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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...
Vendor Compliance
April 27, 2018
3PL Onboarding and Retail Compliance Requirements
Whether it’s your first time outsourcing or you’re changing providers, partnering with a new third-party logistics (3PL) provider is an exciting time for your logistics operation. It is a time for...
Food Supply Chain
March 15, 2018
Food Distribution Logistics: Finding a 3PL Who Has What It Takes
Handing all or part of your food distribution operation over to a third-party logistics (3PL) provider may seem like a leap of faith. After all, you’re relying on the 3PL’s ability to maintain food...
3PL Outsourcing
January 26, 2018
Retail Suppliers: Why Supply Chain Metrics are Critical to Retaining Your Business
In modern baseball, the analysis of player performance has less to do with time-honored traits (e.g., power, speed, agility) and increasingly more to do with metrics. With these metrics, teams define...
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...
3PL Outsourcing
September 29, 2016
Why Utilizing a 3PL is Cost Effective
In today’s growing e-commerce world, online businesses are in a position to optimize their operations that will fuel growth, because they are able to focus on a single product-to-consumer...
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...
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...
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...
Third Party Logistics
June 18, 2014
Buying a Brown Suit is Like Choosing a 3PL Provider
Were brown suits ever in style? Perhaps, but today they are typically not the first choice for fashionistas. For those who don’t follow fashion trends, however, a brown suit might seem like a good...
3PL
August 14, 2013
Three Ways to Provide Best Customer Experience in the 3PL Industry
When it comes to customer service in logistics, one common theme I have found in my 25 years in the 3PL industry is that every leader at all levels has a need to focus on providing the best overall...
Capital Management