Milan, Rome and other major Italian cities pose huge logistical obstacles to deliverers of product ordered online.

Thanks to cheap labor, U.S. wood-furniture manufacturers like Bassett Furniture Industries often import their products from Asia — making logistics providers crucial partners.

New demands generated by omnichannel and other supply-chain innovations are posing challenges to 3PLs — and technology is expected to play a major role in solving them.

A fast-growing organic dairy company needed a sophisticated transportation management system to gain visibility across its operations — and control over its spend.

Higher labor costs in China and political pressures were supposed to drive U.S. manufacturers to bring production home. We’re still waiting for that to happen.

U.S. President Donald Trump is redirecting global oil flows.

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