The Supply Chain Xchange

The U.S. parcel market is operating at unprecedented scale, reaching a record 23.9 billion shipped packages in 2025. Industry experts expect that number to continue to grow with online shopping in the United States forecast to ...

Most conversations about tariffs focus on the rate: how much duty is owed on a given product. Far fewer focus on a couple of variables that can matter just as much to a company's bottom line: when that duty is owed and how it is paid.

Companies that treat duty payment as a fixed, immovable cost are overlooking a powerful financial lever. Those that strategic...

Supply chains have become increasingly connected over the past two decades but simultaneously have become increasingly fragmented. New technologies, specialized software platforms, and external partner systems have helped organizations solve individual operational challenges, yet many of these tools were never designed to function as a single operating environment...

Every experienced distribution leader has lived this, usually more than once.

A problem shows up on the floor. Picks are slowing in a zone. Replenishment can't keep up. Errors climb in a particular process. You put a team on it, they work out a fix, they build it into standard work, you train to it, and the problem goes away. The fix holds.

Then, a yea...

Beverage distributors face mounting pressure to fulfill delivery promises while protecting profit margins. Rising customer expectations, fuel costs and labor expenses are making that increasingly difficult without adding headcount.

To stay competitive, distributors are finding that improving delivery performance and driver retention depends on better coordin...