by Dave Frentzel | Feb 2, 2019 | Briefs, Due Diligence, Supply Chain Management, Transportation & Logistics
Shippers have many options when choosing a third-party logistics (3PL) provider. Even with industry consolidations, there are thousands of companies that offer logistics services – brokers, freight forwarders, contract logistics companies, tech-based startups, and so...
by Dave Frentzel | Sep 17, 2018 | Briefs, Strategy, Supply Chain Management, Transportation & Logistics
Third-party logistics (3PL) providers and their customers have yet another huge wave of industry innovation and growth to ride. The first wave in the modern era of 3PLs in the US began in the 1980s with trucking deregulation, business process outsourcing, and the...
by Dave Frentzel | Feb 16, 2018 | Briefs, Supply Chain Management, Transportation & Logistics
The most well-known and spectacular (or some might say highly speculative) instance of a blockchain distributed ledger technology (DLT) is bitcoin, the cryptocurrency platform. Yet when one takes a broader view of this emerging technology, supply chain applications...
by Dave Frentzel | Dec 21, 2017 | Briefs, Investor Advisory, Strategy, Transportation & Logistics, Value Creation
It’s no secret that Amazon has become a giant of commerce. Today, Amazon represents nearly 44 percent of the US retail e-commerce market and about 4% of all US retail sales. In 2016, the company alone accounted for 53 percent of all retail e-commerce growth. Along the...
by David Bovet | Dec 20, 2017 | Briefs, Operations, Organization, Sales & Marketing, Supply Chain Management
Supply-demand balancing – optimally and consistently – is tough for many mid-sized companies. Even the largest corporations can make mistakes. What are some practical suggestions to tackle these challenges? The art and science of aligning supply and demand is as old...
by Dave Frentzel | Nov 29, 2017 | Briefs, Operations, Sales & Marketing, Technology
The playbook is your negotiating team’s plan for reaching a successful outcome. Business negotiations can be complex, high-stakes, time-critical events. A winning playbook, then, requires agility, intelligence, and speed to support different game day scenarios and...
