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ChainLink 2020: COVID-19 Recovery

Preparing your supply chain for sustainable business performance in the aftermath of COVID-19 requires awareness of multi-modal transportation trends affecting your ability to manage cost and customer service.

2020 U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index

Benchmark your freight performance with the latest national and regional shipping volumes and expenditures.

Business Continuity in the Age of COVID-19

Working from home, employees may be wasting time and money mailing contracts to customers, sending samples to prospects or managing even routine shipments — while businesses quickly lose enterprise visibility. A cloud-based multi-carrier management solution can help maintain centralized control.

Supply Chain Operations: Strategies for Long-Term Success

Supply-chain management consultant River Rock Advisors breaks down four key components of a successful operational strategy: preparation, implementation, execution and measurement.

AI and Analytics: The Importance of Visualization and Data

The strong visualization of meaningful data is also crucial to a business’s success with artificial intelligence and analytics. It creates an engaging user experience that presents information in a highly intuitive way.

Man and Machine: The Future of Fulfillment

Robots present advantages that, combined with human brain and brawn, make for optimum operations that improve the lives of workers, too.

Robots and Long-Tail Strategy: Growing the Business Without Adding Labor

The coronavirus pandemic has made it clear that humans make supply chains vulnerable to failure. Greater reliance on automated solutions will be a given from here on out.

Top Five Roadblocks to Canada-Bound Shipments

It's About 500 miles from New York City to Toronto, but it can take as long as two weeks to complete deliveries. In fact, for many U.S. businesses, deliveries to and across Canada take significantly longer than those in the states.

Protect Your International Gains by Ensuring You’re in Compliance

Here's what it takes to successfully import and export — and a checklist to audit your current trade compliance program.

Foreign Trade Zones

Logistics efficiency, tax savings and enhanced cash flow lead the list of benefits available through foreign-trade zones.

Five Tips for U.S. Small Business Competitiveness in the Canadian Market

On-time deliveries, cost management and meeting customer expectations are just a few concerns that prevent small businesses from expanding to the Canadian market.

U.S., International Customs Practices Under Review As E-Commerce Volume Surges

A surge in volume is straining the resources of global customs agencies. Here's how the international trade community is responding, and how shippers may be impacted.