Guest Commentaries

Information Overload: What Does it Mean? How Can You Gain Control?

Debra N. Phillips September 8, 2022

There is little doubt that using analytics for supply chain decision-making helps businesses improve operational, strategic, and tactical efficiency. And supply chain professionals receive massive

Editor’s Pick: July U.S. Container Import Volume Maintains Record Trend for 2022 as Port Congestion and Delays Persist

Talking Logistics August 30, 2022

Note: Today’s post is part of our “Editor’s Pick” series where we highlight recent posts published by our sponsors that provide practical knowledge and advice

Overcoming Tight Capacity: The Growth of LTL and Shipment Collaboration

Nathan Adams August 18, 2022

Volatility is the new normal in the transportation industry, with consumer behavior and market conditions (read: inflation, fuel prices). Shippers and carriers are regularly challenged

The De-Globalization of Supply Chains Is Reflected In Trade Policy

Gary M. Barraco August 9, 2022

If we’ve learned anything in the last few years, it’s how vulnerable our supply chains have become in the last five decades. In a global

Demurrage & Detention Rules Under OSRA 22: Can Supply Chain Technology Help?

Jerome Roberts July 28, 2022

This year, we saw the first major revision of US maritime regulatory statutes since 1998 with President Joe Biden signing the Ocean Shipping Reform Act

3 Freight Trends + Strategies Shippers Need to Know from Q2 2022

Matt Harding July 26, 2022

Trend #1: While route guides are performing better, inflationary and deflationary pressures on rates have never been more challenging to synthesize into a confident rate

How to Make Technology a Friend, Not a Foe

Debra N. Phillips July 21, 2022

We live in an age when our technology devices are so intuitive that any 3-year-old can download the apps for Pokémon, Lego Duplo World, or

Why Resiliency Is The New Efficiency – And What You Can Do About It

Richard Howells July 19, 2022

Who was America’s first business consultant? A good candidate would be Frederick Winslow Taylor, the “scientific management” guy from 100 years ago. Born in 1856,