The Extra Mile Q1 2025 Logistics Industry Report is now available. Get all the key insights on freight rates, fuel prices and shipping indices that you need as a logistics professional.
Almost everyone wants to save money, but few if any ever want to talk about budgets. It’s a strange paradox. While the idea of a healthy business and extra funds are a clear positive, budgets are associated with negative feelings and actions. Cutting jobs or programs....
Aug 18, 2015
We get asked a lot of shipping questions, but one of the most critical to answer is how to ship hazardous materials safely. Shipping hazardous materials is not as easy as popping them into a box and sending them out the door. It is ripe with literal hazards, not to...
Aug 10, 2015
When it comes to logistics, the importance of customer relationships is a given. In any business, really, the vendor-client relationship is something that’s continuously emphasized and worked on. After all, customers are the reason you’re in business in the first...
Aug 4, 2015
Most people love a good trade show. There are crowds of like-minded industry professionals, new products to check out and whole lot of other fun things to keep them entertained for a day or more. And let’s be honest, they also get the opportunity to peek in on the...
Jul 30, 2015
If you had to simplify eCommerce logistics down to one thing, it would be order fulfillment. That is the end goal: to take an item from the point of sale and deliver it to the customer. It’s your basic “get something from point A to point B” scenario. A...
