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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Supply Chain Challenges
Recently, we added a new customer after many months of discussions. On the surface, it looked like your typical sales process. There were meetings and phone calls, a few dinners, some power point slides…. One thing was different, though. ...
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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.
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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Supply Chain Challenges
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Consumer Goods Logistics
When you enter KANE's Northeast distribution campus in Scranton, PA you'll spot a vintage delivery truck from the 1930s. It's our original truck and there's something about it that, despite its skinny tires and pint-sized engine, make it f...
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3PL Outsourcing
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KANE Company News
Reading my recent copy of Inbound Logistics (May 2011), I discovered a paid advertisement railing against using terms to essentially re-brand a service or product that is already in existence. We’ve all been to the supermarket and seen the...
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Freight Transportation
Just back from a visit to the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) offices in Washington, DC (KANE is an associate member). Interesting stuff. GMA is made up primarily of food and beverage manufacturers, as well as other manufacturers wh...
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This blog post comes from Giles Taylor, a transportation consultant who specializes in giving small to mid-sized companies the facts required to make smart decisions on transportation and logistics – www.trans-solutions.com
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Supply Chain Challenges
Tom Corbett, the newly elected Governor of Pennsylvania, spoke on March 17th to an audience of business leaders at the Scranton Chamber of Commerce. This was the Governor's first visit to the Electric City. He started out by stating that he...
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