3PLs Best-of-Breed vs. One-Stop-Shop
After a decade of acquisitions, XPO Logistics announced this month that it "intends to separate its brokered transportation services from its less-than-truckload (LTL) business in North America; [...]
Fuel Surcharges for Truckload
In the United States, according to the DOE, on-highway diesel fuel prices were $4.849 per gallon on 3/7/22, up $0.745 from a week earlier and $1.706 from a year earlier. This sharp increase in [...]
Unified Transportation & Distribution Management
Historically, many companies have taken a siloed approach to planning and executing their transportation and distribution processes (including labor and automation). That is, they plan and [...]
Is Taking More Direct Control of Your Supply Chain Becoming More Important?
As I highlighted in a November 2021 post titled “Taking More Direct Control Of Your Supply Chain,” over the past few years, there have been several examples of companies retaining or taking more [...]
Impact of Russia-Ukraine Conflict on Supply Chains
Last week Russia invaded Ukraine. In addition to the tragic consequences of war on lives and property, this event is "piling new troubles onto the world’s already battered supply chains," as [...]
