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Keep up to date on what’s going on in the supply chain & logistics industry.
Amazon & Whole Foods Last Mile
To coin a 1978 song by country singer Loretta Lynn, “we’ve come a long way, baby”. The grocery store and corner market of yesteryear is about to change. Are we ready? Today we live in a much more complicated ecommerce and omnichannel world, where we expect fast, low...
Making Waves (Part 3): Last Mile Delivery & Transportation Innovators
In this edition of Making Waves, we examine two companies that aid brick and mortar and omnichannel retailers and e-commerce businesses provide personalized last mile delivery and quality customer experiences. We also take a look at a company that is helping smaller...
Disaster Relief and Supply Chain Disruption
Disaster Relief and Recovery As the world has seen with Hurricane Harvey in Texas, Hurricane Irma in Florida, Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas, Hurricane Maria throughout Puerto Rico and the Caribbean and the devastating recent earthquake in Mexico City,...
Supply Chain Technology & the Omnichannel Customer Experience
Consumers and the Omnichannel Customer Experience You do not need to be an Amazon Prime member to know that most consumers today order online, often from several different channels. It seems like consumers are using Google and mobile devices to search for everything...
Making Waves (Part 2): Last Mile Delivery Transportation Innovators
Here are a few more companies that are making waves in the supply chain and logistics industry. Each company was started to solve particular challenges, from helping companies comply with a new FMCSA ELD regulation to helping consumers who need to be able to schedule...
Why Use Voice Technology in the Cold Storage Warehouse
Because of all the changes going on in the perishable goods and food supply chain recently, refrigerated warehousing operators and public cold storage companies need to move goods differently than in the past. Challenges with inventory control, inventory management,...
Manufacturers: How to Use a 3PL to Reduce Costs
What are Manufacturing Support Services? For a variety of reasons, manufacturers often choose to outsource various aspects of their work to third party logistics companies, enabling them to save on recruiting, training, employment taxes, salaries and employee benefit...
Making Waves: 5 Companies Changing the World of Logistics, Last Mile Delivery and E-Commerce Fulfillment
Issues involving the supply chain, last mile logistics and delivery are hot these days. Package delivery and parcel carriers combined with courier and delivery companies as well as other supply chain and logistics industry companies such as warehouse and storage...
Using a 3PL for Meal Kits, Subscription Boxes & Kitting
Customized Fulfillment of Subscription Boxes for Consumers Today, consumers like the convenience of a “set it and forget it” mentality. They purchase subscriptions for everything from clothing, technology, food, personal care items and much more, have the automated...
Consumer Grade vs. Rugged Mobile Computers in the Warehouse
Rugged mobile computers are built to withstand tough working conditions across North America as well as in global locations. Using rugged devices enables your workforce to get work done faster, more accurately and productively and in a more consistent manner with...