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Procuring Logistics Services is Not the Same as Buying Paper Clips

Adrian Gonzalez March 9, 2015

In a Forbes blog post last week, Kate Vitasek highlighted an issue that continues to negatively affect 3PL-customer relationships: Procurement organizations looking to shift more and

This Week in Logistics News (March 2-6, 2015)

Adrian Gonzalez March 6, 2015

More than three years ago, my 14 year old daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). After dealing with the initial shock and fear,

Amazon’s 3D Printing Trucks: A Quixotic Quest for Zero Delivery Time?

Adrian Gonzalez March 4, 2015

According to reports on 3DPrint.com and the Wall Street Journal, Amazon filed for a patent in Novmeber 2013 titled, “Providing Services Related to Item Delivery

What Colors Are This (Supply Chain) Dress?

Adrian Gonzalez March 2, 2015

As often happens on the Internet, especially in today’s social media era, a seemingly trivial post goes viral. Last week, it was What Colors Are

This Week in Logistics News (February 23-27, 2015)

Adrian Gonzalez February 27, 2015

What can you do with 102 inches of snow? You can bottle it and sell it, like one entrepreneur is doing. Or you can build

I’ll Have Waffles, Eggs, and a Package to Deliver (Roadie Partners with Waffle House)

Adrian Gonzalez February 25, 2015

When it comes to delivery, it’s the dotcom days all over again, with startup after startup aiming to disrupt the transportation industry with new technology

container wharf in nightfall, international import and export trade background

Ready For the Next Port Crisis?

Adrian Gonzalez February 23, 2015

The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) reached a tentative new 5-year agreement late on Friday, so the West