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Selling in Tough Times with Nick Strober and Melanie Flores

The Logistics of Logistics

To succeed in the transportation and logistics business, 3PLs need to be able to hire and retain the very best talent while keeping a lid on costs. based transportation and logistics providers. 3PL Basics: An Introduction to 3rd Party Logistics with Roberto Cadena. Since 2014, Lean has worked with over 500 satisfied U.S.-based

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This Week in Logistics News (February 18-22, 2013)

Talking Logistics

CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America. transport companies are cashing in on the Mexico trade boom, if you are a 3PL or transportation company and you’re not involved in cross-border shipping with Mexico, then you are missing out on a growing business.

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How Do You Measure “Free Time” Across Your Global Supply Chain?

Talking Logistics

Technically, Free Time is not free; you pay for it in your transportation costs. This is where metrics can get a little fuzzy. For example, I worked with a customer recently who budgeted demurrage at 4% of their transportation spend. However, the reality was that the 4% metric was misleading. Control Tower Visibility.