As technology evolves and demand increases, supply chain managers are facing new challenges particularly as they attempt to compete on a global level. Traditional supply chain operations utilizing an optimization engine based on a single network can no longer provide the service that businesses and consumers require. Complacent companies struggling to meet customer demands with […]

Eight percent of retail sales in the United States are made online today and e-commerce will grow by more than 10 percent a year reaching $370 billion in 2017, according to analyst research. Manufacturers and retailers need more than websites to ride this tidal wave. Sales are short lived without the capacity to fulfill orders […]

Just how critical is a company’s ability to properly collect and correctly analyze information in an ever-expanding global logistics market? Given the myriad of unique regulations and countless other considerations involved in moving goods from Country A to Country B, the depth and quality of your information makes the difference between profitability and the kind […]

The definition of transportation management systems (TMS) continues to evolve. In the early days of TMS solutions, the primary goal was to manage truck-based freight. Over time, point solutions were developed to support particular modes for particular industries such as ocean and air freight. At the same time, traditional TMS providers began to incorporate basic […]

Every four years, citizens of the United States are bombarded with political ads, opinion pieces, talking heads and automated telephone surveys. Even those of us who enjoy politics to some degree are worn out by the length and negativity of presidential campaigns. One topic that routinely gets a great deal of coverage during the political […]