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; [...]
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 [...]
Taking More Control of Supply Chains
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 [...]
Transportation Service Providers
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 [...]
Satisfaction with 3PL Partners
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?
Selecting a Transportation Broker
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 [...]
