By Jeff Berman ·
August 12, 2016
The PMA and ILWU appear to be committed to getting in front of things well in advance this time around, when it comes to getting a new deal done well in advance of the expiration of the current contract.
By Patrick Burnson ·
August 6, 2016
While many managers feared that post-Brexit anxiety would erode consumer confidence, global markets continue to grow with existing trade agreements taking hold. Will free market forces simply prevail without any new ones?
By Jeff Berman ·
August 5, 2016
Once again, the numbers in the American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) annual American Trucking Trends publication continue to show strength, even at a time like the present, when strength could in some ways be viewed in short supply, given the myriad challenges the sector finds itself up against.
By Andrew Lubin ·
August 5, 2016
Best-selling author Sebastian Junger’s newest book Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, has been published at a most appropriate time.
By Andrew Lubin ·
August 3, 2016
One wonders if Most Favored Nation status will survive.
By Patrick Burnson ·
August 2, 2016
With ocean cargo shipping analysts predicting a return to fairly robust peak season volumes on the U.S. West Coast, stakeholders are adamant that port congestion need not be an issue once again. Ocean ports update 2016, Ocean Cargo Ports News, Ocean Freight News, Port of Oakland
By Michael Levans ·
August 1, 2016
In Modern's 6th-annual Lift Truck Issue, we take a look at tying lift truck-driven data into operations, how to choose the right truck for the job, the Top 20 lift truck suppliers, TMS and more.
By Michael Gravier ·
August 1, 2016
Supply chains are showing an increasingly worrying trend – companies opt to take short cuts rather than make themselves better, sometimes in spectacular fashion.
By Jeff Berman ·
August 1, 2016
By Michael Levans ·
August 1, 2016
It’s my pleasure to present the logistics and transportation community with the results of Logistics Management’s (LM) “33rd Annual Quest for Quality Survey.” Quest for Quality 2016, Quality 3PL providers 2016, Peerless Research Group survey,
By Andrew Lubin ·
July 27, 2016
It’s been 36 days since Great Britain, the world’s 5th largest economy, voluntarily withdrew from the world community. Now that the sound and fury surrounding the surprise result has abated, what can the world expect?
By Patrick Burnson ·
July 26, 2016
Extreme wet or dry conditions can affect buildings, machinery, data centers, transportation networks, supply chains, people and sales.
By Patrick Burnson ·
July 22, 2016
The largest public companies in the U.S. chose to go even further into debt in 2015 instead of driving cash out of their businesses by improving how they collect from customers, pay suppliers, and manage inventory
By Jeff Berman ·
July 22, 2016
In a world filled with uncertainties, there are at least two certainties in the world of freight transportation, supply chain management, and logistics as it relates to federal policy: the federal gasoline tax will never see an increase and national transportation infrastructure that is badly needed will never receive the requisite amounts needed.
By Patrick Burnson ·
July 15, 2016
With ocean cargo shipping analysts predicting a return to fairly robust Peak Season volumes on the U.S. West Coast, stakeholders are adamant that port congestion need not be an issue once again. U.S. Department of Commerce