Many lean quality improvement programs are not lean. There, we said it.
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When it comes to retail consolidation, there is one thing that keeping you from shifting a large portion of your freight from costly, less predictable LTL shipments to lower-cost, predictable truckload (TL) shipments. Volume.
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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.
Four important product packaging trends have prompted consumer goods manufacturers to rethink how they manage packaging -- and what partners are best suited to handle this important function. Logistics professionals who seek broader supply ...
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Supply Chain Challenges
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Contract Packaging
The grocery supply chain is one of the most challenging from a cost perspective. Margins are paper thin, so every penny of freight cost savings helps.
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Topics:
Supply Chain Challenges
This is the second installment in my Q&A series with KANE executives. This month’s victim: Larry Catanzaro, Senior Director of Transportation.
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Topics:
Supply Chain Challenges
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Logistics Labor Management
OK, it's time for some straight talk on freight rates and carrier metrics. Remember when you were a kid and you did really well on a big test? Let's say you got 97%. Chances are the paper had a few gold stars from the teacher. Maybe even a ...
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Freight Transportation
In early January, one of KANE's seven newly purchased tractors powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) caught fire on Interstate 81 in Pennsylvania, leading to an explosion when the flames hit the gas tanks. The incident was caught on vide...
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This is a story about carriers collaborating to improve freight capacity at a good rate.
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Topics:
Freight Transportation
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