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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 Outsourcing
May 13, 2016
Tips for Choosing a 3PL for Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceuticals have become a necessary expense for almost all Americans. Nearly 60% of all Americans are taking prescription drugs and 80% are taking over the counter drugs. According to...
Southern California Ports
April 29, 2016
Where it’s Good to be Heavy – The Overweight Corridor
In society today, there is a large focus on weight. For many, the temptation of a pink box in the office can be cringing if you are trying to watch the pounds. Luckily in the logistics world it can...
3PL Outsourcing
April 21, 2016
What to Expect After the 3PL Selection Process
As the saga of the 3PL selection process comes to an end and a contract is signed, one must prepare for what comes next. A new journey with your 3PL is now beginning; a journey called the onboarding...
Shared Warehousing
April 8, 2016
Feel Confident with your Chemical Logistics Selection
As consumers we live in a world where we are forced to constantly make decisions. Some require a great deal of time and research such as buying a car and some are simpler such as buying lunch....
3PL
March 10, 2016
Find the Best Warehouse Pricing the First Time Around
When the search begins for a 3PL, we evaluate and consider many things. One of the make or break factors includes pricing. Now, do you want a rate generated on the spot or are you willing to wait...
Third Party Logistics
March 4, 2016
Establishing a Relationship with Your 3PL Provider: 5 Points to Communicate
With costs consistently rising, a 3PL partnership should be defined by more than just the cost of storing and shipping a pallet. For example, how much value does this 3PL bring? Do you even have a...
West Coast Distribution
February 5, 2016
5 Tips for a Productive and Efficient Warehouse
In the logistics and supply chain industry some of today’s biggest buzzwords are efficiency and productivity. Finding a warehouse that operates efficiently & productively will ultimately reduce...
Southern California Ports
January 28, 2016
New Logistics Solutions for Port Services Guide
Ever wonder how you can gain the competitive advantage over your competition? How about with an amazing port distribution solution? A new solutions guide for port distribution is now available that...
Warehouse operations
December 28, 2015
Say Goodbye to End of Year Inventories
In the past, annual inventories were executed at the end of the year based on an organizations accounting year. While that was a method to get a good annual inventory count, it had its challenges...
3PL
December 8, 2015
3PL’s can Help with Seasonal Fluctuations
As the final holiday push for many companies sends merchandise out of the warehouse and to retailers’ shelves, inventories become minimal and can leave many paying for empty warehouse space. Third...
Capital Management