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Consumer Demand Helping Drive 3PL Industry Growth

Talking Logistics

The need for this next-gen technology has contributed to the significant growth of the 3PL market in recent years. But while 10-15 years ago shippers would engage with 3PLs simply as a means to access technology, that technology is much more ubiquitous and more readily accessible today.

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This Week in Logistics News (May 27-31, 2013)

Talking Logistics

On the 3PL front, Greenbriar Equity Group LLC acquired Transplace from an affiliate of CI Capital Partners, who together with Transplace’s management team bought the company from its original owners in 2009. billion messages each year — a statistic that underscores the ongoing rise of supply chain operating networks.

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Where have all the Truckers Gone? 10 Strategies for Shippers to Fight the Capacity and Trucker Shortage

GlobalTranz

2009 was an exception due to the 2008–2009 recession.) If you’re not equipped with personnel and systems to manage through a shipping resource shortage, you may consider employing 3PL transportion management experts to handle logistics. Here are additional priorities in planning for capacity shortage.

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This Week in Logistics News (September 7-11, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Here’s what I wrote back on this date in 2009, as I recalled the events of that tragic day eight years earlier: I grew up in Brooklyn, New York, near Red Hook and the docks. They also lack process controls and metrics. Today is September 11. I never forget. Some things never change.

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2013 Third-Party Logistics Study

Supply Chain Movement

A substantial 2,342 industry executives provided usable responses to the survey, including users and nonusers of 3PL services as well as 3PL providers. Nearly three in five (58%) shippers are reducing or consolidating the number of 3PLs they use. Many 3PL-shipper relationships are not set up to support innovation.

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Benchmarking Success: Focus on what Matters

Logistics Bureau

He joined Logistics Bureau Group back in 2009 and commenced by running the benchmarking business known as Benchmarking Success. We set our performance targets according to the best-in-class metrics and I ended up helping these three companies successively achieve demonstrable best-in-class supply chain performance. What ticks them off?

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Ecommerce Venture Capital Trends: Which VCs & Seed Investors are Investing in Ecommerce?

ShipBob

Founded in 2009, Forerunner Ventures specializes in investing in commerce-related businesses including Warby Parker, Away, Jet, Hims, Hers, Glossier, Bonobos, and others. A thorough understanding of metrics that prove out business models. How a 3PL partner can jumpstart your ecommerce business. Forerunner Ventures.

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