The logistics industry, just like any other industry, has its own terminology and jargon. The word freight is one such example. In logistics, freight refers by definition to any products or items that are transported in bulk by air, road, … Read More
Customer centricity refers to the ability of individuals in an organization to understand a customer’s situation, perception, and also expectations. This basically means always putting the customer first. Customer-centric shipping means focusing on delivering the goods that a business supplies … Read More
On-time delivery is an important factor that makes customers happy and contributes significantly to a consumer’s perception of a business. Companies like Amazon have disrupted the market because of their “within two days” policy to get the goods to the … Read More
The freight shipping industry goes through millions of boxes, pallets, and crates each year. We can’t just throw everything on a ship and ship it somewhere, but a thought has to be spared for how (and in what) everything gets … Read More
The transport of goods is an important task that helps to ensure on-time delivery to the customer. With many varieties of products coming from all over the world, it is important that the type of truck used will transport the … Read More
The amount of time that trucks spend at loading and off-loading facilities is referred to as dwell time, or dwell for short. Dwell time can affect multiple links in the supply chain and have a major impact on the planning … Read More
The term dead-head refers to truckers hauling trailers that are empty. The problems of empty miles and dead-head are not new. In fact, they exist in healthy economies. However, the pandemic has exacerbated the problems by causing an economic downturn … Read More
Manufacturing can be defined as the process of converting components, parts, and raw materials into finished products, on a large scale, through the use of machinery and manual labor. Manufacturing represents approximately 15 percent of America’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). … Read More
The question of whether or not the price of goods includes shipping costs is becoming increasingly important for consumers to ask. Transportation can impact the price of goods at a retail store by 10 to 20 percent. For consumers, that … Read More
Logistics is the facilitation of moving goods from a source to the end-user, in other words, the supply chain. Forwarding involves a number of steps including, multimodal transport, a combination of road, rail, air freight, and water freight – ocean … Read More