Wed.Dec 13, 2017

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Wine Consumption Surges, Creating Opportunity for 3PLs

Food Logistics

People have been drinking wine for 10 millennia. Modern logistics makes it easier to enjoy around the globe.

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You Want It When? When Standard Delivery Is Not Enough Understand Your Options

LandLink

Years ago, the term "Expedited Service" would send chills down the spine of the accountants, and almost always get someone a good thrashing for whatever went wrong to create the need to call an expedited carrier. As today's supply chain and inventory systems have evolved into a complicated dance of extreme efficiencies and razor thin inventory levels, expedited freight transportation has matured along with them as an integral cog that is the wheel of the 21st century supply chain philosophy.

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Ryder Secures 90-Day ELD Mandate Waiver for Rental Customers

Food Logistics

The waiver will ease the transition to electronic logging devices for commercial short-term renters.

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The Importance of Shipping The Perfect Apparel Order

Apparel Logistics

We live in an imperfect world, but that doesn't mean perfection is unattainable. In fact, striving for perfection helps you deliver what your customers deserve. With the rise of online shopping, shipping is one area where perfection breeds success. How Do You Ship the Perfect Apparel Order? When you're striving for perfect orders, what are you striving for?

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Artificial Intelligence and the Transportation Industry

Artificial intelligence has quickly become a feature of everyday life: Using face ID to unlock a phone, communicating with online chatbots, and letting “smart” appliances help manage our homes are just a few of the ways that we interact with AI regularly. Forward-looking businesses are also using AI to transform their operations and gain a competitive edge.

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Mergers and Acquisitions in Logistics: Culture Alignment Matters

Talking Logistics

For several years now, there has been a steady stream of mergers and acquisitions in the transportation and logistics industry — from big, high-profile, mega deals to very small transactions to everything in between. What has been driving all of this M&A activity? “If you start at the consumer and work your way backwards through the supply chain, what you find is that the demands in the marketplace have significantly changed,” said Frank McGuigan, President and Chief Operating Officer