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As many companies continue to digitize their supply chain and logistics operations, they rely on their trading partners, including third-party logistics providers (3PLs) and freight forwarders, [...]

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; [...]

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 [...]

A recent Wall Street Journal article ("Farewell Offshoring, Outsourcing. Pandemic Rewrites CEO Playbook") highlights how some companies are "moving workers and production facilities closer to [...]

Last week, Uber Freight announced that it is acquiring Transplace (disclosure: Transplace is an Adelante SCM client). As the companies state in the press release, this acquisition "will create [...]

For many companies, third-party logistics providers (3PL) play an important role in their supply chain. How satisfied are you with your 3PL partners? If you do not work with 3PLs, why not?

Today's survey topic comes from an Indago member who is interested in knowing what criteria companies use to select a transportation broker. Which factors are the most important when selecting a [...]