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Don’t Let Your RFT be a 3PL Solution Designer’s Nightmare

Logistics Bureau

Selecting the right 3PL is no simple exercise, yet it’s one that’s all too often subject to shortcuts, a dearth of detail, and overly compressed timelines. Let’s take inventory management as an example. In many cases, we need only look at the very first steps in the partnering process to spot the first signs of rot.

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No Supply Chain Strategy? Here’s How to Develop One

Logistics Bureau

As a result, and as we’ve mentioned in several previously published articles, we’ve discovered that many companies lack a defined and documented supply chain strategy. For example, you don’t want to assume that a single logistics strategy and service approach will meet all your customers’ needs. It may do, but how do you know?

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Navigating unchartered waters

Automotive Logistics

Outbound cybersecurity lags behind . They started by thinking about security in the design of the car, and are now moving up into the supply chain to align security practices with select tier-one suppliers, for example ECU [engine control unit] manufacturers and firmware vendors. Establishing industry standards .