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The ocean transportation industry is facing daunting challenges. These are creating headwinds for carriers and shippers alike. Carriers are challenged by overcapacity, as major players move to bigger and bigger [...]

Online retailing is changing how consumers shop and how supply chains fill their orders. What that all means for the future is anyone's guess. Given the number of deliveries each [...]

It's hard to imagine today, but in the late 1980s, third-party logistics (3PL) was relatively new. Today, of course, logistics outsourcing has become an important option for logistics managers in [...]

Over the past 25 years, the third-party logistics (3PL) industry has evolved from an emerging industry to a global best practice, setting the stage for the next 25 years of [...]

Several years ago at the Academic Reception at the annual Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals meeting I was talking with several of my peers from other institutions. We calculated [...]

The article discusses the potential of blockchain technology as a solution to challenges and issues in the ocean transportation industry. Among the challenges in the sector are tough price competition, high fuel costs, and long wait and transport times. Also cited are the issue of ransomware attack, and the planned permissioned, authorization, consolidation and expansion (PACE) program to use blockchain in supply chain management.

The article focuses on the challenges of third-party logistics (3PL) companies in electronic (e)-commerce company Amazon.com Inc. and technological innovations. Topics mentioned include the several changes in the North American e-commerce industry which include e-commerce growth, shorter delivery trips, and expansion of mobile services, the customer services management, and the development of competition in 3PL.