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Transportation vs Logistics with Marty Wadle

The Logistics of Logistics

According to Council of Supply Chain Professionals, a Third Party Logistics (3PL) Provider is “A firm which provides multiple logistics services for use by customers. There are 5 different categories of 3PL services: Logistics, Transportation, Warehousing, Special Services, and Technology. Marty Wadle’s LinkedIn.

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National Logistics Day 2023

Enterra Insights

Just 14 years later, the first air cargo flight took place in 1910. The third-party logistics (3PL) industry — those that help businesses efficiently manage logistics across their supply chains (from 3PLs to truckers to warehouse managers) — represents an $800 billion industry on its own.” Logistics helps to create value.

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The Essential Guide to Shipping Manifests for Ecommerce (and How ShipBob Can Help)

ShipBob

It includes critical information such as a comprehensive inventory of the shipment’s contents, the shipping and receiving parties, and the destination. No one would really know what was on any cargo ship until they opened each individual package.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 12-16, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Port of Long Beach sees highest Q3 cargo volume in history (Cargo Business News). More large mergers and acquisitions were announced this week: AB InBev and SABMiller reach $100 billion deal , Dell is buying EMC for $67 billion , and in the 3PL industry, the convergence continues with DSV acquiring UTi Worldwide for $1.35

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The Story Continues…. Let’s Don’t Sugar Coat the Real Issue

Supply Chain Shaman

The people on the ground–my contacts in the 3PL, freight forwarding and transportation industry–know that the labor strife is only a part of the larger story. Today, this is not a valid assumption, and most manufacturers lack the inventory buffers for inconsistent flows. This is not going to be pretty.

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The expert’s guide to e-commerce fulfillment

6 River Systems

Without it, your inventory stays on the shelf, and your customers look elsewhere to get what they need. Inventory management techniques. This guide will primarily look at fulfillment through the e-commerce lens and deal mostly with third-party logistics (3PL) fulfillment methodologies. It involves: Inventory management.

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Amazon and Google Forcing Retailers to Adapt or Perish

Supply Chain Collaborator

Food Logistics reported last week: “Amazon continues to invest the capital and the resources to create a global logistics network that will soon become capable of three-day deliveries to nearly anywhere in the world… It’s part of a strategy to make Amazon the largest third-party logistics (3PL) provider worldwide.