Almost everyone can recall being lectured about 'best practices' at one time or another. Sometimes it made sense, others not so much. Read more...

On the EBN site, Mathieu Guerville discusses a recent move by UL to address the issue of data flow among suppliers. Clean data being shared across the supply chain is a major key to quality and visibility, according to recent research by the Aberdeen and Gartner groups. Read more...

3PLs have had a place in the logistics landscape for quite awhile. They're not standing still, though. Adrian Gonzalez thinks the word 'convergence' is an appropriate designation for how 3PLs are adding additional services to their traditional offering. Read more...