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4 Ways to Maximize Transportation Profitability
4 Ways to Maximize Transportation Profitability
May 24, 2016, 8:00:00 AM

A TMS System is Crucial In today's information based logistics environment, a Transportation Management System (TMS) is ...

Logistics News Update: Panama Canal Locks to Officially Open June 2016
Logistics News Update: Panama Canal Locks to Officially Open June 2016
May 18, 2016, 8:00:00 AM

The Panama Canal Authority announced its new locks are going to be opened in June 2016, nearly 2 years beyond the origin...

Target Playing Hardball With Its Suppliers
Target Playing Hardball With Its Suppliers
May 11, 2016, 8:00:00 AM

In the ultra-competitive retail world, Target is looking to supplier costs to improve supply chain efficiencies similar ...

More Self-Driving Delivery Applications
More Self-Driving Delivery Applications
May 4, 2016, 8:00:00 AM

On-demand delivery continues to set the standard expectations of today's consumer. To meet the demand startup, Dispatch ...

Four Strategic Advantages Offered by a 3PL
Four Strategic Advantages Offered by a 3PL
Apr 27, 2016, 8:00:00 AM

If you’ve never used a third-party logistics provider (more commonly referred to as a 3PL), they help companies realize ...

Daimler Chrysler Unveils the First Recognized Automated Semi Truck in the US
Apr 20, 2016, 8:00:00 AM

Daimler Chrysler’s V.P. of Product Development, Wolfgang Bernhard, and Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval are introducing th...

Durable Goods Orders Down in Most Manufacturing Segments
Durable Goods Orders Down in Most Manufacturing Segments
Apr 13, 2016, 8:00:00 AM

Orders for durable goods fell in February, capping a downward trend in the last four months, reflecting a broad-based sl...

Robots Expected to Fill Unskilled Labor Positions in the Coming Decades
Apr 6, 2016, 8:00:00 AM

Automation and robotic engineering applications are being tested in all sorts of unskilled labor positions in manufactur...

Ports of New York / New Jersey Set Cargo Record for 2015
Ports of New York / New Jersey Set Cargo Record for 2015
Mar 23, 2016, 8:00:00 AM

During 2015, the Ports of New York and New Jersey handled 6,371,720 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) or 3,664,013 car...

Current State of the Market for 3PLs and Shippers
Current State of the Market for 3PLs and Shippers
Mar 16, 2016, 8:00:00 AM

Among the evolving areas where both 3PLs and shippers need to be aware is change management. Currently, the global and d...