & Supply Chain Education Resource Guide

This selection of schools and associations offering logistics, supply chain, and transportation education puts a world of knowledge at your fingertips.

H.O.W. 2011

H.O.W. 2011

Need tips on evaluating a 3PL partner, improving maritime cargo security, or selecting an Alaskan airfreight carrier? Our annual collection of logistics best practices helps you tackle these and other challenges.

Whos Who in Airfreight Forwarding

Whos Who in Airfreight Forwarding

Inbound Logistics’ annual guide helps shippers explore airfreight partners that meet their unique requirements.

2011 Ocean Carrier Guide

2011 Ocean Carrier Guide

Inbound Logistics’ annual Ocean Carrier Guide provides an overview of some of the leading steamship lines’ assets and capabilities.

WMS Buyers Guide 2011

WMS Buyers Guide 2011

Get the facts you need to select the right warehouse management system for your facility.

Freight Bill Payment and Auditing Services: Finding the Hidden Gold

Freight Bill Payment and Auditing Services: Finding the Hidden Gold

They may be designed to perform a straightforward function, but freight bill payment and auditing services can also reveal money-saving operations data.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Supply chain leaders offer their perspectives on the logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

2011 Forklift Buyer’s Guide

2011 Forklift Buyer’s Guide

Lift truck buyers must match their facility’s needs with a materials handling solution that can flex with expectations. You’ll find some of the market’s top offerings in Inbound Logistics’ annual Forklift Buyer’s Guide.

3PL Perspectives 2011

3PL Perspectives 2011

This year’s annual market insight report offers a comparative analysis of how the dynamic duo of logistics service providers and shippers faced supply chain challenges during the past year, and how they are standing strong as they enter a new period of economic uncertainty.

I.T. Thought Leaders

I.T. Thought Leaders

Supply chain technology leaders address transportation management tools, cloud computing, labor management, and other key issues.

Materials Handling Thought Leaders

Materials Handling Thought Leaders

Executives at leading materials handling companies offer advice on choosing solutions and tools to maximize your operations.

TMS Buyers Guide 2011

TMS Buyers Guide 2011

Inbound Logistics’ annual directory offers a starting point for choosing a transportation management system from a dedicated software provider.

Thought Leaders

Thought Leaders

Executives at leading supply chain technology companies weigh in on global trade management, EDI utilization, voice technology, and other top-of-mind issues.

Harnessing the Winds of Change

Harnessing the Winds of Change

The wind power industry blows gusts of opportunity for project sites, equipment manufacturers, and specialty transportation providers.

H.O.W. 2010

H.O.W. 2010

Need to know the best way to ship freight to Alaska? Select expedited services? Find the most suitable EDI solution? Find out H.O.W. To handle these challenges and others in our annual compilation of logistics best practices.

Who’s Who In Air Freight Forwarding

Who’s Who In Air Freight Forwarding

2010 Ocean Carrier Guide: Full Steam Ahead

2010 Ocean Carrier Guide: Full Steam Ahead

Our annual guide offers a quick-scan perspective of how some steamship lines are investing in and expanding their services, technologies, and equipment to keep you moving forward.

Exclusive Research: Trucking Perspectives 2010

Exclusive Research: Trucking Perspectives 2010

Inbound Logistics’ annual motor carrier survey provides an in-depth look at the trucking sector, addressing growth areas and obstacles.

Sponsored Editorial: Trucking Executive Thought Leaders

Sponsored Editorial: Trucking Executive Thought Leaders

Executives at leading motor carriers share their insights on the capacity crunch, driver shortage, service accountability, and other hot-button issues facing the trucking industry.

Freight Payment Services: Dollars to Data (Sponsored)

Freight Payment Services: Dollars to Data (Sponsored)

Today’s freight payment and audit services have moved beyond number crunching to provide business intelligence data that delivers even morevalue.

WMS Buyer’s Guide 2010

WMS Buyer’s Guide 2010

Our guide to the leading warehouse management systems will help you research and select the right solution for your business.

Energy Security for the Future

Energy Security for the Future

When selecting a site for a new warehouse or distribution center, there’s a second infrastructure that demands attention—the power generation and delivery system.

2010 Forklift Buyer’s Guide

2010 Forklift Buyer’s Guide

Add some muscle to your warehouse and distribution operations with the leanest, meanest lift trucks on the market. You’ll find them all here, in Inbound Logistics’ annual Forklift Buyer’s Guide.

Ports-to-Plains Alliance Corridor

Ports-to-Plains Alliance Corridor

Spanning the U.S. heartland and reaching into Canada and Mexico, the Ports-to-Plains Alliance corridor links North America’s vital agricultural and industrial communities.

Your Guide to Routing Guides

Your Guide to Routing Guides

They surface after the sale—at the last minute—potentially costing a fortune, and they’re the biggest hidden challenge vendors face. Here’s all you need to know about routing guides.

3PL Perspectives 2010

3PL Perspectives 2010

Inbound Logistics’ annual 3PL Perspectives research report couples shipper and 3PL insights to illustrate the rapidly changing dynamics of the outsourcing industry.

IT Thought Leaders

IT Thought Leaders

Inbound Logistics asked a team of supply chain technology leaders for their perspectives on the logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

Yard Management Systems Buyer’s Guide 2010

Yard Management Systems Buyer’s Guide 2010

No efficient warehouse operation is complete without a well-run trailer yard. Our guide helps you find the right Yard Management System for your company’s needs.

TMS Buyer’s Guide 2010

TMS Buyer’s Guide 2010

Inbound Logistics’ annual directory offers a starting point for choosing a transportation management system.

Sponsored Editorial: IT Thought Leaders

Sponsored Editorial: IT Thought Leaders

One key step to finding answers to any logistics problem is knowing the right questions to ask. Inbound Logistics asked a team of supply chain technology leaders for their perspectives on the logistics challenges and opportunities impacting your business.

Wind Power’s Bright Future

Wind Power’s Bright Future

Rapid change follows rapid growth in the wind power industry. Bigger and better turbine components, sourced and sequenced from more locations around the world, have logistics service providers working hard to mix and match modes, and keep up with shifting demand.

Solving 10+2

Solving 10+2

Importers and exporters must make sure CBP’s new 10+2 equation adds up. Here’s the formula for successful compliance.

Wind Power Logistics: Tilting Toward Wind Turbines

Wind Power Logistics: Tilting Toward Wind Turbines

Wind energy is global, it’s green, it’s complex—and it’s capturing the attention and imagination of government, economic development, manufacturing, and transportation and logistics service providers alike.

H.O.W. 2009

H.O.W. 2009

Need to know the best way to create a lean warehouse? Gain reverse logistics efficiency? Outsource wind power logistics? You’ve come to the right place. Find out H.O.W. to handle these challenges in our annual compilation of logistics best practices.

2009 Ocean Carrier Guide

2009 Ocean Carrier Guide

Ocean carriers are awash in change—realigning routes and service frequencies to better match supply with demand; investing in logistics-driven technologies that capture and share information upstream and downstream in the supply chain; and acquiring bigger, better, and greener ships to pilot greater efficiencies and economies for ocean freight buyers. Inbound Logistics’ annual Ocean Carrier Guide offers a quick-scan perspective of how steamship lines are investing in and expanding their services, technologies, and equipment to keep shippers moving forward.

WMS Buyer’s Guide 2009

WMS Buyer’s Guide 2009

To provide some guidance in selecting the perfect Warehouse Management System, Inbound Logistics canvassed leading vendors to aggregate a directory of WMS solutions and capabilities.

Freight Payment Services: Boosting Invoice IQ

Freight Payment Services: Boosting Invoice IQ

Here’s a look at how freight payment/audit providers scrutinize shipper invoices using detailed reporting, sophisticated technology, and international capabilities designed to help shippers make bright business decisions.

INSIDE INFO: 10+2 Solutions

INSIDE INFO: 10+2 Solutions

For many shippers, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Importer Security Filing mandate, commonly referred to as 10+2, adds up to nothing less than a whole lot of confusion. This resource of 10+2 experts is a good place to find a partner that can facilitate compliance.

2009 Forklift Buyer’s Guide

2009 Forklift Buyer’s Guide

Inbound Logistics’ annual Forklift Buyer’s Guide can help you add some muscle to your warehouse and distribution operations with the leanest, meanest lift trucks on the market. The manufacturers featured in this special supplement offer the safest, best engineered, most ergonomic, efficient, reliable forklifts available.

3PL Perspectives

3PL Perspectives

Inbound Logistics offers exclusive research on the third-party logistics segment. The 3PL Market Insight Survey analyzes empirical data to identify market drivers shaping global outsourcing trends.

Best Practices Playbook

Best Practices Playbook

Whether you’re adding a new 3PL player to your team, or improving your transit time to goal, our guide will coach you on game-winning logistics moves.

Airfreight Forwarders Perspectives and Who’s Who Directory

Airfreight Forwarders Perspectives and Who’s Who Directory

Leading air cargo companies share their perceptions on important trends shaping the trajectory of today’s global supply chain. To get your search for an airfreight service provider off the ground, check out this list of leading players.

TMS Buyers Guide 2009

TMS Buyers Guide 2009

From on-demand Web-hosted applications to traditional licensing installations, over the road, on the rail, containerized, or parcel, TMS vendors and service providers are expanding their offerings to target specific end-user requirements. Because the choices can be overwhelming, Inbound Logistics offers this TMS Buyers Guide to some leading providers and solutions that can put you on the right road toward improved transportation management and performance.

Divide and Conquer: A Guide to Sortation Systems

Divide and Conquer: A Guide to Sortation Systems

An automated conveyor that diverts items to the correct spot could be the tool your warehouse needs for efficient, cost-effective materials handling. Download this guide to sort through a variety of sortation systems on offer from some of the industry’s leading materials handling companies.

Green Packaging Solutions

Green Packaging Solutions

These days it seems like the whole world is going green. Major retailers such as Target and Walmart are demanding sustainable packaging from their suppliers, and consumers are shifting their preferences toward eco-friendly products and green packaging solutions. If it’s time for your company tobegin investigating greener packaging options, you’ll find this list of leading vendors a good place to start.

IT Perspectives

IT Perspectives

Inbound Logistics solicited input from a diverse pool of 300 technology providers to gain perspective on the current logistics IT market. Statistical data, emerging trends, and anecdotal observations will shed new light on your technology investments and applications.

Bar-Code Printer Guide

Bar-Code Printer Guide

Here’s a roundup of some top bar-code printer models from the leading manufacturers in specialty printing solutions. Whether you’re looking for a high-volume workhorse, a compact desktop model, or a high-tech wireless wiz, you’ll find it here.

Inside Info: Load Optimization and Yard Management Software

Inside Info: Load Optimization and Yard Management Software

In its first installment, our guide to leading logistics resources showcases load optimization tools that help you squeeze every ounce of efficiency from your assets, and yard management solutions that track trailers and their contents.

2009 Truck Equipment Guide: Where the Rubber Meets the Road

2009 Truck Equipment Guide: Where the Rubber Meets the Road

Inbound Logistics goes bumper to bumper with some of the latest commercial tractors to hit the road.

H.O.W. Help Is On The Way

H.O.W. Help Is On The Way

Need to know the best way to manage risk? Negotiate contracts? Standardize fuel surcharges? Gain visibility? Develop infrastructure? You’ve come to the right place. Find out H.O.W. to handle these questions and more in our annual library of logistics best practices.

Exclusive Research: Trucking Perspectives 2008

Exclusive Research: Trucking Perspectives 2008

The annual Motor Freight Market Insight Survey provides an in-depth look at the trucking sector. Motor carriers and Inbound Logistics readers address growth areas and obstacles.

Freight Payment Services: Dollars and Sense

Freight Payment Services: Dollars and Sense

Freight payment services are no longer just about paying your carriers quickly. Today’s freight payment service providers have expanded their portfolios to offer an array of cost-cutting, productivity, and efficiency benefits.

Forklift Buyer’s Guide 2008

Forklift Buyer’s Guide 2008

Whether you’re looking for electric, gas, or LPG models, deep reach or narrow aisle, side loaders or omni-directional, the manufacturers featured in Inbound Logistics’ annual Forklift Buyer’s Guide offer the safest, best engineered, most ergonomic, efficient, reliable forklifts available.

3PL Perspectives

3PL Perspectives

Inbound Logistics offers exclusive research on the third-party logistics segment. The 3PL Market Insight Survey analyzes empirical data to identify market drivers shaping global outsourcing trends.

Airfreight Forwarders Perspectives and Who’s Who Directory

Airfreight Forwarders Perspectives and Who’s Who Directory

The results of our Airfreight Forwarding Market Insight Survey provide an up-close look at the industry and how intermediaries are expanding their global coverage and services to meet shipper and corporate expectations. To help get your search for an airfreight forwarder off the ground, this digital edition also contains a list of leading players.

TMS Buyers Guide 2008

TMS Buyers Guide 2008

TMS vendors and service providers are expanding their offerings to pinpoint specific end-user tastes. Inbound Logistics’ TMS Buyers Guide serves up an assorted menu of market players and solutions that can help satisfy your enterprise’s appetite for dynamic transportation management and performance.

The Evolution of Inbound Logistics

The Evolution of Inbound Logistics

From yesterday’s legacies to tomorrow’s visionaries, the theory and practice of inbound logistics is timeless. Take the journey from Ford and Toyota’s legacy, to inbound’s early adopters, through to the present and future.

WMS Directory: Plug In and Power Up

WMS Directory: Plug In and Power Up

Whether your demands are vertical-specific, dictated by existing ERP systems, or based on cost and complexity, WMS vendors are saturating the market with a wide array of solutions. Download this directory to find a WMS solution that can recharge your supply chain.

Bar-Code/RFID Printers Buyer’s Guide

Bar-Code/RFID Printers Buyer’s Guide

Whether you use them for asset-tracking, inventory management, point-of-sale, or warehouse management applications, bar-code/RFID printers play an important role in your supply chain. To help narrow the choices, we’ve scanned the market to offer you some of the hottest printers available today.

Back to School? Start Your Search Here

Back to School? Start Your Search Here

Succeeding in the logistics field often requires an advanced degree. But finding the right school to attend sometimes comes with an advanced degree of aggravation. Inbound Logistics is here to help. This guide will help you learn more about 25 schools offering a variety of logistics education programs for MBA-seekers, professionals, and distance learners alike.