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Striking a Balance Between In-House and Outsourced Logistics Management

It’s easy for supply chain professionals to view staffing and scaling as a binary decision. But reality calls for a more nuanced approach.

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How an Asset-Light Fulfillment Model Can Free up Cash Flow

Healthy cash flow is essential to establishing strong vendor relationships, seizing growth opportunities and maintaining financial stability.

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Billionaire Reuben Brothers Sue Trafigura Over Nickel Fraud

Trafigura said it expected to lose nearly $600 million due to “systematic fraud” perpetrated by businessman Prateek Gupta, according to legal filings seen by Bloomberg.

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Visibility Again Dominates the Transportation Management Agenda in 2023

Shippers and logistics services providers are looking for technology tools to meet the requirements of today’s market.

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Why Should You Audit Your Freight Bills?

As transportation costs continue to rise and supply chains become increasingly complex, the demand for freight audit and payment services will likely grow.

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Parcel Rate Consulting — Is It Dead or Dying?

Advances in data science and software are disrupting the industry — and providing shippers with better results, quicker and less expensively.

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Report: Global 3PL Market Has Almost Doubled Since 2016

The global third-party logistics (3PL) market reached $1.47 trillion in 2022, according to Armstrong & Associates, Inc. (A&A), an increase of 14.5% over 2021 revenues.

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Watch: Why a 4PL Over a 3PL?

4PLs and 3PLs are not mutually exclusive, says Eric Rempel, chief innovation officer at Redwood Logistics. But 4PLs do have other capabilities that logistics managers might want to tap.

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Robots Speed Fulfillment to Help Apparel Company Scale for Growth

Challenge: A fast-growing D2C medical apparel company experienced significant growth in ecommerce order volume as well as dramatic spikes due to promotional activity.

Is Your Supply Chain Prepared for a Recession?

As inflation rises and recession looms, companies are compelled to take a close look at their production, supply chain and sales practices.

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Watch: Gearing Up to Face the Supply Chain Challenges of 2023

Despite inflationary pressures on companies' pocketbooks, now is the time for them and logistics service providers to gear up for challenges 2023 is likely to present, says Mike Riegler, senior vice president, LSP, One Network.

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Logiswift Opens Office in Houston

Logiswift, the Dubai-based provider of a software platform for supply chain orchestration, has opened its first office in the U.S., in Houston, Texas.

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