Shippers and 3PLs align through tech and collaboration, notes 3PL Study
October 7, 2025
The 30th Annual 3PL Study reveals how evolving partnerships and emerging technologies are reshaping the supply chain landscape amid disruption, cost pressures, and labor gaps.
Today’s modern shipper-3PL relationships focus on collaborative growth and improvement
October 16, 2023
Longer-term contracts, data sharing, and a focus on value-creation in the supply chain are growing concerns for today’s 3PLs and their shipper customers.
Annual 3PL study released at CSCMP Edge highlights a need to get ‘back to basics’
September 22, 2022
As the supply chain continues to deal with a whole host of obstacles, including various disruptions, labor challenges, and strategic misalignments, there is a need for things to get back to basics for both 3PLs and shippers.
TIA and OOIDA are at odds over perceived price-gouging
May 20, 2020
When President Trump recently spoke on Fox & Friends, he was asked about American truck drivers being “price gouged” by transportation brokers and what the White House would do to address that. His response indicated he felt that was the case, saying “Oh they are price gouged…all they want is to be treated fairly and we’re going to treat them fairly.” It is fair to say that the Alexandria, Va.-based Transportation Intermediaries Association (TIA), which is the largest...
2020 3PL Study hits on key themes in the logistics sector for shippers and carriers alike
September 23, 2019
As the supply chain continues to focus on key familiar themes, while other ones continue to emerge, there is a clear focus on things 3PLs need to provide for their shipper customers, including being expedient, cost-focused, and green. That was a clear theme in the 2020 24th Annual Third-Party Logistics Study, which was released last week at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Edge Conference in Anaheim, Calif. by Infosys Consulting, Penn State University, and Penske Logistics.
2019 3PL Study highlights ongoing changes in shipper-3PL dynamics
October 1, 2018
The intersection of supply chain technology, changing online consumer spending habits, data management, delivery preferences, and other factors are all serving as game changers in how 3PLs are continually striving to better serve shippers. That is a key takeaway from the 2019 22nd Annual Third-Party Logistics Study, which was released today by Infosys Consulting, Penn State University, Penske Logistics, and Korn Ferry at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Edge conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
