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May-June 2017
Trust hasn’t always been an element in supplier relationships; all too often buyers have been encouraged to carry a big stick and get tough with suppliers to get the best price—no matter the cost. That approach to procurement is beginning to change. Browse this issue archive.Need Help? Contact customer service 847-559-7581 More options
As Amazon continues its inexorable march toward distribution and order-fulfillment dominance, logistics managers are examining the opportunities all modal players are promising as they build out their e-commerce supply chains. As a consequence, the nation’s industrial transportation networks have been largely transformed.
According to the CBRE Group, the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm, there’s been a proliferation of warehouses and distribution centers (DCs) spanning 1 million square feet or larger across the nation. And while “last mile” carriers receive most of the attention these days, the traditional modal heavyweights are in charge of connecting this ever-growing web of facilities.
“The massive warehouses and DCs have sprouted from Southern California to Philadelphia, clustering around metro areas that provide the combination of road, rail, air and sea access that e-commerce users covet,” says David Egan, CBRE’s head of industrial and logistics research in the Americas.
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May-June 2017
Trust hasn’t always been an element in supplier relationships; all too often buyers have been encouraged to carry a big stick and get tough with suppliers to get the best price—no matter the cost. That approach to… Browse this issue archive. Access your online digital edition. Download a PDF file of the May-June 2017 issue.As Amazon continues its inexorable march toward distribution and order-fulfillment dominance, logistics managers are examining the opportunities all modal players are promising as they build out their e-commerce supply chains. As a consequence, the nation's industrial transportation networks have been largely transformed.
According to the CBRE Group, the world's largest commercial real estate services firm, there's been a proliferation of warehouses and distribution centers (DCs) spanning 1 million square feet or larger across the nation. And while “last mile” carriers receive most of the attention these days, the traditional modal heavyweights are in charge of connecting this ever-growing web of facilities.
“The massive warehouses and DCs have sprouted from Southern California to Philadelphia, clustering around metro areas that provide the combination of road, rail, air and sea access that e-commerce users covet,” says David Egan, CBRE's head of industrial and logistics research in the Americas.
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