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  • Innovation and Partnerships Mean Success for CompackUSA

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    In 2013, Doug Barter, founder and VP of sales of CompackUSA, brought his 20 years of experience in the packaging industry to Portland. Since then he’s been realizing his vision

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  • Third-Party Warehousing for Ecommerce and Kickstarter Businesses Warehousing Car With Boxes

    Bootstrap ecommerce businesses, including those launched on global crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, often put much of their initial energy towards the product and marketing. When the business starts to take off,

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  • Setting the Standard at One Day Delivery Amazon Device

    Recently Amazon announced they will move Prime’s standard 2-day shipping to 1-day shipping. The company has some infrastructure to work on before rolling out the faster ship times to the

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  • 3PL: Your Logistics Navigator Wooden Boards

    Times are a-changing. Gone are the days of excessive paperwork, tedious data entry, and an abundance of opportunity for human error. The rise of technology and ecommerce, as well as

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  • Distributing for a Cause Can Of Clean For A Cause

    “I came to the point in my life where I was faced with a choice to choose life or death. If I was going to choose life, it had to

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  • Holiday Shipping Preparedness – Here We Go! Open Sign

    Black Friday weekend is over, and that means the shopping season is officially here. According to NRF, more than 164 million consumers were expected to shop over Thanksgiving weekend and

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  • Logistics Profit Center: Cost Savings Isn’t Enough Papers With Graphics
    Logistics, Transportation, Warehousing |

    October 27, 2018

    Supply chain, warehousing and transportation have long been considered cost centers in logistics – necessary services to move the business forward. As support resources, they were accountable to achieving certain

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  • Transporters are Diversifying Their Talent Pools Transport Trucks

    No one in the transportation industry is left unaffected by the shifts in logistics caused by a strong economy, increasing customer demands and phenomenoms like the rise of ecommerce. Arguably

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  • Amazon Re-shipper Services Give AU Shoppers More Access Australia Map

    Australia may have just gotten Amazon Prime, but they’re now out of luck when it comes to shopping the global Amazon marketplace. For Australia, buying foreign goods is often less

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  • eCommerce Fulfillment: Beyond the Garage Wrapping A Package

    You’re up and running. You’re gaining some traction, and then suddenly you’re feeling like this: It may be time to outsource your logistics. The ecommerce sales channel is growing at

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  • Cross-docking: In One Door and Out the Other Cross Docking: In One Door And Out The Other

    If you’re not cross-docking, you’re missing an opportunity to gain a fully optimized supply chain. Cross-docking services streamline your distribution process, reduce risk in inventory handling and lower your costs

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  • Hope on the Homefront for Port of Portland Shipping Dock
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    June 2, 2018

    If you’re not cross-docking, you’re missing an opportunity to gain a fully optimized supply chain. Cross-docking services streamline your distribution process, reduce risk in inventory handling and lower your costs

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  • Transportation Capacity Nearly Maxed Out Transport truck
    Logistics, Transportation |

    June 2, 2018

    If you’re not cross-docking, you’re missing an opportunity to gain a fully optimized supply chain. Cross-docking services streamline your distribution process, reduce risk in inventory handling and lower your costs

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  • Partner Spotlight: Knickerbockers American Manufacturer A Bedroom

    Knickerbocker, an American manufacturer of high-quality bed frames and bedding support systems, has been family-owned and operated for 100 years. Brothers Jacob and Lazar are 4th generation operators of the

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  • The Perfect Storm in Global Shipping Shipping Dock 2
    Logistics, Transportation, Warehousing |

    January 27, 2018

    The global logistics shipping industry, from domestic trucking to international air and ocean transportation, is experiencing a whirlwind of upheaval and change. Driven by the political climate, changing consumer demand

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  • Transloading Eases Distribution Pain Shipping Dock 3
    Logistics, Transportation |

    December 12, 2017

    Transloading services offer a quick and cost-effective solution to a trucker’s worst nightmares. Whether you’re in a pinch to store a truck-load for a day, or have missed a delivery

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  • Choosing the Optimal Outbound Logistics Solution 3PL Central Software

    Outbound logistics is the process of storing inventory and transporting the merchandise to the customer. There are process efficiencies at each end of the equation that when optimized, enhance your

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  • Partner Spotlight: Samuel Strapping Expands West Boards

    Samuel Strapping Systems is a single source supplier for packaging and unitizing products and machinery operating in the eastern US and Canada. Their systems and equipment have applications across a

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  • Pricing a Third Party Logistics Provider Warehouse

    Hiring an outside vendor for transportation management is an exercise in trust and is an important business decision. A great 3PL acts as an extension of your supply chain team.

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  • Cass Report Says 2014 was Best Year in the Last Seven Years Pushing a Huge Ball
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    January 30, 2015

    By Jeff Berman, Group News Editor – Logistics Management January 15, 2015 Even with nearly matching declines in freight shipments and expenditures in December, the most recent edition of

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