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Recent, Happening Now
June 19, 2025
New eBook: Rely on an Integrated 3PL to Orchestrate Your Cold Chain
In today’s fast-paced supply chain environment, maintaining product integrity from origin to delivery has never been more critical—especially when it involves temperature-sensitive goods like food...
Recent, Happening Now
June 9, 2025
Happening Now: Transportation Pricing Outpacing Capacity
According to FreightWaves, transportation pricing grew faster than capacity again in May. Despite rising capacity, prices surged even more—signaling tightness in the transportation market and...
Recent, Happening Now
May 19, 2025
Per-Diem and Detention Charges in Shipping: What They Are and How to Prevent Them
Detention and demurrage charges—already a pain point for importers—are once again under scrutiny. In 2025, a mix of regulatory ambiguity, evolving steamship line practices, and a volatile...
3PL
October 2, 2018
Back to Basics: An Answer to Improving Warehouse Efficiency
I just finished reading the results of the latest annual Warehouse and Distribution Center Operations Survey (Peerless Research Group). One of the clear takeaways was that companies need to take...
Southern California Ports
September 13, 2018
Importing from Asia: Selecting the Right Shipping Port
Your company has made a cost-driven decision to manufacturer in Asia and import from Asia back into the U.S. The by-product of that decision is a much lengthier supply chain and cash cycle. Your job,...
Southern California Ports
August 30, 2018
Weber Opens New Long Beach Drayage Facility
Weber Logistics has opened a new port drayage facility in Long Beach, CA, less than 1 mile from the port. Situated within the Overweight Corridor, this new facility will handle Los Angeles and Long...
Southern California Ports
August 23, 2018
FROM PORT TO MARKET: How to Speed Distribution of Asian Imports to West Coast Ports
There’s a new supply chain mantra in the post-Amazon era, and that mantra is SPEED. Whether you are delivering to retailers or consumers, or both, customers want products faster in a more predictable...
Warehouse operations
August 9, 2018
Weber Adds New Inland Empire Warehouse
Weber Logistics has opened a 300,000-square-foot warehouse in Eastvale, CA (Inland Empire Region) for distribution of food and consumer packaged goods for multiple clients.
Logistics Management
March 29, 2018
Rules for Good Customer Service in Logistics
Good customer service is the lifeblood of a logistics business. It’s all about retaining your customers and sending them away happy – happy enough to pass positive feedback about your company to...
Southern California Ports
March 5, 2018
Where to Locate a Southern California Distribution Center
Looking for a Southern California distribution center for your products? Let’s go on a tour of the region’s 1.7 billion square foot industrial real estate market, the biggest industrial real estate...
Food Supply Chain
March 4, 2018
Choosing a Food-Grade Warehouse: 5 Areas to Evaluate
When outsourcing warehouse distribution, it’s essential to find the right 3PL partner. One that understands how to run a food-grade warehouse and remain in compliance with all regulatory...
Third Party Logistics
October 19, 2017
Shared Warehousing: Maximizing the Benefits
Do you use a 3PL to store and distribute products from a multi-client, or shared, warehouse? If you’re like many shippers with a shared warehousing strategy, you may need to change the way you...
3PL Outsourcing
September 7, 2017
FBA Shipping: A Double-Edged Sword for Online Sellers
For online sellers, Amazon.com is a major double edged sword. On the plus side, the marketplace gives sellers direct access to 250 million buyers. According to Forbes, 4 of every 10 dollars spent...
Capital Management