Third Party Logistics

According to Armstrong & Associates, 86% of Fortune 500 Companies are outsourcing to 3PLs, up 7% - Why? Outsourcing supply chain management allows you to focus on providing your customer with the best service and high-quality products.

This paper helps you find the common markers of a good 3PL and details how your 3PL should be a tentpole of your business operations, something that’s solid and reliable, so you can focus on your growing your core business.

This paper details how the IT Gap - or the gap between the technologies a 3PL provides and what a customer needs - is becoming a bigger problem as customers demand more agile fulfillment.

3PL Central, announced the release of SmartScan, a completely new mobile scanning application that directly integrates with 3PL Warehouse Manager™.

With many third-party logistics companies, 3PLs, not able to make the best use of their own fleets, the bond between vehicles and shipping companies is on shaky ground when it comes to omnichannel and ecommerce deliveries.

Finding a third-party logistics fulfillment partner that you can grow with and who you can trust can be a daunting task - here are 8 'must-have' and 'must-ask' questions that will help find the right partner for you and your business.

EasyPost has been named a Multichannel Merchant Top 3PL for 2019 and included in a listing of leading third-party logistics providers selected by the editors of Multichannel Merchant.

Manufacturer of large command and control vehicles relies on the Landstar agency’s support to plan the moves of its high-value, oversized and over-dimensional freight.

Application Program Interfaces, allows shippers and 3PLs to run their businesses more efficiently.

State of 3PL: More mergers and aquisitions on the horizon

The 2019 23rd Annual Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Study examines the global outsourced marketplace and leading trends for shippers and 3PLs in the logistics industry.

SEKO Logistics has expanded its global gateway in Chicago, tripling the size of SEKO’s Chicago hub and following its acquisition in January of GoodShip International, the Chicago-headquartered customs broker and freight forwarder.

The overwhelming demand to provide a superior customer experience at every consumer touchpoint will impact every aspect of the logistics and supply chain world.

The inexorable advance of Amazon is creating new challenges for logistics managers who must meet heightened shipper expectations while navigating today’s complex third-party logistics, 3PL marketplace.

In researching the perspectives of shippers, 3PLs, and carriers the final analysis shows that technology is not about to replace the human factor of relationships to understand and deliver on expectations.