The Great Recession has become the Great Reshuffle as millions of workers seek better wages and better work/life balance driving organizations to rethink their approach to hiring in an employee-driven market.

Managing a supply chain of any kind is no easy feat, and for perishable products the stakes are particularly high. But in-transit, shipment condition visibility can give access to when, where, and how products are faring.

Hubtek’s Andrew Gulovsen discusses a 3-step strategy for finding, assessing and measuring your current and future workforce needs.

President’s Message Anne Reinke, PRESIDENT & CEO, TRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES ASSOCIATION HAPPY SUMMER, MEMBERS! Not all of our monthly issues of 3PL Perspectives have a theme to the articles, but this issue does: how to protect your business. You all have been extraordinarily successful at finding capacity and leveraging relationships during a very unstable time. While your phone is ringing relentlessly, ...

Noël Perry | TRANSPORTATION INTERMEDIARIES ASSOCIATION It’s drivers stupid! Who wants to sleep in a truck even if it is a shiny new Peterbuilt? That’s what most people think. How does one recruit people to do that? It’s no wonder contract prices are up 28%. Spot prices peaked at 56% above the starting point.  SURE HAS BEEN tough being a ...

Michael Monson | TOP TALENT NO MATTER WHAT size or amount of success your logistics company has, the chances are that your organization has had to deal with some difficulty regarding talent in recent years. This is primarily due to the shift to a “candidate-driven” market. There are more open positions than candidates willing to make a change. So, what ...

Graham Gonzales | RELIANCE PARTNERS INSURANCE IN THE 3PL space has evolved over the past decade. Exciting innovations in this arena have led to wariness among insurance providers, supported by an unprecedented cadence of claims. Backward, right? Innovation is exciting and change is good in most industries. What this means is that a traditionally fixed industry has become fluid in ...

Steve Kochan | COMFREIGHT TO SAY WE’RE living in “interesting times” might be an understatement lately. From shippers having an over-supply to the challenges that smaller carriers are experiencing with fuel prices, to the greater macro-economic challenges of inflation, there are many new dynamics that will likely continue for some time. Carriers are under pressure as fuel costs reach record ...