How should shippers approach the process of issuing a request for proposal (RFP) for carrier services? Advice from Tim Meester, vice president of business development for the central region of Green Mountain Technology.

Until operations management and transportation spend are combined, a company doesn't know the true cost of its business, says Jim Barnes, executive vice president of Körber Supply Chain.

Rick Thomas, senior vice president of business development with GEODIS, offers an overview of current parcel carrier rates and surcharges, and what the coming peak season might look like.  

The transportation and logistics industry faces new challenges and an uncertain economy in the coming year. Following are six trends we can expect to see in 2023. 

Third-party logistics (3PL) companies that are hesitant to adopt blockchain for key transactions are missing out on how this technological record-keeping ledger can improve supply chain management.

Ron Sweet, senior consultant at Kimberly-Clark, describes how the CPG giant optimized transportation management, in this case study submission to the 2022 Supply Chain Innovator of the Year Award.

Companies need a centralized location for accessing data, and making smart decisions based on it. John Errebo, chief technology officer of Enveyo, assesses the state of data management.

Last-mile logistics is more complicated than first- or middle-mile, and it's changing all the time, says Akash Agarwal, co-founder and chief business officer at Beans.ai.