Topic: CSCMP

A major theme of the 2021 25th Annual Third-Party Logistics Study, which was released today at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) EDGE virtual conference today, focused on how supply chains have a clear focus on reinventing themselves, in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This survey was again released and created and supported by Infosys Consulting, Penn State University, and Penske Logistics. And its findings were based on feedback from several hundred usable responses from shippers, or users...

Given the challenges and complexities that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought about in freight transportation and supply chain sectors, it goes without saying that things are different these days, to be sure.

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.

Firm says this year's holiday season retail sales could be up 4%-to-4.5% ahead of 2018's 3.1% annual gain.

Minneapolis, Minn.-based global logistics services provider and freight forwarder C.H. Robinson said this week that it is making a major investment in innovation, advanced technologies, and talent. The driver for this stems from in-depth customer research, according to the company. The investment comes in the form of $1 billion to be allocated in technology over the next five years, which the company said is twice as much as it previous $1 billion in investment into technology over the last ten...

Logistics Management readers are asked to help recognize and honor businesses and individuals whose contributions improve humanitarian outcomes through unique or creative supply chain solutions.

Earlier this week, Chicago-based project44, a technology services provider offering standardized, secure Web service API (application programming interfaces) integrations enabling 3PLs and shippers to connect with carriers in real time, announced it has completed a $45 million financing round, which was spearheaded by Sapphire Ventures.

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.

Just as tensions between the U.S. and several of its trading partners has escalated, a handful of supply chain industry leaders are stepping up to the plate with some solutions for shippers.

A full season of trade summits, seminars, and conferences are being staged to provide advice on strategic direction in the coming year.

Due to rising consumer demand, retailers are imposing stricter on-time in full (OTIF) standards on their suppliers and carriers.

This marks the 26th year that Logistics Management’s (LM) September issue has featured the findings of the “Annual Study of Logistics and Transportation Trends (Masters of Logistics),” the clearest picture available of transportation spending and utilization across all the modes.

Nancy Nix, Executive Director of Achieving Women's Excellence in Supply Chain Operations, Management, and Education (AWESOME), will receive the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' (CSCMP) 2017 Distinguished Service Award.

Those carriers, third-party logistics providers and U.S. ports that crossed the service-excellence finish line ahead of their competitors collected their Quest for Quality Awards at our annual Awards Dinner. Logistics Management Quest for Quality Photos and Recap 2016

Myriad trends and themes germane to the third-party logistics (3PL) sector focusing on the roles 3PLs play in serving shippers, the ongoing evolution 3PL-shipper relationships, and the role of and investment in technology used by 3PLs, among other factors, was highlighted in the 2017 21st Annual Third-Party Logistics Study, which was released last week by Capgemini Consulting, Penn State University, and Penske Logistics at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida.

LM interviewed XPO Logistics Chairman and CEO Brad Jacobs at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Annual Conference in Orlando this week.

Various facets of the third-party logistics (3PL) continue to show the evolving role the sector has in serving and helping shippers meet their goals and expectations, with 3PLs also seeing solid bottom line success, according to the Annual Surveys of Third-Party Logistics (3PL) CEOs, released earlier this week at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida.

For shippers, carriers, brokerages and really all other industry stakeholders that have not given much thought to the possibility of Uber becoming a truckload carrier, it appears it may be time to change that mindset.

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) announced the creation of the Supply Chain Hall of Fame, honoring individuals and groups that have made outstanding contributions to the supply chain discipline.

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