E-commerce
August 2022
Assemble your retail approach with this special e-commerce edition on the building blocks of omnichannel fulfillment and white-glove delivery tactics for big and bulky products. No toying around with customer delivery expectations as this edition tackles how to pivot to direct-to-consumer fulfillment and how to power logistics development.
May 2022
From revealing how to keep DC operations in harmony to listing transportation management systems of note, this edition is sure to strike a chord. Tune in for materials handling insights, a yard management system guide, and the latest on the intermodal advantages of key sites.
April 2022
Providing an annual report that reveals logistics IT market trends and a handy list featuring 100 of the most notable logistics IT providers, this edition sustains and nourishes efficient supply chains. Dig into the technologies and strategies that supply chain professionals serve up to streamline operations.
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.
March 2022
From strategies to reboot global supply chains to importing and exporting success case studies, this edition takes on an unsettled world and provides steadying insights. Discover leading global trade management systems, reverse logistics approaches, and how your company can not only survive but thrive in this new global landscape.
February 2022
Get armed with supply chain strategies and automation approaches for a changing business climate with this edition. From exploring scalable automation systems that are within reach for any company to revealing how to safeguard your digital assets, this edition will help propel your organization to more efficient and effective supply chain practices.
January 2022
Tune into this jam-packed edition covering supply chain lessons learned, predictions, and impactful to-do’s to fast-track your demand responses and transportation strategies. Under pressure? This special Planner Profile edition will help those takin’ care of business with profiles on the logistics leaders that can provide supply chain services, anyway you want it.
December 2021
Get cold chain logistics down cold with this edition, which explores the latest temp control innovations and food logistics trends. Also packed with insight on improving customer experience and developing your supply chain talent pipeline, this edition gives you actional takeaways for keeping your cool even in challenging times.
November 2021
This edition is quick to reveal the expedited transportation strategies that let shippers keep freight on the move even when it seems the whole world is conspiring to slow it down. Helping you save time in a bottleneck, the edition dives into the latest developments in the airfreight sector and rounds up a guide to the expedited solutions providers that can help you deliver…STAT.
September 2021
Get your freight where it needs to go with this special edition featuring effective trucking strategies and listing the top 100 carriers that you can rely on to keep your supply chain moving. From how e-commerce retailers are flexing to meet demand to insight into selecting the best warehouse management system for your business, this edition offers insider expertise and strategies for efficient supply chains.
August 2021
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Build a solid supply chain with this special edition packed with insights on the retail sector. From how online-only and omnichannel retailers construct efficient processes to the secrets behind pulling off white-glove, last-mile delivery services, this edition takes on the trickiest retail challenges and offers insider expertise and the strategies that deliver results.
July 2021
Trust our annual 3PL edition to bring you the latest market research on partnerships between shippers and their third-party logistics providers. Listing the Top 100 3PLs that won’t let you fall and featuring partnerships that have prevailed through a difficult year, this edition is packed with surefire strategies and disruption-busting advice. Also featured: the much-awaited reveal of the reader-voted Top 10 3PL Excellence Awards.
June 2021
From sustainable supply chain strategies to e-commerce delivery tactics, this edition highlights the inventive and innovative ways companies are optimizing operations. Listing 75 supply chain partners that will boost your eco-friendly initiatives and exploring the supply chain education reset taking place post-pandemic, this issue is evergreen with insights for streamlining your supply chain.
May 2021
From e-commerce fulfillment strategies that respond to surges and shortfalls to materials handling solutions that can handle the out-of-spec and oversized, this edition gets your warehouse operations in fighting form. Accelerate your supply chain processes with our handy guides to the benefits and leading providers of both yard management systems and transportation management solutions.
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.
March 2021
From leading global management systems that mitigate disruption to importing and exporting insights that ensure seamless cross-border commerce, this edition gives you the world. Discover how the global logistics sector is stepping into a new logistics era and how your company can thrive in this new world.
February 2021
From enabling fast fulfillment to supporting product handling flexibility, warehouse robots have transformed from sci-fi fantasy to supply chain powerhouse. This edition reveals how they propel productive, resilient supply chains and also explores the latest pivots in supply chain education programs and maritime logistics.
January 2021
From 137 tips to charge your supply chain to last-mile moves that uncork bottlenecks, this edition packs insights, predictions, and to-do’s to hone your approach and boost supply chain efficiency. And the logistics leaders profiled in this special Planner Profile edition will help you jumpstart your supply chain on the road to transformation.
December 2020
Turn up the volume on supply chain and customer experience strategies with this inside look at how shippers and their logistics providers rock their customers’ world, even amidst disruption. Also exploring food packaging standouts and career-making maneuvers, this edition packs insight for your CX efforts and supply chain strategizing.
August 2018
What can retailers do when one in four e-commerce purchases is returned? Plenty! This edition explores how retailers manage the complications of e-commerce returns and use technology to gain a clear view into their supply chains. Also: Florida: Gateway to America, Pathway to Global Trade.
March 2018
This issue gives you the world—from the annual Global Logistics Guide, which evaluates sourcing and trade locations around the world, to decision support when choosing a global trade management solution. With a view into how e-commerce is cultivating a new logistics landscape, and an in-depth look at how technology fuels truckload shippers’ needs, this edition draws you in with valuable insights.
January 2018
Many companies think they are already doing business in zeroes and ones, but a quick reality check reveals some gaps. This edition gets real about the game-changing benefits of a digital supply chain–improved integration, better visibility, one single view of accurate information–and gets you going on key steps to gaining a holistic view and putting a real-time demand-driven supply chain in place. From digital transformation takeaways to e-commerce strategies and supply chain finance insights, this edition will transform the way you think about your supply chain.
August 2017
From small businesses to national giants, retailers fashion e-commerce strategies to attract and delight consumers in an ever-more competitive market. This issue explores the equalizing effect of e-commerce and reveals how shippers and retailers overcome associated logistics, transportation, and fulfillment challenges. Also: Florida: Logistics & Distribution–The Future is Here.
March 2017
This issue gives you the world—from Inbound Logistics’ 13th annual Global Logistics Guide, a logistics world atlas that maps out locations for exploration, to the latest in global trade management solutions. With an Incoterms primer, a Global Trade Management Solutions guide, and an in-depth look at how e-commerce is redrawing retail supply chains, this edition draws you in with far-reaching insights.
March 2016
\Global trade impacts the supply chain and how you match demand to supply. This issue reveals tips for selecting a global trade management system and presents a transportation and logistics world atlas to help you pinpoint global trade hot spots. Also: The rise of intermodal and how e-commerce and logistics technology is helping SMBs level the playing field.
August 2015
To keep up with the rapidly changing world of e-commerce, today’s retailers explore ways to optimize supply chain strategies. This issue offers insight into how retailers meet increasing expectations for on-demand availability and expedited delivery in an omni-channel world. Also in this issue: cutting packaging costs, applying Lean principles to procurement and purchasing processes, filing effective freight claims, and more.
Site Selection & E-Commerce: Tapping Regional Excellence
When choosing new sites to locate fulfillment facilities, retailers opt in for e-commerce excellence and proximity to large population centers.
August 2014
The growth of online shopping is changing the retail landscape, forcing store owners to rethink the way they do business in order to negotiate the new terrain. Here’s how they are adapting supply chain operations to meet shifting demand. Also in this issue: hospital supply chains, Incoterms 2010, site selection, and more.
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.