Small and mid-sized companies (SMBs) have some advantages in the busines world. They can be more agile and perhaps more focused on customers than large, publicly owned competitors. But they still have to compete on the shelf, and that means...
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Consumer Goods Logistics
Today, most shippers don’t consciously collaborate with other shippers to share and drive down distribution costs. Today, it’s about “my” distribution network, not “our” distribution network. Over time, we think collaborative logistics wi...
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Consumer Goods Logistics
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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.
This blog post comes the president of Supply Chain Optimizers, Jack Ampuja, a KANE partner and a specialist in packaging optimization -- http://www.supplychainoptimizers.com When it comes to designing or selecting shipping cases, the market...
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Supply Chain Challenges
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Contract Packaging
For a typical warehouse, the largest operating expense is labor, which can eat up anywhere from 50 to 70 percent of the company’s warehousing budget. Therefore, finding the right people and maintaining high productivity levels are essentia...
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Logistics Labor Management
Collaboration between retailers and suppliers is widely touted as being the key to reducing inventory and cost in CPG logistics.
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Culture and tradition are sustained by stories. Here’s one from the KANE archives. Back in 1957, KANE Freight Lines was still in the early stages of growth, with a very small fleet serving the valley cities of Northeast Pennsylvania. But ...
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KANE Company News
KANE recently acquired the Southeast and Northeast distribution hubs of third-party logistics provider Nexus Distribution, headquartered in Bloomingdale, IL.
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To offset the tightening of capacity in the transportation industry, a growing number of shippers have been developing real relationships with asset based carriers. Shippers are beginning to move from a traditional lane-based transactional...
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Freight Transportation
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