<img src="https://d5nxst8fruw4z.cloudfront.net/atrk.gif?account=17qJn1QolK10bm" style="display:none" height="1" width="1" alt="">
search_icon

    Consumer Goods Logistics Blog

    Get logistics updates straight to your inbox

    Jim Lahey | May 01, 2013

    How Smart CPG Companies Can Leverage Social Media for Business

    Social media is here to stay…at least until the next big thing comes along. Not too long ago, CPG companies struggled to prepare themselves for the electronic age. Now, companies do everything they can just to keep up. Smart companies conti...
    Read More

    Topics: Supply Chain Challenges, Logistics Technology, Freight Transportation

    Kane Logistics | January 23, 2013

    What is Data?

    Data can be defined many different ways. Depending on whom you ask and the line of business they are in, you will likely get different definitions. However, there is no denying that data is information, and businesses thrive on analyzing da...
    Read More

    Topics: Supply Chain Challenges, Logistics Technology

    The Ultimate Guide to Being a Great 3PL Customer

    This quick-read eBook lists 12 best practices designed to elicit greatness from your 3PL.

    wp-ultimate-guide-to-being-a-great-3pl-customer.png

    Safety In Logistics Operations

    4 strategies to turn safety from a compliance-driven chore to a profit-driving opportunity.

    Image%2054.png
    Kane Logistics | January 16, 2013

    Is it Technology or People?

    We've heard the advocates for both sides of this argument make compelling cases for why companies should invest in either technology or people given limited resources. The technology supporters proclaim that in today's fast paced, digital s...
    Read More

    Topics: Supply Chain Challenges, Logistics Technology, Logistics Labor Management

    Kane Logistics | December 12, 2012

    The Conundrum of Customer Metrics and KPIs

    "Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted." - Albert Einstein There are hundreds, if not thousands of metrics that are put in place across the supply chain today. Everyone seems to have a diffe...
    Read More

    Topics: Supply Chain Challenges, Logistics Technology, Consumer Goods Logistics, Warehouse Operations

    Alex Stark | November 28, 2012

    Technology and the Supply Chain: My Adventure with Skype

    Had an interesting business meeting this morning. While in my office in Pennsylvania, I was on speakerphone with a colleague in California while skyping (thank you, www.urbandictionary.com) with an engineer in Moscow who left a restaurant t...
    Read More

    Topics: Supply Chain Challenges, Logistics Technology, Freight Transportation

    Jim Lahey | November 14, 2012

    Mobile Technology Shapes the Future of CPG

    CPG: Mobile Technology is Shaping the Future Efficiency and accuracy are key in retail distribution of CPG products. Cellular technology is advancing at a pace that is creating a wild ride. People do not need to be tethered to a desk anymor...
    Read More

    Topics: Logistics Technology, Consumer Goods Logistics, Warehouse Operations, 3PL Outsourcing

    Alex Stark | July 20, 2010

    WMS market headed for a split – DC Velocity

    WMS market headed for a split – DC Velocity. In a cluttered playing field, one direction 3PL organizations are exploring is toward technology to deliver a competitive advantage. It appears that the WMS (warehouse management system) market i...
    Read More

    Topics: Supply Chain Challenges, Logistics Technology, KANE Company News

    '