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.
It’s a straightforward problem that many small businesses encounter sometime in their life: you have too many orders to fill and cannot meet the demand of your customers. Sounds like a problem that any business would wish they had, right? While it is true that growth...
Apr 30, 2015
When managing something as complex as a supply chain, there will always come a time when you hit a few bumps in the road. To avoid derailing the entire process, you will need to know how to avoid these issues before they come up, or confront them when they inevitably...
Apr 23, 2015
Pallets make the world go round. The clothes you’re wearing, the beverage you’re drinking, the very computer or device you’re reading this on was mostly transported on a pallet at some point. Pallets have been around for over 100 years, and they don’t appear to be...
Apr 14, 2015
Every year, companies across the United States lose countless amounts of money due to improper storage and shipping of their products. To curtail these losses and claims, companies must take preventative measures to ensure that they are managing their logistics and...
Apr 9, 2015
When it comes to LTL freight shipments, consolidation is key. Without it, you are shipping money out the door through inefficiency. Picture the empty space on your trailers as filled with pallets of cash, because that is essentially what you are sending out of your...
