Continuous improvement is an important desire for users of 3PL services. Top 3PLs, and in fact most 3PLs, do a solid job establishing metrics and measuring progress against these metrics over time.
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3PL Outsourcing
We are all customers of something. How often do we get concerned or upset when things that we are trying to buy, use, get serviced, or the like go wrong? How often do we, in our own service delivery platforms, see customers make moves or d...
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3PL Outsourcing
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.
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
Are 3PL services a commodity? Some are and some aren't. The key is how these services are perceived by shippers who purchase 3PL services.
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3PL Outsourcing
In some industries (maybe most), competing organizations are so closely similar in design that it makes me think of stock cars. They all look pretty similar moving down the track, they all want to win, and they all have skilled people behi...
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3PL Outsourcing
Managing supply chain risk is a daily challenge for both parties in a logistics outsourcing partnership. The strategies to manage risk typically include transferring the risk to another party, avoiding the risk, reducing the negative effec...
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Supply Chain Challenges
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3PL Outsourcing
Over the last several years, there has been an intense focus on logistics KPI's and the development of metrics to measure 3PL effectiveness. KPI's that are collaboratively developed and focused on clear business outcomes are a great roadma...
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Warehouse Operations
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3PL Outsourcing
CPG: Mobile Technology is Shaping the Future Efficiency and accuracy are key in retail distribution of CPG products. Cellular technology is advancing at a pace that is creating a wild ride. People do not need to be tethered to a desk anym...
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Logistics Technology
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Consumer Goods Logistics
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Warehouse Operations
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3PL Outsourcing
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