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Peak Time or Holiday Shipping: Strategies & Tips to Stay Sane, Mitigate Extra Costs, & Keep Customers Happy

GlobalTranz

Editor’s Note: This is our second post in a two part series about how to get your logistics and transportation practices in order in time for holiday shipping or peak season crunches. Holiday shipping prices for 2014 are pretty similar to what they were last year, only a bit higher. Truckload Holiday Shipping.

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A Complete Breakdown of the 26th State of Logistics Report

GlobalTranz

On June 23, 2015, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals ( CSCMP ) released the “State of Logistics Report,” which happens to be in its 26 th year. The transportation sector of the logistics industry grew by 3.6 In 2014, the total cost of logistics rose to a staggering $1.45 percent in 2014.

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Peak Time or Holiday Shipping: Strategies & Tips to Stay Sane, Mitigate Extra Costs, & Keep Customers Happy

GlobalTranz

Editor's Note: This is our second post in a two part series about how to get your logistics and transportation practices in order in time for holiday shipping or peak season crunches. Holiday shipping prices for 2014 are pretty similar to what they were last year, only a bit higher. Truckload Holiday Shipping.

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Warehouses are the next HOT investment triggered by the digital transformation of the supply chain

NC State SCRC

This is a perfect example of how the physics of supply chains, which are often overlooked, are fundamental to understanding and enabling the “digital transformation” that is discussed so often in the press. billion on the shift towards e-commerce. Online shopping in the U.S. is climbing. Several key points emerge here.