Is Your 3PL Partner Tardier Than You Thought?

Is Your 3PL Partner Tardier Than You Thought?

Nov 7, 2016 | Articles

If your company has outsourced logistics activity, the performance of your 3PL provider will influence how customers see your brand and ultimately, can either enhance or tarnish your business reputation. If you want to be certain that your 3PL will serve as a valuable...
Technology as a Driver of Last Mile Delivery Performance

Technology as a Driver of Last Mile Delivery Performance

Oct 3, 2016 | Articles

It may be a mile or two, or it may be a hundred miles or more, but the so-called last mile of the supply chain can account for more than 25% of total transportation costs. With that in mind, a focus on last mile delivery efficiency can potentially yield big cost...

Supply Chain Performance

Apr 28, 2016 | Articles, Supply Chain Benchmarking

by Artie Leslie (As seen in MHD Supply Chain Solutions) What is your current supply chain performance? How can you improve? In this article the author describes a process for supply chain performance assessment and improvement, and in the next issue we will consider a...

How To Get a Handle on Reverse Logistics Performance

Apr 12, 2016 | Articles

How much attention does your company pay to the handling and management of returns from your customers?     For many supply chain companies, reverse logistics performance is placed way down the list of priorities. Many are the warehouses with piles of...