- 1. Third Party Logistics Important to Supply Chain
- (News)
- Third party logistics are helping keep the supply chain flowing, reports Transport Topics. Third-party logistics providers have been adjusting to normalizing market conditions as the historic supply ...
- 2. Deploy the Right Type of Supply Chain Control Tower
- (Supply)
- ... is a cloud platform focusing on providing end-to-end supply chain visibility and control. It integrates and extends existing ERPs, WMS and TMS systems with 3PLs, suppliers and manufacturers, and other ...
- 3. Big Ideas to Transform Your Logistics
- (Logistics)
- ... With the rise of e-commerce, businesses are now looking for partnerships and integration of 3PLs that can integrate with e-commerce platforms like Shopify. Omnichannel shipping Omni-channel fulfillment ...
- 4. Logistics Industry Talent
- (Logistics)
- ... Proprietary truck fleet services As a full-service risk management company, K-Ratio offers solutions for shipper customers, carriers and 3PLs by implementing aligned strategies to reduce the volatility ...
- 5. Amazon Freight Looms on the Horizon
- (News)
- According to Supply Chain Dive, Amazon’s announcement that it will soon offer its own shipping service has made many in the freight world nervous. Read the article onSupply Chain Dive
- 6. Amazon in the Logistics Space
- (News)
- Bob Ferrarri predicted a couple years ago that Amazon was getting into the transportation and logistics arena and would soon be competing with 3PLs. As is usually the case, he was right.In a followup article ...
- 7. Research on Delivery Expectations
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- The 'last mile' of the delivery process continues to be a battleground for on-line retailers. A recent survey describes what's actually happening in this arena, with consumers expectations of fast delivery ...
- 8. Logistics and IT - Made for Each Other
- (Logistics)
- ... customers and multiple locations. And a highly performing 3PL maintains visibility into not only its locations but also the orders it is managing for its customers. Increasingly, 3PLs are looking more ...
- 9. Evaluating a 3PL
- (News)
- On the Forbes site, Steve Banker provides some ideas on how to evaluate 3PLs when looking for a partner to help with operations. He looks at what types of metrics, data, and IT capabilities might be needed.Since ...
- 10. The Lean 3PL
- (News)
- It's obvious that if you're evaluating 3PLs to support a portion of your supply chain, you want to ensure you identify one with a 'quality' culture. But saying it's so doesn't mean it is.According to Steve ...
- 11. Moving Toward Better TMS
- (News)
- 3PLs and shippers have traditionally been a little slow in embracing technology. As supply chains become more global, and complex, they've moved toward the mindset needed to drive adoption of comprehensive ...
- 12. Can 3PLs Deliver?
- (News)
- Can 3PLs help their shipping partners develop creative supply chain solutions? That's the question Bill Tomasi, on the Supply Chain Digest's site, tackles in a recent article.Technology is important, but ...
- 13. Job Growth With 3PLs
- (News)
- The supply chain is a 'happening' arena for job growth. In fact, opportunities in certain areas of the supply chain, like logistics, are really exploding. One often overlooked role, according to Jeff Ashcroft ...
- 14. 3PL's Add Service
- (News)
- 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 ...
- 15. What's Visibility Mean to You
- (Blogs)
- ... serial or batch numbers are important to identify as well. Logistics managers, or 3PLs, need to create plans for manpower, equipment, routes and schedules, so they need visibility into order flows, weights, ...
- 16. Logistics Changes Driven by e-Commerce
- (News)
- On the Fleet Owner site, Sean Kilcarr reviews one of the major impacts of business shifts to e-commerce. New 'logistical patterns' are out there and 3PLs and others are struggling to address them.More changes ...
- 17. 3PL Consolidation Continues
- (News)
- In an article on the Forbes site, Robert Bowman explains why 3PLs are getting bigger but fewer in number. What's driving this consolidation trend?Investors like the increasing levels of sophistication and ...
- 18. Visibility and the 3PL
- (News)
- Omnichannel, visibility needs, and a host of other supply chain requirements may seem to be at odds with the practice of outsourcing logistics to 3PLs. However, there are ways to succeed in spite of the ...
- 19. Logistical Layers
- (News)
- 3PLs, 4PLs.... what's the difference? Which logistical functions does each perform and why are they becoming more prevalent? An explanation is in order, and a guest blog on the Supply Chain 247 site takes ...
- 20. What's a 3PL Anyway
- (News)
- A 3PL means different things to different people. Adrian Gonzalez, on the Talking Logistics site, discusses the common definition of the 3PL vs. what he feels they really do.It's an interesting role for ...
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