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Inbound Logistics: How to write a great RFP: The ins and outs of carrier contracts
Is it time to negotiate new carrier contracts? Here are the keys to successfully optimizingthe Request for Proposal (RFP) process — from building a relationship
Inbound Logistics: You’re Writing a Book about How to Manage Supply Chains in 2025. What’s the Longest Chapter?
Our Mingshu Bates explains that her longest chapter would focus on the real impacts that AI brings in enhancing analytics and supply chain decision-making.
DC Velocity: Technology providers hark back to the future as truckers and shippers refocus on the basics
While freight tech’s innovation boom is still going strong, users want their transportation management systems to deploy faster, integrate easily with new apps, and drive
Inbound Logistics: Oiling the Wheels of Change
About five years ago, when Michael Lin joined Musco Family Olive Co. as senior director of supply chain, he “walked into a tight-running operation,” he
Inbound Logistics: Buzzwords for 2024
Our Micheal McDonagh explains how he believes GRI, or general rate increases, are ripe for being a major supply chain buzzword in 2024.
Forbes: 19 Aspects Of Business Scalability That Small Businesses Often Overlook
Members of the Forbes Business Council shine a light on the aspects of scaling that small business owners often miss, including our own Tom Nightingale.
Supply Chain Dive: FedEx, UPS discounts expected to soften blow of 2024 rate hikes
The ground parcel rate per package in Q1 is projected to decline year over year, according to the TD Cowen/AFS Freight Index.
Journal of Commerce: US LTL trucking rates to rise 4% on average in 2024, FTR forecasts
The short-term boost less-than truckload carriers gained from Yellow’s exit lifted rates, but the impetus is fading, speakers at the SMC3 JumpStart 24 conference said.
