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How Does a Fuel Surcharge Work?
We can’t think of any shippers that like to see fuel surcharges added to the invoices they get from transportation companies. But the more you learn about how a fuel surcharge works, and why transportation…
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How Can a Supply Chain Reduce Waste
Every business must seek out cost savings in every corner of their operations. Wastage in supply chain processes, including raw materials, manufacturing processes, and finished goods can be a particularly large, yet unseen drag on…
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How to Improve Inventory Management
Inventory may be your most valuable asset. So doesn’t it make sense to find out how to improve your inventory management? The Biggest Problem in Inventory Management Even a small business, one that simply stacks…
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The First Step to Outsourcing Logistics – Setting Your Goals
Whether you’re a sole proprietor running an eCommerce enterprise from home. or a large, multinational corporation, logistics are part of your business. Maybe your warehousing requirements have outgrown the basement and garage. Or maybe you…
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How Autonomous Vehicles Will Boost Ecommerce (and We’re Not Talking About Driverless Deliveries)
Well, maybe we should talk about driverless deliveries first. Few recent conversations about transportation, especially last-mile delivery, haven’t touched on the implications of driverless vehicles, including drones. But the vast majority of ecommerce customers have…
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Why Logistics Outsourcing Beats Insourcing
When you consider the benefits of outsourcing your logistics, you can end up with a long and impressive list. From being able to focus on your company’s core competencies and reducing risk, to being more…
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Dedicated Delivery: A Fleet of Trucks & Drivers But Without the Headaches
If your business has ever managed a fleet of delivery trucks, and the drivers and schedules that go with it, you understand the headaches that can happen too. These particular headaches might be more like…
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Why Responsive Transportation Logistics Are in Your Future
If disruption is the new normal for shippers, then you must constantly be ready for anything. But are you? Yes, you have scalable transportation logistics so that you’re ready to increase or decrease capacities as…
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How Outsourcing Non-Core Functions to a 3PL Saves Money
If your business is manufacturing or distributing, you’ve probably considered outsourcing non-core functions to a third-party logistics (3PL) provider. For most companies, the benefit of being able to devote more company resources to the core…
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How to Choose a Third-Party Logistics Provider
There are three main scenarios in which your company needs to choose a third-party logistics provider. First, the decision has been made to transition from handling all or most of your logistics in-house. Second, you…
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Good News in Trucking means Bad News in Transportation Logistics
What’s the good news and how might it affect your transportation logistics? Here’s the good news part. In the U.S., orders for Class 8 trucks, the heavy trucks that haul freight across the continent and…
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How to Optimize Your Supply Chain
It seems like every day the supply chain ecosystem becomes more complex. that’s partly due to the increased visibility into the supply chain that we get from technology, the fact that it’s more process-driven due…