In the last three years, many companies have undergone significant changes to help them weather the tough economic climate. From streamlining operations to run as lean as possible, to reducing costs in... View More
For most companies, various internal and external support functions are housed in different departments, which can lead to inefficiencies, dropped customer requests and long wait times as they try to coordinate... View More
In a normal business environment, Operational Excellence for most companies means leveraging Lean Six Sigma teams to optimize and control critical processes. In this strained economy, however, it means... View More
According to a report from the U.S. Small Business Administration, small, diverse businesses, such as women- and minority-owned businesses, account for more than 10.6 million of the businesses worldwide... View More
At CDW in 2005, we were processing over 33,000 cartons a day, which meant a lot of box lifting. Back injuries skyrocketed, reaching their highest annual levels, at 157, for our Vernon Hills and North Las... View More
Members of the general public give little, if any, thought as to how it is that a parcel arrives on their doorstep or how they can go to a nearby store and purchase a product manufactured in a distant
Amazon wants to become the next major global 3PL, expanding beyond Fulfillment by Amazon.Amazon recently launched Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS), a new platform opening its freight, warehou
For years, parcel auditing carried an implicit prerequisite: you had to be big enough to justify it. The conventional wisdom among smaller shippers went something like this �
The debate on application programming interfaces (API) vs electronic data interchange (EDI) in logistics influences conversations as parcel carriers and supply chain technology providers expan
