Joel Dunkel, president of Event Evolution Management, provides an advance look at Parcel Forum '22, to be held in Chicago October 10-12.

A rising Consumer Price Index directly correlates to the cost of financing equipment, but it can also have a significant ripple effect on other cost centers, such as maintenance and repair.

Businesses are moving away from archaic long-term freight contracts, chasing cheaper and contemporary alternatives. The new, digital and uncontracted freight era has begun.

Seth Marks, chief merchandising officer with Channel Control Merchants, details the major issues that logistics providers are facing as they deal with increasing volumes of returned products.

Kyle Jepson, senior vice president of product at Emerge, discusses inefficiencies and empty miles in domestic transportation, and the technologies necessary to overcome those problems.

There are some basic characteristics that enable flexibility for last-mile carriers.

In the wake of the e-commerce explosion, triggered by the pandemic and growing concerns around supply chain sustainability, pickup and drop-off (PUDO) networks are projected to grow significantly in the coming years.

With all the chaos that’s roiling logistics and supply chain service providers these days, it might come as a surprise to learn that deep-pocketed private investors are keen on the sector.

Most platforms cater to the large enterprise market, but a new breed of transportation management system is changing the competitive landscape.

Why can’t shippers, even nominal competitors, get together and share available space on trucks?