Guest Commentaries

Why Taxing Automation is a Bad Idea

Matt McLelland February 8, 2018

Late last year, a San Francisco politician launched a statewide campaign to raise money for a California ballot that would penalize private enterprise for embracing

How Disruptive is Global E-Commerce? More Than You Think

Chris Jones January 30, 2018

It only takes a simple example to remind you how e-commerce continues to evolve and the potential it has to disrupt traditional markets, supply chains

3 Stats That Prove the Need for a Digital Control Tower

Martin Verwijmeren January 18, 2018

The term “control tower” has been around for a long time in the supply chain and I recently had a great conversation on the common

5 Things to Know About U.S.-Mexico Logistics

Karen Sage January 16, 2018

Trade flowing across the United States-Mexico border has grown exponentially since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was enacted in 1994. It has been

Adopt the “Optimization Lifestyle”: Overcoming Inefficient Decision Making

Dave Donaldson January 9, 2018

One of the biggest decisions a business can make is deciding how it will make its decisions. Best-selling author Michael Lewis made this insightful observation

Future-Proof Parcel Technology

Steve Williamson December 7, 2017

Keeping up with consumer-driven demand can be exhausting. As consumers, we’re accustomed to being able to order almost anything we need or want, get it

Using Managed Analytics to Build a Next-Generation Supply Chain

Dale McClung December 5, 2017

For years, supply chain leaders have struggled to achieve a sophisticated level of supply chain visibility that would drive continuous improvement, optimize spend and reduce

The Truth About Multi-stop Truckload Shipping

Steve Raetz November 30, 2017

It’s something we’ve wondered about, along with our customers: do carriers reject multi-stop truckloads more than single-stop, or does it only seem that way? We