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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

Third-party logistics companies ( 3PLs ) specialize in distribution, warehousing and fulfillment services. The core competency of these companies is logistics , and they do it well. Even Amazon used third-party logistics companies when the company first started, until reaching sufficient scale to have a logistics arm of its own.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 17 – 23)

Logistics Viewpoints

While New Coke would linger for quite some time, it was discontinued in 2002, with a limited re-release in 2019. And now on to this week’s logistics news. The series of deals in the US, UK, Sweden, Spain, and Canada will add more than 1.5 It will be on highway and surface streets, hauling actual freight. billion offer.

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Takeaways from Descartes Evolution 2019

Talking Logistics

I got started just as the dotcom craze was taking off, with new logistics startups coming to market every day (all of them announcing they were “The world’s leading provider of X” even though they were just a few months old). Descartes has 20,000+ customers on its Global Logistics Network, which experienced 21% growth and processed 18.6+

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Beroe Founder Vel Dhinagaravel speaks at NC State on Origins of Company

NC State SCRC

A week in, the head of logistics procurement quit – and I became the new head of logistics procurement, managing over 300 truck movements. Think about it for a moment: Major companies spend a lot of money buying cans, logistics, marketing services, whatever, spending billion of dollars.

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Supply Chain Predictions for 2020 (Who knew I’d still be writing this blog 18 years later!)

NC State SCRC

The first one, I believe, was in January, 2002, just two years after I founded the SCRC. On top of that, the increase of Uber Freight, food delivery services, and a plethora of other services is causing congestion to rise rapidly. However, I also came to realize that I’ve been writing this blog now for more than a decade!

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Carrier Bankruptcies Make 3PLs More Important to Shippers than Ever

Freight Center

In 2017, New England Motor Freight (NEMF) generated $402 million in revenue. trucking company shutdown since Consolidated Freightways in 2002. The NEMF bankruptcy rocked the freight-shipping industry, but it turned out to be just the first (and largest so far) in a rash of carrier bankruptcies in 2019. and Canada.

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Tailwind launches new web-based application for small to mid-sized trucking companies and freight brokers

Tailwind

November 16, 2016, Vancouver BC – Building on their expertise creating enterprise-grade transportation management systems (TMS), Tailwind is pleased to announce the launch of their new, web-based Trucking Software and Freight Broker Software , available in SaaS (Software as a Service) form. About Tailwind Transportation Software Ltd.