Guest Commentaries

Four Signs That It’s Time to Rethink Transportation Management

BluJay Solutions January 23, 2020

Is your supply chain at a crossroads? Customers want next-day or same-day shipments, IT departments are overextended, and your transportation management system (TMS) has become

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Why You Need to Centralize Transportation Management Operations

Chris Jones January 21, 2020

A recent review of two companies with different transportation management strategies reinforced my belief that centralization of transportation management operations will produce better operating results

Truckload Tactics for 2020: Balance Strategy to Control Cost

James Mathews January 16, 2020

Truckload rates and capacity should not create concerns for shippers managing a proper procurement strategy during the first half of 2020. However, pending legislation and

Did the Grinch Use Supply Chain Technologies?

David Cahn December 19, 2019

This past weekend I was trying to get into the holiday spirit and caught the original animated 1966 version of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”

U.S. Surface Transportation Market Update (Q4 2019)

Steve Raetz December 12, 2019

The truckload market cycle The market historically sees periods of undersupplied capacity, a transition to oversupplied capacity, and a transition back to undersupplied capacity (see

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TMS and/or Parcel? Finding the Perfect Package

Steve Williamson December 10, 2019

What would a forest with one billion trees look like? That’s approximately how many trees it would take to create the cardboard for the estimated

Direct Measure Of Customer Service Satisfaction. Push Button Survey

Editor’s Pick: “Ride Along” To This Customer Experience

Talking Logistics December 5, 2019

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

Transatlantic Trade Update: The U.S. to Impose Punitive Duties on The European Union

Mollie Bailey and Linda Bravo November 26, 2019

While recent news headlines have been dominated by the ongoing trade discussions between the U.S. and China, a new ruling from arbitrators at the World