When it comes to product packaging, primary packaging deals with the first layer of packaging that directly contacts the product. Secondary co-packing services refers to the next layer of packaging used to group various pre-packaged product...
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Supply Chain Challenges
In logistics, we measure just about everything. If it moves, we measure how fast. If it sits, we measure how long. If it costs money, we measure how much. But do we ever measure happy? Not often, if at all. And that’s too bad. Happy is an u...
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Supply Chain Challenges,
Warehouse Operations,
3PL Outsourcing,
KANE Company News
The Ultimate Guide to Being a Great 3PL Customer
This quick-read eBook lists 12 best practices designed to elicit greatness from your 3PL.
Safety In Logistics Operations
4 strategies to turn safety from a compliance-driven chore to a profit-driving opportunity.
The bar has been raised on logistics performance. Retail customers want perfect orders (expect a fine if they’re not perfect), and they want them faster and delivered within tighter and tighter time windows. As a logistics manager, the spot...
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Supply Chain Challenges,
Warehouse Operations,
3PL Outsourcing,
KANE Company News
Specific consumer products look exactly the same when they roll off the manufacturing line. To satisfy retailer requirements, however, these identical products are wrapped, sealed, tied and packed in dozens, even hundreds, of different ways...
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Supply Chain Challenges,
Contract Packaging
On February 11, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced plans for a commercial vehicle ban on all major highways in Eastern Pennsylvania in anticipation of a predicted snow-ice mix the following day. Thankfully, th...
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Supply Chain Challenges,
Logistics Safety,
Freight Transportation,
Truck Drivers
2018 was a tough year for both shippers and carriers as constrained capacity led to delayed shipments and higher freight prices. Q1 2019 has started like many Q1s have in years past, with a softening of the truck market. While things are sh...
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Supply Chain Challenges,
3PL Outsourcing,
Freight Transportation,
Truck Drivers
Among small and mid-sized suppliers to grocery chains and mass retailers, few would argue that big retailers are the power brokers in the retail distribution supply chain. But as these retailers push more and more of the burden of supply ch...
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Supply Chain Challenges,
Freight Transportation
#GivingTuesday is November 27th. It’s a global giving movement and you’ll (hopefully) see a good deal of coverage from many different, worthy organizations.
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Supply Chain Challenges
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