Just back from Penn State's symposium on profitable sustainability in the supply chain. Lots of great examples of policy-driven green initiatives that drove environmental benefits while keeping the bottom line front and center.
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At the Food Shippers Transportation Conference in late February, one theme dominated hallway discussions: rising fuel costs and what to do about them. Here are strategies we regularly employ:
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The Ultimate Guide to Being a Great 3PL Customer
This quick-read eBook lists 12 best practices designed to elicit greatness from your 3PL.
Safety In Logistics Operations
4 strategies to turn safety from a compliance-driven chore to a profit-driving opportunity.
The new Hours of Service (HOS) restrictions were a necessary step to make our highways safer. But HOS limits have intensified the current freight capacity shortfall by taking trucks and drivers off the road. Carriers must now offset this ...
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In 2009, I published an eBook on Collaborative Distribution that made a case that the current model for CPG product distribution is broken. Instead of thousands of product manufacturers managing their own separate lines of supply to the EX...
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KANE Company News
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Freight Transportation
Chris Kane wears many hats: Chief Customer Strategy Officer at Kane Is Able, dynamic public speaker, logistician, brother, husband and father. Now he can also add "rainmaker" to the list.
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Michael Sansolo, the long time senior vice president of the Food Marketing Institute and past editor-in-chief of Progressive Grocer, guest blogs from his unique view of the changing nature of today's shoppers and their impact on the food re...
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Consumer Goods Logistics
In the most recent Gartner survey of university supply chain programs, Penn State University ranked first in both undergraduate and graduate programs. The survey explores how well leading universities are educating professionals to contend ...
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There's no denying that today's economy has changed the way we do business. As the relationships among manufacturers, retailers and third-party logistics providers continues to evolve, the concept of an embedded 3PL seems to be gaining grou...
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3PL Outsourcing
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