The Shipper’s Guide to Project Logistics
Handling oversized cargo requires a special touch. Here’s how to find a project logistics provider with the know-how to get the job done right.
Handling oversized cargo requires a special touch. Here’s how to find a project logistics provider with the know-how to get the job done right.
Logistics providers who work to understand shippers’ needs help create customer service success, as illustrated by case studies involving Pep Boys, McCain Foods, and USG Corporation.
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Transporting goods via truck and rail services offers shippers economy and efficiency benefits. Site selection teams evaluating intermodal sites also consider factors such as labor, transportation infrastructure, and utility costs.
Monitoring contracts, delivery commitments, and contingency plans helps online retailers keep their supply chains running smoothly, writes John Haber of Spend Management Experts.
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Finding a third-party logistics (3PL) provider you can count on requires due diligence into performance history and resources, writes Kyle tGholston of Conexus.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Conduct a financial checkup of your potential 3PL partners before you sign the contract.
To preserve working capital and promote flexibility, many companies choose to leverage the capabilities of a third-party-logistics (3PL) provider for carrier spend, facility occupancy, and more, writes John Wagner Jr. of Wagner Logistics.
Shippers want 3PL partners that not only responsively evolve service networks and capabilities to flex with the market, but also can anticipate and be ready to meet future service requirements, writes Ray Greer of BNSF Logistics.