If you watched last month’s State of the Union address, you saw that President Obama set a new goal to double U.S. exports over the next five years. While this level of export growth can be exciting... View More
1) What is 10+2 or ISF? As of Jan 26, 2010, every ocean importer must file detailed shipment information with US Customs and Border Protection. Originally it was 10 elements from the shipper and 2 from... View More
Enterprise shipping is not some mysterious corporate function. In fact, it is exactly what it sounds like. It is the process of shipping performed at a level visible to any management person or employee... View More
We hosted a conference call, Friday, January 8th with several leading regional parcel companies (OnTrac, Lonestar Overnight, Eastern Connection, Spee-Dee Delivery and U.S. Cargo) to learn more about this... View More
Forklifts and other pieces of industrial equipment are an indispensable part of almost every warehousing operation throughout the world. They're also a primary danger in these facilities. Each year they're... View More
When you shipped or transported packages today, you may not have even considered whether the items inside were hazardous materials. What if one of those packages was not identified as a hazardous material... View More
If you made a New Year's resolution to improve your company's supply chain, now comes the hard part — making it happen. Why is it so hard to live up to the expectations we set for ourselves... View More
Just as important as the negotiation of a new agreement, is the implementation process. After spending many weeks negotiating a new agreement with their carrier, people often miss the following critical... View More
My wife recently purchased hair products from a manufacturer called Deva Concepts. She purchased the product online from a beauty supplier and told me to expect the package at my office. I was surprised... View More
Trucking (Market Weight): We spoke with a small retailer on the East coast about volume and LTL and TL pricing trends. This shipper’s volumes are trending up about 1% y/y during 4Q, which is... View More
The “triple bottom line,” a phrase coined by John Elkington in 1989, has become a guiding principle for corporate strategists of the 21st century. Although the term may not be a familiar one,... View More
In today’s economy, companies are looking for any opportunity to cut costs, and transportation is usually one of the first areas that is assessed for possible reductions. While many companies are... View More
Businessdictionary.com defines the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy as “[E]xpectations about circumstances, events, or people that affect a person’s behavior [such that] he or she (unknowingly) creates... View More
Lately, it seems we've gotten a lot of calls for assistance with what we call "negotiating up." We all seem to be tasked with doing more with less lately — raises are few and far between, but so... View More
In 2007 President George W. Bush signed the 9/11 Commission Act. According to the legislation, starting in August 2010, 100% of cargo must be screened by the piece-level before being loaded on passenger... View More
My sons recently started talking about being cool, and I recalled my own teenage years and the need to be cool. That driving desire dictated the clothes I wore, the music I listened to, and what subjects... View More
When you shipped or transported packages today you may not have even considered whether the items inside were hazardous materials. What if one of those packages was not identified as a hazardous material... View More
A recent Fast Company article written by the chief sustainability officer of Blue Yonder, Saskia van Gendt, caught my attention. Van Gendt wrote that while free returns have become a “powerf
Everyone has heard the pitch: upload your invoices and carrier agreements into AI and let it tell you what you're owed. We wanted to test that claim. So we hired an independent AI engineerin
Many e-commerce brands face rising levels of dead stock — the merchandise deemed unsellable or unlikely to sell soon. As executives evaluate e-commerce dead stock reduction options, some initially a
The world’s largest parcel carriers are shrinking physical footprints while expanding algorithmic control. UPS now processes the majority of its volume through automated facilities, and maj
What does an optimal e-commerce network look like? Is it the network with the fewest facilities, the fastest delivery promise, or the lowest transportation cost? In practice, the answe
A freight damage claim often points attention toward the carrier, but the root cause can start much earlier. If pallet loads leave a facility with inconsistent containment, shifting and instab
BROOKFIELD, Wis. – ProShip, a leading and award-winning provider of multi-carrier shipping software, has announced the return of ProS Who Know, an annual virtual event focused on the trends
Facilities handling high-volume parcel sorting and cross-docking operations face unprecedented challenges as cargo theft networks grow more sophisticated and insider threats multiply. Identifying th
