The warehousing and storage industry generated $27 billion of revenue nationwide in 2012. Warehouse and storage facilities primarily store general merchandise, refrigerated goods, and other warehouse products.... View More

As more shippers are turning to less expensive ground services, the regionals continue to gain traction versus the more expensive and less flexible offerings of UPS and FedEx. Shippers are also beginning... View More

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Seeking Alpha--Over the last 2 years, Shares of United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) are up 40%, which sounds like a decent return. However, the Dow Transports have outperformed UPS over the same time frame.... View More

BizJournals.com--As the Obama Administration spent Labor Day weekend trying to convince Congress to back war with Syria, Atlanta-based The UPS Foundation brought aid to Syrian refugees in Iraq. On Sept.... View More

UPS announced it will purchase assets and operations of two Costa Rican based companies; small package delivery company Union Pak de Costa Rica, S.A.; and brokerage company SEISA Brokerage. Both companies... View More

You can have a financial plan for your distribution business. You can have an operations plan, as well. However, until you can see your operational decisions within the context of your financial plan,... View More

The Internet, first known as ARPANET, has been in use since the 1960’s, when the first message was sent from a University of California laboratory. In 1982, the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) was... View More

When it comes to uncovering supply chain savings, the focus is usually on outbound shipments, but what about inbound shipments? The costs associated with inbound shipments may be as difficult to... View More

FedEx and UPS, be warned -- you may one day feel the pain the U.S. Postal Service has suffered over the demise of the stamped envelope. In the not-too-distant future, consumers may increasingly be purchasing... View More

August 19, 2013 – JERICHO, NY – Purolator International, the leading provider of U.S. - Canada logistics services, has been selected by SupplyChainBrain as one of its Top 100 Great SupplyChainBrain... View More

An interesting side note regarding UPS SurePost is the significance the product played during recent UPS/Teamsters contract talks. Since UPS SurePost packages are aggregated and inducted for USPS postal... View More

Multichannel Merchant--Back in late May, Multichannel Merchant spoke with Tom Allason, CEO and founder of Shutl, who said he was confident the first same-day delivery in the United States was set to happen... View More

We often get requests from our customers to evaluate how Zone Skipping might save them money or improve their shipping times. There is no “one size fits all” answer. Stated differently, “It... View More

Dutch designer Ruben van der Vleuten was curious what happens to a parcel as it travels through the mail system- so he decided to find out. Read more!... View More

Over the last decades, few industries have experienced the need to “press play” as much as the logistics and delivery industry. Changes have been so dramatic that the association that represents... View More

It may appear odd to bring up the topic of preparing for the holiday peak season when we are so far away from the traditional peak shipping period. In order to make impactful changes though, one needs... View More

If a finance person is asked what they do, they quickly adjust to a higher plane of GDP or moves by the Fed. We in the supply chain could position ourselves better with everyone we meet. For instance,... View More

In my last article, I reported on recent positive economic trends as well as provided an update on the status of The Marketplace Fairness Act. This legislation provides a practical way for state... View More

Fifteen to 30%? I'm going to demonstrate a very easy way to achieve that level of savings by adding a regional parcel carrier to your carrier mix. The quickest way to realize that kind of cost reduction... View More