Camelot 3PL Software

MARCH 29, 2025

At the 2025 Camelot User Conference, Chuck Feldman of 3PL Consulting, Inc. shared a perspective on the power of branding for 3PLs. While many 3PL companies offer similar core services, the key to differentiation lies in positioning the value-added services that enhance customer experience and drive loyalty.

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Trinity Logistics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Participating in Organizations and Conferences. Many of our Leadership Team Members participate in well-known organizations and conferences to not only help keep all of Trinity updated on what’s going on in the industry but to share our expert experience and knowledge with others. Check out our YouTube channel.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 6, 2015

Distribution center utilization of 5S, Kaizen/Continuous Improvement, and Lean Six Sigma and transportation cost reduction: example: use your or your Third Party Logistics (3PL) provider partner’s Transportation Management System (TMS) to optimize your freight so you add value and reduce costs by using the most effective lanes and routes.

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Trinity Logistics

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

A few weeks ago, Trinity held our 2019 Agent Conference in Orlando. The purpose of our Agent Conference is to celebrate, educate, and energize Trinity Agents. Having that type of gratitude shown was another example of how Trinity’s Agents are part of the Trinity Family. It was humbling to see. It was humbling to see.

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GlobalTranz

JULY 9, 2015

Throughout this time, 3PL transportation management providers have taken advantage of the low-costs of transportation, which further reduced the costs for businesses and manufacturers. Furthermore, you can prepare for the change by understanding what 3PLs can do to help attempt to maintain lower prices of transportation.

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Logistics Bureau

APRIL 17, 2017

So… how do you find the right 3PL? 3PL = Third Party Logistics company. And far too many organisations end up with a 3PL partner that is a bad fit culturally, does not provide the right service performance and costs far more than expected. It’s usually the client’s fault… not the 3PL.

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Trinity Logistics

MARCH 22, 2023

A few weeks ago, we held our first educational and virtual Agent Conference of 2023. This conference focused on winning sales and growing strong customer relationships as a Freight Broker Agent. For example, “I recently spoke with Holly Cooper from your sales team and came up with some great ideas to help with your freight”.

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Trinity Logistics

MAY 17, 2024

Examples of this can include access to industry research, subscriptions to relevant publications, or budgeting for educational conferences. Be the example and show them how you take on that initiative, and they will likely follow suit. This way, growth will be fostered organically.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 12, 2017

Which is why a drone took flight from the stage during Ryan’s keynote address at the Descartes Evolution 2017 Conference a couple of weeks ago and broadcast real-time video of the audience as it flew across the front of the hall. Drones and its future in supply chain and logistics processes. Logistics Excellence: Now & in the eFuture.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 21, 2015

You may read my post on holding a supplier’s day conference at your facility so that you may increase collaboration. Creating Collaboration: Supplier Day Conference Details of The Day. These are obviously confidential meetings in a closed office by Supplier Conference Team Members. Complete one-on-one meetings.

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Trinity Logistics

AUGUST 23, 2024

This was the writing on the wall for many shippers and third-party logistics (3PL) companies. Estes added, “This is a great example of how Estes continues to invest wisely in assets and capabilities that create capacity, opportunity, and resiliency for our company and those we serve. Do you stay or do you go? Likely not.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 24, 2024

For example, companies that have their own in-house vehicle fleet often struggle to deliver products on time. What are the key drivers for success in establishing a good customer and 3PL relationship? So to be clear, cost is not a reason to outsource , but a means to assist the decision as to whom to outsource to.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 12, 2017

I remember meeting Karl Siebrecht, co-founder and CEO of FLEXE , a few years ago at the CSCMP Annual Conference not long after the company had launched. A TMS user, for example, can say to the system, “Show me all uncovered loads,” or an inventory manager can ask, “Which stores have less than three days inventory of product X?”

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Talking Logistics

JULY 19, 2018

Visibility Enables Faster Procure-to-Pay and Order-to-Cash processes : for example, you can leverage Electronic Proof of Delivery (ePOD) and geofencing to initiate invoicing and payment process. . The further out you book freight, the less expensive it is,” explained Cicerchi in a video interview I conducted with him at the user conference.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 27, 2015

Expanded use of dimensional weight pricing in ground package shipping will push more less-than-truckload (LTL) carriers to test or offer dimensional pricing as an option to shippers, according to speakers at the SMC3 Connections 2014 conference last June 23-25, 2014. What is Dimensional Weight Pricing? You must also know its actual weight.

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Penske Move Ahead

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Logistics experts shared their research findings during the Council for Supply Chain Management Professional’s (CSCMP) EDGE Annual Conference in Anaheim, California. Joe Carlier, Penske senior vice president of global sales, was a panelist for both the State of Logistics Report panels and the 3PL Study.

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Trinity Logistics

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Ideally, your third-party logistics provider (3PL) should be providing this for you, but if not, some good resources to check out are FreightWaves , Transport Topics , or Supply Chain Dive. Jennifer Hoffman of Trinity Logistics is sharing freight market information at Trinity’s 2022 Freight Agent Conference.

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247 Customs Broker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Let’s add Big Data , Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to the conversation, all of which have been on the menu at this year’s conference. . An example is the way the Kindred robot learns to pick an item – in the best case scenario. The post Material Handling & Logistics Conference: Day 2. Can we talk about robots?

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GlobalTranz

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Editor’s Note: Cerasis is a 3PL focused on transportation management. A real world example of Vendor Managed Inventory in play is electrical products company Leviton Manufacturing. Example: A once/twice Weekly purchase order cycle. So why do we feature content related to Vendor Managed Inventory?

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 8, 2016

Chuck Intrieri is a Supply Chain Optimization, Logistics, Manufacturing, and 3PL Selection Consultant and you can visit his website at [link] or give him a call at 714-788-0744 or shoot him an email at cmiconsulting93@gmail.com. An Example of Matching Systems with People for Sustained Manufacturing Operations Excellence.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 22, 2018

There were a lot of great sessions and speakers during the conference, but I don’t have the time or space to summarize them all today. He pointed to Estonia as an example: Estonia is a great example of what can happen with a concept like blockchain if you’re able to start with a clean sheet of paper.

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CLX Logistics

JUNE 1, 2020

Implement a structured and disciplined engagement strategy between your key departments and your 3PL. Groups such as production, customer service, sales, marketing, and executives often work in silos, so it’s essential to get them talking with both your 3PL and one another to help them understand how they’re connected.

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GlobalTranz

JANUARY 7, 2016

Editor's Note: This is a two part series featuring Chuck Intrieri, who along with providing excellent insights over at his industry leading The Lean Supply Chain blog, is also a consultant who works with companies for Cost Reduction, Supply Chain Optimization, Logistics, Manufacturing, and 3PL Selection.

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GlobalTranz

MAY 20, 2015

For example, if a there is no substitute for a material used, then that supplier should automatically be considered riskier despite its levels of performance. The second risk variable, impact, greatly depends on the supplier’s criticality to production and the final product.

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GlobalTranz

OCTOBER 27, 2015

For example, saying you want to improve relationships with your key stakeholders might be a worthy objective. The effect of any communications effort with this may be difficult to measure unless specific measurement tools are put in place upfront. Evidence may be just as useful in situations like this. However, without the why?

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3PL Links

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

They are as follows: Receipt, Conference and inspection, Identification and addressing, Storage, Separation, Shipping and Delivery. As an example: The conference can be for larger amounts; Identification made by automatic software; The process of separation by areas, and so on.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Industry leaders discussed several topics at this year's CSCMP EDGE conference in Atlanta, and no subject was more important than how companies managed supply chain disruptions over the past year and the top priorities for the future. In many instances where it makes sense for two shippers to be sharing, a 3PL is in the middle of that.

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Penske Move Ahead

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Logistics experts shared their research findings during the Council for Supply Chain Management Professional's (CSCMP) EDGE Annual Conference in Anaheim, California. Joe Carlier, Penske senior vice president of global sales, was a panelist for both the State of Logistics Report panels and the 3PL Study.

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Talking Logistics

APRIL 7, 2017

Mobile technologies in transportation and logistics have come a long way over the past decade — that is, since the iPhone was first introduced, followed by Android devices. And when it comes to last-mile and home delivery operations, mobile technology has become indispensable.

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Automotive Logistics

MAY 30, 2018

This year’s Supply Chain Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, was held alongside the inaugural automotiveIT International conference last week in an effort to promote the kind of communication and cross-fertilisation of ideas that could help to solve these issues. “We Speeding up response times. Turning to academia.

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Blue Grace Logistics

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Analytics turns this vast amount of information into insight, according to the 2020 Third-Party Logistics Study by Infosys Consulting, Penn State University and Penske Logistics presented at the CSCMP Edge conference in Anaheim, California. Langley sites dynamic pricing in freight for an example. But that’s not all it can do.

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Talking Logistics

JULY 14, 2017

Some examples of what a user could ask Coleman: – “Coleman, what is the accounts receivable balance for ACME Corp?” One of my supply chain and logistics predictions for 2017 was that traditional software user interfaces would start migrating toward chatbots and virtual assistants.

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Penske Move Ahead

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Communication is one of the critical components of a successful 3PL-shipper relationship, and reliable data remains at the core of many of those relationships. As a result, shippers and 3PLs are investing in technology as well as data sharing capabilities as they look to create reliable and agile distribution networks.

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GlobalTranz

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Chuck Intrieri, 3PL consultant, and long time Lean Supply Chain practitioner, offers his advice on distribution center or warehouse slotting effectively. All we’re doing here, in the kitchen example, is making sure those things we use the most frequently are the most easily accessible in the warehouse or DC.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 11, 2018

The most recent example is C.H. While drones and flying cars are still in their infancy, Rail — one of the transportation granddaddies — continues to play an important role in global supply chains. Robinson launching a trans-Eurasian rail freight service between China and Europe.

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Trinity Logistics

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This can include efforts such as building relationships with local schools and assisting in their needs, sponsoring camps, offering scholarships, or hosting leadership conferences. Community Necessities. Community necessities is a focus area in which we invest and donate to those in need.

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Blog on Log

AUGUST 5, 2006

I recently participated on a few panels at the EyeForTransport 3PL Summit in Atlanta that were focused on the inbound supply chain from China. During the conference, numerous times, the statement was made that retailers should not put all of their eggs in one basket when it comes to sourcing in China.

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