The importance of supply chain sustainability extends past going green. Over the last decade, customers, investors, and governments have placed pressure on businesses to meet greater environmental and social responsibility standards in their supply chains. It is...
Since the pandemic began, disruptions have altered the logistics landscape. Along with raging inflation, shortages of labor and goods have rocked supply chains, frustrating 3PLs and shippers. Due to these challenges, relationships between shippers...
Rail has linked businesses and consumers to one another for centuries and still plays a critical role in the economic development of America. According to the International Energy Agency, the demand for freight activity is going to more than double by the year 2050....
Labor shortages directly affect the ability of local, regional, and global supply chains to move goods. Although COVID-19 helped to exacerbate supply chain disruptions, the logistics and transportation industries have made it challenging for companies to diminish...
Supply chain resilience is a term that describes a supply chains ability to prepare for and adapt to unexpected events. What happens when a supply chain needs to readily adapt due to some level of disruption? Can it recover quickly and still perform at a high-level...
Freight forwarding is utilized to transport cargo by land, sea, and air around the world. This infographic includes data that shows how transportation modes used in freight forwarding affect international shipping. Freight forwarding is the coordinated shipment of...