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Inside the Shipper Mind with Jim Bierfeldt

The Logistics of Logistics

About Jim Bierfeldt Jim Bierfeldt is the Founder and President of Logistics Marketing Advisors. Jim has had a 35-year career in marketing and communications, including 25+ within the logistics industry. Our niche focus gives us the industry understanding and contacts required to market effectively to logistics decision makers.

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Logistics Buyers Survey with Jim Bierfeldt

The Logistics of Logistics

Jim Bierfeldt is the Founder and President of Logistics Marketing Advisors. Jim has had a 35-year career in marketing and communications, including 25+ within the logistics industry. Logistics Marketing Advisors (LMA) is a full-service marketing agency exclusively focused on helping logistics businesses drive profitable growth.

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North Carolina named best state for business – Logistics a big reason

Kanban Logistics

Ample space : In addition to its prime location, North Carolina has plenty of space for new industrial construction, as well as expansion of existing structures – areas in which the state government has stacked its resources in recent years. Lower logistics costs: As noted by FORBES , North Carolina ranks #4 in the U.S.

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Driving Sustainability in the Age of Supply Chain Disruption

Logistics Viewpoints

Emerging technologies play a role in managing disruption and are driving change in the transportation and logistics industries. We are now seeing an increase in the use of automation, not just within a TMS or WMS, but the digital coordination across all phases of logistics, from shipper to broker to carrier to warehouse.

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To Outsource or Not to Outsource Your Business Logistics – What should you do?

ShipLilly

Fulfillment centers with years of experience and expertise have familiarity with different product lines, different industries, and various campaigns within those industries. That type of knowledge can be applied to your industry and your campaign. Concurrently, good fulfillment centers with expertise know how to manage labor.

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Do People Skills Matter in the World of Logistics?

The Logistics of Logistics

How you develop your sales team has a big impact on your logistics business. Even as the industry is becoming more data driven than ever before and cutting-edge software is increasingly used to manage freight from start to finish, the development of your sales team is still important. People skills do matter.

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Strong US Economy Fueling Supply Chain Opportunities: State of Logistics Report

Material Handling and Logistics

Here are some highlights from the report: • United States business logistics costs are at $1.14 Challenges in this space have resulted in high-level technological innovations that has shaken the industry out of outdated stereotypes. There was a lot of excess capacity in the marketplace. trillion, or 7.7%