Amazon's Advantages In The 3PL Market

October 21, 2015

Robert W. Baird & Co., released an extensive summary of Amazon’s unique advantages in the $400 billion to $450 billion global 3PL market.

Women in Supply Chain: What They're Doing Matters to the Future of Supply Chains

This year's award took in over 400 submissions, the highest amount of applications for this award. This is because what these winners are doing matters to the future of supply chains.

The 2022 Women in Supply Chain winners in attendance at last year's Women in Supply Chain Forum.

#BetterTogether. Women in Supply Chain Forum Promotes Collaboration in Logistics

The Women in Supply Chain Forum is the industry’s premier networking and educational forum tailored to men and women in executive-level positions to expand their professional network through thought-provoking discussion panels.

How to Manage a Stronger, More Resilient Perishables Supply Chain

How to Manage a Stronger, More Resilient Perishables Supply Chain

Optimizing perishable supply chain management can lead to benefits beyond cost savings and efficiency. Find out why RFID is the premier technology used in the food space.

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Navigating Severe Weather: Essential Tips for Shippers

At the end of the day, human relationships are still the most important factor in navigating any of these challenging scenarios. Here's 6 long-term strategies for severe weather preparedness.

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What Yellow’s Bankruptcy Means for Supply Chains Long Term

The Yellow Corp. bankruptcy may cause short-term pain for shippers, given that the company had roughly 10% market share.

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Phase 2 Regulations Expected to Drive Innovation

Dan Burrows, CEO and founder, TruckLabs, details the challenges behind EPA's Phase 2 regulations alongside its ability to drive innovation and make for more efficient and sustainable cold food chain logistics.

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3PL Best Practice Forum to Tackle Transportation Challenges

The new forum will support 3PL leaders by exploring the issues set to define the next decade for the logistics sector.

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Maintaining Sustainable Progress in Foodservice Distribution

Embracing sustainable practices within this distribution process can mitigate environmental impact. Here's how the newest technology, regulations and advancements are shaping the future.

How to Manage a Stronger, More Resilient Perishables Supply Chain

How to Manage a Stronger, More Resilient Perishables Supply Chain

Optimizing perishable supply chain management can lead to benefits beyond cost savings and efficiency. Find out why RFID is the premier technology used in the food space.

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SCN Summit: Future of the Supply Chain Opens Registration

Registration is open for SCN Summit: Future of the Supply Chain, the premier virtual event aimed at educating logistics professionals on critical issues impacting the supply chain industry.

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Less-Than-truckload: A True Shipping Advantage

Here are 4 things a good 3PL partner will look for when it comes to identifying and executing LTL shipping opportunities.

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How Digitalization Technology Helps Solve Food Logistics Dilemmas

Today, companies can digitize the entire ecosystem, making collaboration with trading partners easier thereby delivering mutual benefits across WMS and ERP systems that do not traditionally communicate with one another.

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RLS Partners Rebrands as CORE X Partners

Over the past three years, CORE X Partners has built a national cold chain network consisting of 52 million cubic feet through the acquisition of six family businesses and the development of a new facility in Massachusetts.

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How Self-Driving Trucks Curtail the Driver Shortage

Autonomous trucks have the potential to revolutionize the trucking industry. They could improve safety, efficiency, and productivity, and help to address the the truck driver shortage. However, there are still some challenges that need to be addressed.

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How Carrier Integration Marketplace Helps Ensure End-to-End Visibility

Here's how a carrier integration marketplace helps streamline delivery operations, handle order surges, ensure timely delivery and give complete visibility of orders.

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Motor Carriers Experience Spike in Equipment, Wage, Total Costs in Trucking: ATRI Study

Total marginal costs climbed to a new high in 2022 for the second year in a row, increasing by 21.3% over 2021 to $2.251 per mile.

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AI Chatbot Extracts Data Insights for Freight Management

CoPilot is a generative AI tool embedded in its freight management platform, ShipperGuide, that enables real-time data analysis and industry insights by harnessing the power of large language models.

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Logistics Confidence Index Unlocks Growth Potential

The Logistics Confidence Index has been instrumental in identifying clear indicators of market fluctuations and how that intel has helped shippers prioritize business strategies.

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How to Leverage all the Shipping Options at Your Disposal

Eagerness on both sides – by shippers wanting to cut costs and carriers wanting to fill trailers – has triggered a surge in vitality for a specific transactional arrangement – volume less-than-truckload shipping (volume LTL, or VLTL).

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Updates on West Coast Port Disruptions and the I-95 Bridge Collapse

So far, the operations at the ports in Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland and Seattle have been temporarily disrupted.

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How TMSA Truly Elevates Supply Chain Relationships

It didn’t matter that some sessions didn't apply to me. For me, it was about relationship building. It was about networking. It was about learning.

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Top 3PL & Cold Storage Providers: Adopting and Adapting are Key to Cold Chain Success

This award recognizes leading third-party logistics and cold storage providers in the cold food and beverage industry.

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3PL Partnerships Improve Safety and Compliance in Cold Chain Logistics

Using a qualified 3PL expert for cold chain transportation allows shippers to move temperature-sensitive products with the utmost safety and timeliness, ensuring happy customers and an uncompromised brand reputation.

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Highway Collapse Highlights the Need for Alternative Transportation

A trucking tanker containing 8,500 gallons of gas caught fire and collapsed a portion of I-95 in northern Philadelphia, PA, one of the busiest urban corridors of the Northeast, revealing how fragile our system can really be.

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3PLs Get More Than Just Automation in the Age of Technology

From WMS and TMS to fleet management solutions and robotics, here's a rundown of the top software and technologies being adopted in the 3PL/cold chain space.

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Top 5 Key Considerations for Effective Last-Mile Delivery

Plan your last-mile delivery, use the right technology, create a digital footprint of operations, be customer-centric, and make use of 3PL or your own fleet to get the items delivered.

How to Manage a Stronger, More Resilient Perishables Supply Chain

How to Manage a Stronger, More Resilient Perishables Supply Chain

Optimizing perishable supply chain management can lead to benefits beyond cost savings and efficiency. Find out why RFID is the premier technology used in the food space.