Consumer Goods Logistics Blog

You’re a small consumer goods company in a tight margin industry. So you watch every penny of operational expense, including LTL shipping costs. You’d love to shift a portion of your LTL freight over to faster, cheaper, more reliable truckl...

Recently, we interviewed 64 top logistics and supply chain managers on the topic of retailer and supplier collaboration in the supply chain. Half were employed by retailers, the other half by consumer goods manufacturers. We wanted to under...

Have you ever read an article, heard a presentation or watched a video that suggested that more supply chain collaboration between retailers and their suppliers is a bad thing?

When it comes to retail consolidation, there is one thing that keeping you from shifting a large portion of your freight from costly, less predictable LTL shipments to lower-cost, predictable truckload (TL) shipments. Volume.

OK, it's time for some straight talk on freight rates and carrier metrics. Remember when you were a kid and you did really well on a big test? Let's say you got 97%. Chances are the paper had a few gold stars from the teacher. Maybe even a ...

This is a story about carriers collaborating to improve freight capacity at a good rate.

Capacity is a big concern these days when it comes to logistics distribution operations.

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