Consumers Are Demanding More From Your Fulfillment Operations.
The Marketplace Fairness Act is legislation that has been introduced that would grant state and local governments the authority to enforce existing sales tax laws by requiring online and catalog...
View ArticleGood Advice for Start-ups.
A St Louis event for Start Ups was hosted by Startup Grind and James Maes, Director of Tech / CTO for ML and CPL, gave a talk focused on helping small eCom and new media companies get started, put in...
View ArticleThe Midwest is the place to be for logistics.
Others are starting to give St. Louis the credit it deserves as being one the best logistics hubs in the country. The infrastructure of the region gives us multiple options for moving freight, both...
View ArticleOn the Up and Up
We love reading about distribution metrics because it gives us benchmarks from which to evaluate our own operations against the best in the business. DC Velocity magazine and WERC collaborated on a...
View ArticleMaterialogic is Recognized for Energy Efficiency and Environmental Stewardship
Annual energy reduction from new lights equivalent to planting 97 acres of trees and saving 43,623 gallons of gasoline! St. Louis, MO., July 8th, 2013 – Materialogic, a leader in third party logistics...
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Data Security: What do you need from your 3PL?
The last few years have seen data security take center stage as stories of hacking and identity theft have made front page news. (For an interesting way to see the big data breaches of the past...
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Getting the Details You Need From Logistics and Warehouse Data
Our economy is increasingly being driven by logistics, and logistics has focused around data. Having the right data, right when you need it, allows you to hedge against risk, find solutions to...
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Best Practices for Subscriptions Services
Our sister company Copper Peak Logistics recently published a white paper entitled “From Wine Club Promotion to Wine Club Experience: Lessons from Subscription Services.” While that paper mostly...
View ArticleHazmat ORM-D and Limited Quantity: What They Really Means for eCommerce Shipping
The word “hazmat” conjures images of people in radiation suits cleaning up a spill, or driving trucks of dangerous chemicals. The truth is that laws regulating hazardous materials cover a much wider...
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3 Big Reasons Why the Cloud is Good for Logistics
Cloud computing has come of age, but not because it’s a fancy piece of futuristic technology. What many people in retail and industry have not yet grasped is that cloud computing is really a model of...
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The Market for Protective Packaging is Growing: What This Means for Shippers
The market for protective packaging has surged in the past seven years—that was a finding from a 2014 study by The Freedonia Group that looked at packaging in the light of recent trends, including...
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The Panama Canal Expansion is Up and Running: Were We Right?
Almost a full year ago, we reported on the Panama Canal expansion and what it would mean for shipping and logistics nationwide. It took 40,000 workers nearly 10 years to bring that expansion to...
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Multiple Locations vs. Central Location for Warehousing and Shipping
A common question merchants have when looking for a 3PL is “Can you store and ship from multiple locations?” Amazon.com has set a high expectation for fast two-day delivery, and many other merchants...
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Growing Pains? Multiple Carton Small Parcel Shipment Weight Might be Your...
Whether you use a 3PL for shipping and logistics or do things in house, there is a long list of issues to take care of: Order accuracy, DIM weight changes, address verification, inventory updates… and...
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Holiday Gift Season is Coming Fast…Are You Ready? Let’s Find Out.
Although September has only just arrived, now really is the time that merchants need to begin planning for the holiday rush. That goes for eCommerce merchants as well as traditional brick-and-mortar...
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3PL Request for Proposal Template
We’re excited to present our 3PL Request for Proposal – Template. This document is designed to provide you guidance when constructing an RFP. There are certain pieces of information that 3PLs need in...
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Request for Proposal (RFP) for 3PL Services: A Template
There are a lot of articles out there dispensing advice on how to go about the RFP process when choosing a logistics partner or 3PL. (In fact, we wrote some ourselves earlier this year). Few articles,...
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Wasting Time? You Might Be, If You Are Doing Your Own Fulfillment
When you are not “in” logistics and fulfillment, it’s hard to appreciate how much time it consumes. Here we’re not just talking the time it takes to locate, pick, pack, ship, and deliver an item....
View ArticleA Cautionary Tale for U.S. Retailers: What Hanjin Means
One of the bigger stories to hit the shipping world recently was the bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping Co., one of the largest shipping companies in the world. While some in the industry are hanging on the...
View ArticleSome Companies are Opening Shop Without Stock—Good Idea, or Risky Trend?
It might seem obvious: If you have a traditional brick-and-mortar store, or a chain of stores, those stores will have to carry enough inventory to supply shoppers until their next shipment arrives. But...
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