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Top 50 Trucking: Carriers rev up for a hot freight market

Tuesday, May 1, 2018 · John D. Schulz
The best of the best are planning big investments and more strategic operations geared to serve shippers in a roaring freight environment— one that's being driven by a booming economy and a tight labor market. Top Trucking Companies 2017
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Less than Truckload (LTL) market in high gear

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 · John D. Schulz
Buoyed by surging demand, less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers are revving up for 2018, warning that tightening capacity means sharply higher rates in a new era of pricing.

Tips for Navigating the Global 3PL Marketplace: Harnessing Shipper Expectations

Monday, January 15, 2018 · Patrick Burnson
When supply chain managers examine the global third-party logistics (3PL) marketplace this year, many industry analysts suggest that they take a “granular” view.

SCMR Analysts: 3PL Strategic Planning and Alignment for Future is Key

Monday, January 8, 2018 · Patrick Burnson
John Langley Jr., PhD., who serves as a director of development at the Center for Supply Chain Research at the Smeal College of Business at Pennsylvania State University says “Uberization” is going to change the game.
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Transportation Trends: The last mile, history repeating

Wednesday, December 6, 2017 · David Widdifield
When you look beyond the hype of all the new, innovative services and suppliers in the logistics space and view things through the perspective of the past, we find this delivery service capability has been used efficiently and successfully in the past.

DB Schenker Poised For Growth in Expanded Global Supply Chain Arena

Tuesday, November 21, 2017 · Patrick Burnson
In an exclusive interview, executives expand on global giant's mission and forecast

“3PL Value Creation Chicago Summit” Examines Supply Chain Complexity

Monday, October 30, 2017 · Patrick Burnson
The annual “3PL Value Creation Chicago Summit” staged by the consultancy, Armstrong & Associates, Inc., provided practitioners with fresh insights on how the industry will be shaping up in 2018.

Why Digital Transformation Matters in Transportation

Thursday, September 28, 2017 · Bruce Orcutt
Digital transformation in the transportation industry is a competitive weapon to improve your ROI.

The Amazon Effect and Your Supply Chain

Wednesday, August 2, 2017 · SCMR Staff
To keep pace with the "Amazon Effect", supply chain managers are forced to adjust strategies so they won't lose loyal customers or even worse their business. In this webinar we'll look at some of these new strategies, detail the results companies have had…

Kenco’s 3PL Study Points to Need for Innovation… 230;Now

Thursday, July 13, 2017 · Patrick Burnson
While new and improved supply chain innovations are always making headlines, a recent survey conducted by Kenco reveals that awareness and interest are not the same as adoption.
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2017 Top 50 3PLs: Investments and Consolidation Maintain Traction

Wednesday, July 5, 2017 · Patrick Burnson
The trend set over the past few years for mergers and acquisitions has hardly subsided, and a fresh injection of equity investment is transforming the marketplace. At the same time, shippers may expect to see 3PLs continue to purchase high-tech “solutions” and hire young…

Global 3PL Market Report Includes Estimates for 190 Countries in 2017

Friday, June 16, 2017 · Patrick Burnson
The global forecast for 3PLs this year, as composed by the consultancy, Armstrong & Associates is “lukewarm,” says the chairman Richard Armstrong.

Gartner’s “Magic Quadrant” Provides Fresh Perspective on 3PLs

Friday, May 19, 2017 · Patrick Burnson
Gartner's annual “Magic Quadrant” report that was released recently, on the eve of its supply chain conference in Phoenix, Ariz. The aim of the report is to provide a qualitative analysis into a market and its direction, maturity and participants.

West coast port issues remain a concern to 3PLs

Sunday, April 2, 2017 · Robert C. Lieb
In the annual 3PL CEO survey, most executives say that key customers were impacted by West Coast Port issues and that they are looking at ways to alleviate the problem.

Mergers, acquisitions and consolidation are driving the 3PL industry

Sunday, March 26, 2017 · Robert. C. Lieb
For the second survey in a row, leading North American 3PLs identified the consolidation wave as the most important industry trend.
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