Transportation

eyefortransport has just put together a map of the location density of all of the major North American 3PLs. The map gives you a macro view of 3PL headquarters throughout the US and Canada, allowing you to understand the industry’s distribution across the region.

The shortlist for this year's eyefortransport Customer Choice 3PL awards has been announced, based on the nominations by the members of the esteemed judging panel. 5-10 companies in each of ten categories have been announced as finalists.

Why 3PL contract renewals tend to have a shorter contract length and thoughts from Robert Vallender, the Head of Logistics for Nestle.

The London 2012 Olympics meant longer trading hours, restricted road access, increased congestion and heightened security across the city. This put pressure on supply chains to deliver products efficiently and reliably.

Do you have unlocked optimization potential in your supply chain set up? A Lead Logistics Partner (LLP) can steer you in the right direction. Scalable, flexible and giving real visibility, your LLP journey can start with a small step.

Supply Chain Matters (SCM) speaks to Mark Patterson, Vice President - Innovation and Product Incubation at DHL Supply Chain, to review the five most important supply chain trends of 2013, and what they mean for companies going into 2014 and beyond.

Consider what the world, and your life, would be like if there were no truck drivers. How would products get from the manufacturers to your door? What would happen to the world’s economy?

With the unprecedented power of the omni-channel consumer driving behavior in the global marketplace, companies — regardless of where they sit in the supply chain — must not only find new ways to achieve efficiencies and operational control, but also to accomplish these objectives with the agility necessary to competitively serve today’s end consumer.

American Shipper recently released its annual benchmark report entitled “Global Transportation Management Benchmark Study: Climbing the Visibility Sophistication Ladder.” The study surveys practitioners from a variety of industries as well as a cross section from a diverse organizational scale.

An international producer of healthy, convenient and affordable foods was stuggling to maintain an effifient, cost-effective supply chain. The third-party logistics (3PL) provider managing its West Coast distribution was failing to deliver on commitments, leading to unacceptable results.

Within UPS, Scott Abell is known as Mr. Peak. He spends the entire year obsessing about Peak Season, the busiest time at the world's largest shipping company. This Peak Season, UPS will deliver an estimated 300 packages per second. So how does it all work? Bloomberg Businessweek takes a look at how the company prepares for the holiday season.

In just one night, Santa has to visit millions of homes to deliver presents. If he could travel at the speed of light, the task would be simple. However, Einstein’s formula, E=MC², tells us that anything with mass cannot travel faster than the speed of light. And as we all know, Santa has mass.

Transportation network design is a rapidly-growing analysis approach that enables companies to create digital “models” of their end-to-end supply chains to evaluate new strategies and identify break-through performance improvements.

For companies across all industries, 2013 brought a number of challenges that significantly impacted supply chains and presented even greater uncertainty around the state of the transportation industry. Shippers were forced to adapt to a slowly recovering economy and increased regulatory mandates, compounded by the continued pressure to cut costs and maintain service levels – all while effectively planning for the future.

FedEx Corp. and Cardinal Health, announced today that they have formed a strategic alliance that will enable the companies to leverage their market-leading capabilities to provide 3PL solutions.

I would be shocked if a companies like UPS and FedEx aren't considering this," says Ryan Calo, a law professor specializing in drones and robotics. "If you want to compete in logistics and delivery, drones and unmanned robots have to be part of the conversation about where things are headed."

Google is looking at shoring up the same kinds of deficiencies that UPS and FedEx may be exploring, like the transport method for shuttling goods from central depots to local sort and delivery facilities.

Amazon's plans for using drones to deliver packages is just one example of the potential this technology offers consumers, and a reflection of the ingenuity of American business.

Sourcing your goods usually means dealing with multiple suppliers located everywhere - time zones, cultures, distance, and languages - it's logistics.

Third party logistics (3PL) companies have become an important part of today’s supply chain. They have grown as their clients decided to become leaner, conserve capital, and focus on core business strengths and processes. On the other hand, many enterprises view distribution/fulfillment as a strategic tool driving their business models. For them, the supply chain is much more than a transactional process, it is a competitive weapon.