APQC, a member-based nonprofit specializing in benchmarking, knowledge management, measurement, and process improvement, wants to know whether you think third-party logistics services providers and 4PLs are meeting their customers' needs.

Challenge: A leading producer, marketer and distributor of high-quality branded food products needs control, scalability and visibility to better manage and measure transportation execution management.

Challenge: A leading supplier and solutions provider to food service, in-store bakery, and retail marketplaces needs centralized control, scalability and visibility into process to better manage and measure transportation execution management.

As the role of cloud computing is growing significantly in its ability to deliver business applications, many IT decision makers are facing challenges with their existing network infrastructure to support the migration of their business applications to the cloud.

An overwhelming majority (86 percent) of fleet professionals said at least half of their fleet processes could be made more efficient through technology, but less than half (44 percent) said they will invest in new technologies in the coming year, according to a survey released by ARI, a global fleet services provider. This gap points to a need for technology implementation across the industry as a means of increasing efficiency and decreasing costs.

Container lines have started reactivating their idle container fleets for the summer peak shipping season, which has resulted in a decline of almost a third in idle container ship capacity, according to Alphaliner.

Family Dollar Stores Inc. has entered into a strategic partnership with McLane, a major provider of grocery and food service supply chain solutions. Beginning in September, this partnership will enable Family Dollar to offer customers a broader selection of merchandise, including refrigerated and frozen food, across the retailer's more than 7,200 locations in 45 states.