Freight brokerage is a business with many participants and few clear leaders. Most brokers build their business around a combination of relationships and specialized knowledge built up over year... View More
Today’s shippers face many challenges, including the need to keep up with the growth of retail e-commerce sales and consumer expectations. In order to stay competitive, enterprise shippers mus... View More
Order fulfillment is critical for retailers. It’s part of the customer experience — and also the cost of doing business. It’s even more critical as order volumes increase and the marketpla
Transportation management solutions (TMS) are getting a lot of attention these days as companies look for ways to optimize their delivery network and get control over rising freight costs. It’... View More
Companies committed to reducing transportation spend should get their year started off right by assessing their company's transportation in order to identify changes that make an appreciable differen... View More
Today’s transportation environment is driven by using data to make critical decisions. Whether the focus is a concentrated carrier sourcing event or a company-wide network realignment, the fir... View More
There was a time when organizations could get by with one or two shipping options. That’s not the case today. Not only are you shipping more, you’re paying more for each piece. Rates from traditional
DALLAS, TX – June 3, 2016 – Paragon Software Systems, Inc., a leader in vehicle routing and scheduling optimization solutions, has expanded its Paragon HDX solution to include a nu... View More
Editor's Note: One of the highlights of my job as editor of PARCEL is having the opportunity to read industry whitepapers; some of which contain extremely valuable information for logistics pro... View More
Chico, CA– (January 26, 2016) – Work Truck Solutions, the first online platform that enables commercial inventory searches by body type and chassis, today announced they have been approved... View More
DALLAS, TX – January 20, 2016 – Paragon Software Systems, Inc., a leader in vehicle routing and scheduling optimization solutions, announces that Nectar Imports has selected Parago... View More
CHANDLER, Ariz., Jan. 11, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OnTrac, the largest regional package delivery company in the United States, and Precision Software, a leading provider of transportation and gl... View More
Today cloud technology is transforming every area of business and transportation management is no exception. Together with SaaS model pricing, cloud technology has dramatically changed the... View More
This year is going down as one of the busiest for logistics Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and much of it is thanks to low interest rates, compelling US economic conditions and for some ac... View More
The growth of e-commerce has been meteoric, and the trend lines keep pointing up. Forrester Research is forecasting that by 2018 total e-commerce sales will approach $415 billion. That means in just three... View More
Amazon wants to become the next major global 3PL, expanding beyond Fulfillment by Amazon.Amazon recently launched Amazon Supply Chain Services (ASCS), a new platform opening its freight, warehou
For years, parcel auditing carried an implicit prerequisite: you had to be big enough to justify it. The conventional wisdom among smaller shippers went something like this �
The debate on application programming interfaces (API) vs electronic data interchange (EDI) in logistics influences conversations as parcel carriers and supply chain technology providers expan
The terms of sale used for transactions within the United States have wide spread recognition, however, these terms are not defined in a single source. “F.O.B. Origin” and “F.O.B. Destination”
