Download The shift from ME to WE in the supply chain is inevitable. The faster we get there, the better. That's my unvarnished opinion and I'm not moving off it. I've lost count on how many meetings, conferences, and conversations I've ha...
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Freight Transportation
Download About 1.5 million people commute to the island of Manhattan each workday. All start from different locations around the tri-state area but end up in the same place. The idea of all these commuters arranging their own way into New...
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Freight Transportation
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.
KANE recently collaborated with Capgemini Consulting to co-write a paper on Supply Chain Trends Impacting the Consumer Products Industry. Capgemini is well known for its work with the Consumer Goods Forum and others to map out how future v...
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Supply Chain Challenges
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Consumer Goods Logistics
Historically, packaging in the supply chain industry falls under the control of marketing either by manufacturers or their retail trading partners. However, decisions made early in the process can result in inefficiencies downstream during...
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Supply Chain Challenges
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Contract Packaging
I saw a great video recently featuring marketer Seth Godin. His basic advice to people and businesses: "race to the top," not the bottom. Godin's race to the bottom refers to today's trend to compete based on the absolute cheapest way to se...
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Supply Chain Challenges
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3PL Outsourcing
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KANE Company News
"What we've got here is a failure to communicate."
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Freight Transportation
Next week is the annual National Driver Appreciation Week championed by the ATA (American Trucking Association). Did you have that on your calendar? More directly, did any company out there who either employs truck drivers or uses a trans...
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KANE Company News
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Freight Transportation
While working on research for an upcoming white paper that we'll be publishing in the next few weeks, I was turned on to this 30 second spot from CSX. I thought it was well done – crisp, clever, and direct. 1 ton of freight moved 500 miles...
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Consumer Goods Logistics
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Freight Transportation