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.
When talking about warehouse safety, businesses turn to the basics. They often talk about OSHA rules and regulations, proper training and equipment usage, the latest technology that helps to prevent injuries; the list goes on. What we don’t often hear businesses...
Dec 29, 2022
Is Less More? Evaluating Warehouse Reduction vs. Expansion in Supply Chain Management When optimizing your warehousing and distribution strategy, a key question arises: Should you reduce or expand your number of warehouses? Some businesses find that reducing warehouse...
Dec 2, 2022
Working with targeted mail delivery? Do you know the most effective way to get your direct mail pieces into hundreds of millions of mailboxes across the United States? The easy answer is the United States Postal Service (USPS), who delivers to residences in every...
Feb 28, 2022
How do you know you’re getting a good rate on the LTL freight you ship? It all comes down to the freight class of what you are shipping. What is freight class? How is it measured? Why is it important in the shipping industry? It seems like a complicated issue, but...
Jun 24, 2021
Freight embargoes are not a new phenomenon in the U.S. logistics industry, but they have become more prominent in recent months, even as we make our way out of the closures and delays caused by the global impacts of COVID-19. Working through a freight embargo is...
