Guest Commentaries

Seeing the Bigger Picture: How a Global Trade Network Can Create More Accurate KPIs

Bill Madden June 20, 2017

Your supply chain’s key performance indicators support tactical, day-to-day business decisions, so ensuring you are reading them correctly is imperative. The question becomes, “how are

Ocean Carrier Alliances: What You Need to Know

Mollie Bailey June 7, 2017

While the changing atmosphere of ocean carrier alliances for containerized cargo isn’t something new, it’s certainly top of mind for many shippers and carriers alike

Do You Have a Proactive Supply Chain Design or a Reactive One?

Eric Robinson June 6, 2017

Every supply chain has a central purpose, regardless of size or industry: getting materials from their point of origin to the place they’re needed as

4 Questions to Ask to Take Your Supply Chain to the Next Level

Mark Derks May 31, 2017

Businesses go through many stages. At inception, business might be simple and consist of serving only a few local customers. Then growth—perhaps from new customers

From Transactional to Transformational: Successfully Adding Managed Transportation Services

JP Wiggins May 22, 2017

As part of a natural evolution of their existing offerings, many carriers and brokers are looking to managed transportation services (MTS) to provide greater value

Bucking the 80/20 Trend: 4 Key Benefits of Adopting a Digital Yard

Matt Yearling May 17, 2017

Also known as “the 80/20 rule,” the Pareto Principle states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.

The Opportunities of Digitalization in Chemical Logistics

Christopher Bass May 11, 2017

The typical distribution process in the chemical industry looks mostly like this: The chemical producer distributes goods from various locations to a large number of