LTL clearly plays a critical role for consumer goods manufacturers in getting products to market. But it costs significantly more than truckload shipments and it’s less reliable. By using a 3PL to consolidate loads with other shippers, smal...
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Freight Transportation
You’re a small consumer goods company in a tight margin industry. So you watch every penny of operational expense, including LTL shipping costs. You’d love to shift a portion of your LTL freight over to faster, cheaper, more reliable truckl...
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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.
Companies that outsource logistics to a third party logistics provider (3PL) certainly want to maximize 3PL benefits. Ironically, the success or failure of a relationship has as much, or more, to do with the actions of the CUSTOMER as the 3...
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3PL Outsourcing
Lean quality improvement programs can drive millions of dollars in value within your supply chain. But if you're not careful, lean program management can create bureaucratic barriers to getting the work done and realizing this value.
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Warehouse Operations
Recent M&A activity in the logistics services space has made large, global 3PLs even larger, absorbing smaller providers in the process. This trend, combined with the increasing tendency among shippers to consolidate 3PL partners, begs ...
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3PL Outsourcing
Recently, we interviewed 64 top logistics and supply chain managers on the topic of retailer and supplier collaboration in the supply chain. Half were employed by retailers, the other half by consumer goods manufacturers. We wanted to und...
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Freight Transportation
KANE recently completed research on the retail supply chain with supply chain executives at both retailers and suppliers. The aim of the research was to identify the biggest alignment gaps between retailers and suppliers. Read a summary o...
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Consumer Goods Logistics
What’s the future of work in America? Here is a tale of two workplaces.
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Logistics Labor Management
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