Guest Commentaries

How to Protect Your Carrier Assets During Capacity Crunch

Edward Hildebrandt March 2, 2017

Having available capacity means more than having enough trucks, rail or steamship carrier assets to manage your business. Rather, it’s about winning the ongoing competition

The Value of a Good Super User for Your TMS

JP Wiggins February 28, 2017

At company holiday parties, you can’t avoid talking business, so I took the opportunity this year to socialize a transportation management system (TMS) question among

Global Trade Networks Create a Single Version of the Truth for Retailers

Sian Hopwood February 23, 2017

Drop shipping is becoming more and more popular among retailers as the “Amazon effect” creates intense pressure from customers for quick delivery. Retailers are willing

Trucking Regulations: What’s In, What’s Out, and What Does It Mean to You?

Todd Bucher February 21, 2017

In the ever-changing landscape of trucking regulations, the industry hit an unexpected bump in the road on Jan. 30, 2017. When the Executive Order from

Improve Your Response Time to Market Through Effective Benchmarking

Brett Minner January 31, 2017

There is a significant amount of angst in the transportation marketplace lately in regards to freight spend forecasts. No matter your preference of publication, the

HS 2017 Reform Is Here: Are You Prepared?

Preston Barton January 25, 2017

Developed by the World Customs Organization (WCO), the Harmonized System (HS) serves as a universal economic language for goods—an indispensable tool for global trade. It’s

The Dawning of a New Age for IT in Logistics: 8 Theses on Modern Supply Chain Management IT

Artur Zgoda January 19, 2017

The role of IT has changed rapidly in recent years, from being simply a tool to process data and information to becoming a key enabler

Global Shipping Trends: What to Expect in 2017

Sri Laxmana January 10, 2017

The global transportation industry was dealt a year full of surprises in 2016, and with that came challenges. For most ocean carriers, the first three