By: Ben Cubitt, SVP of Consulting & Network Services Over the past five years, shippers—especially consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies—have added dedicated fleets to their transportation networks to gain greater control over some volume of their freight spend. Dedicated fleets help shippers minimize reliance on the spot market with associated higher costs, as well as…
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What Is the COVID-19 Impact on Your Supply Chain? We Surveyed the Transplace Network. In early February, as news of the novel coronavirus began to break into the news cycle, the Transplace team began reporting on the impacts of COVID-19 on the global supply chain. As we provided updates in the weeks that followed, the…
By Tracy Rosser, Executive Vice President of Operations, Transplace The modern business world has brought many new innovations, and the transportation industry has become a beneficiary to a number of these changes over the past few years. And while technology is one obvious aspect of industry evolution, it could be argued that the most impactful…
The 17th annual Shipper Symposium is coming up fast! Join us at this year’s signature event on May 6-8, 2019, at the Four Seasons Resort & Club Dallas. You can expect some of the best and brightest leaders from the transportation and supply chain industries to be in attendance at this 48-hour event, and we…
2019 is in full swing, and it’s the perfect time to take a trip back into our Logistically Speaking archives and showcase some of the topics that have been of particular interest to our readers over the past few years. These blogs have stood the test of time, and revisiting older trends is often a…
It’s Manufacturing Day! This yearly celebration of modern manufacturing occurs on the first Friday of October, and strives to address common misperceptions about the industry and give manufacturers a day to showcase what they do and examine some of the most important aspects of their world. In honor of this day, we wanted to share…
Each year, the Inbound Logistics “Top 10 3PL Providers” list showcases those service providers that the publication feels are best equipped to meet and surpass ever-evolving outsourcing needs – and continue to answer difficult, ongoing global supply chain and logistics challenges. This year, we are thrilled to announce that Transplace was ranked at #2, marking our 16th…
The Inbound Logistics “Top 10 3PL Providers” is a yearly list that serves as a qualitative assessment of service providers that the publication feels are best equipped to meet and surpass readers’ evolving outsourcing needs, aiming to highlight the best logistics solutions providers that answer global supply chain and logistics challenges. We are proud to have been…
By: Chuck Papa, Senior Vice President of Transportation Management, Transplace *Article originally appeared in Inbound Logistics. When it comes to managing transportation operations, shippers are often at a crossroads. They may find themselves asking the questions: Should I implement a transportation management system (TMS) in-house or via software-as-a-service (SaaS)? Should I outsource everything to a…
By: Linda Bravo, Corporate Customs Broker, International, Transplace There have been many recent headlines surrounding international trade and the potential impact of a number of tariffs being put into place by the U.S., most notably the tariffs on steel and aluminum last month. These tariffs affect all shippers who may be importing or exporting from…