by Scott Frederick | Apr 16, 2024 | News
Logistics Plus Ranks 82nd Among Transport Topics 2024 Top 100 North American Logistics Companies
Logistics Plus was also again named as a Top Dry Storage Warehousing Firm and a Top Freight Brokerage Firm.
ERIE, PA (April 16, 2024) – Logistics Plus, Inc. (LP), a global leader in transportation, logistics, and unique supply chain solutions, is proud to announce that it has been named to the annual Transport Topics Top 100 list of North America’s largest logistics companies based on gross revenue for the most recent 12-month period. Logistics Plus moved up the rankings to the 82nd spot after making the list for the first time in 2023 in the final 100th spot. Logistics Plus also ranked as the 38th largest dry storage warehousing firm and the 66th largest freight brokerage firm.
“Soft freight market conditions have been placing financial strain on third-party logistics providers for the past couple of years with an oversupply of truck capacity driving down rates and squeezing brokers’ margins,” said Seth Clevenger, managing editor of features and multimedia at Transport Topics. “Despite this challenging business environment, the industry’s top 3PLs have continued to drive improvements in supply chain efficiency for their shipper customers.”
“Logistics is in our DNA,” said Jim Berlin, Founder and CEO of Logistics Plus. “As the world keeps changing, we find creative ways to help our customers adapt and succeed. Our passion for excellence has taken us in newer and newer directions as we have grown every year over the past 27 years.”
To learn who made the list and read more about the issues facing logistics companies, visit Transport Topics at https://www.ttnews.com/logistics/rankings/2024.
Also this month, Logistics Plus was named a Top 100 Logistics IT Provider for 2024 by Inbound Logistics magazine.
About Transport Topics
Since 1935, Transport Topics has been the news leader in trucking and freight transportation. When it comes to major issues, industry events, and new developments, TT journalists get the story first and get it right, keeping readers informed about all aspects of the trucking industry and helping them stay ready for what’s to come. Explore the latest at https://www.ttnews.com.
About Logistics Plus, Inc.
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Logistics Plus, Inc. (LP) is a 21st-century logistics company and a leading worldwide provider of transportation, warehousing, fulfillment, global logistics, business intelligence, technology, and supply chain solutions. LP works in the background to help businesses manage their supply chains in an ever-changing world. Founded in 1996, today LP has annual global sales of over $500M with more than 1,000 employees located in 50+ countries worldwide. LP is recognized as one of the fastest-growing privately-owned logistics companies, a top 3PL provider, a top 100 logistics company, a top freight brokerage and warehousing provider, and a great place to work. With a Passion For Excellence™, its employees put the PLUS in LOGISTICS by doing the big things properly, plus the countless little things that together ensure complete customer satisfaction and success.
by Scott Frederick | Apr 3, 2024 | News
Logistics Plus Customs Brokerage Manager Gretchen Blough appeared on NPR’s 4/2/24 edition of Marketplace to comment on how shippers are coping with supply chain disruptions. She described how the closure of the Port of Baltimore is affecting business.
Listen to her comments online at https://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace/this-is-the-time-to-be-a-saver/#Companies-are-rerouting-cargo-after-Baltimore-bridge-collapse or by clicking below.
Marketplace® is a nonprofit news organization on a mission to raise the economic intelligence of the country. For more than 30 years, they have helped people become smarter about the economic forces that touch their daily lives through the unorthodox story, the casual conversation, and the unexpected angle on the news.
by Scott Frederick | Mar 28, 2024 | News
The world keeps changing. You need world-class technology to keep up with your business’s growing demands. MyLogisticsPlus™ is a powerful, custom-built portal personalized to meet all your integration, order processing, transportation management, invoicing, and reporting requirements.
Watch this instructional video to learn more.
MyLogisticsPlus™ can be implemented as a stand-alone TMS, an integrated supply chain management application, or part of a dedicated global supply chain control tower program. It is totally secure with multi-factor authentication login control. MyLogisticsPlus™ has multi-modal capabilities, including parcel, LTL, truckload, and international freight forwarding, with dashboard reports to deeply analyze macro trends or to drill down into detailed data. All features and modules are permission-controlled, and users have access to only what they need.
The power of MyLogisticsPlus™ is the Orders Dashboard. Through integration, we bring all your orders from your ERP or WMS into a powerful dashboard view. From here, you can immediately ship orders as parcel, LTL, truckload, or international. Consolidate orders or set up milk runs where needed for greater efficiency. And Logistics Plus specialists are always just a click away to provide expertise and support. When you ship parcel, we connect via API to all of your carriers and accounts. So that you can see all of your carriers and service options to make the optimal selections. We also connect to all your LTL and truckload carriers and contracts, or contracts negotiated by Logistics Plus if they offer greater savings. Again, so that you can see all of your carriers and service options to make the optimal choices. Shipments created are API-tendered directly to carriers and then immediately made available for tracking. Get detailed tracking for your international shipments. And for all of your domestic shipments.
All invoices are consolidated into another powerful dashboard view where they can be reviewed, assigned proper GL codes, and authorized for payment. Invoices can even be paid directly from within the system. Specific invoice details are always just a click away. And all related documents, such as bills of lading, waybills, and proofs of delivery, are also readily available.
MyLogisticsPlus™ also has powerful business intelligence tools integrated providing valuable insights into shipment trends by mode… Carrier performance metrics … Transportation cost trends … Inventory status … Product rollouts … And even weather impacts. Ready to learn more?
by Scott Frederick | Mar 1, 2016 | News
Energy News from around the World
Today Logistics Plus Turkey sent its February 2016 issue of LP Turkey Energy News to customers and other interested parties throughout the region. Logistics Plus has extensive expertise providing transportation and logistics solutions to companies in the Energy & Fuel Industry.
The new issue is pictured below. Click here to read the online version.
by Scott Frederick | Feb 25, 2016 | News
Companies of all sizes are increasing their use of outsourced logistics services as they seek greater efficiency in their supply chains. Here is a 3PL checklist to help you find the best third party logistics partner for your situation. 3PLs bring valuable benefits to companies in a number of ways:
- Reducing transportation costs. 3PLs often have scale and leverage advantages that allow them to negotiate and access better rates than shippers can do on their own. They can also eliminate unwanted administrative costs by efficiently finding and securing capacity, monitoring and auditing carrier and rate compliance, and executing optimal mode selection (all of this often with the aid of specialized technology).
- Improving customer satisfaction. 3PLs can support customer satisfaction improvement goals by helping with accurate order fulfillment, improving on-time pickups and deliveries, providing greater shipment visibility, and reducing losses and damages.
- Providing global expertise. 3PLs can help businesses navigate the more complex aspects of importing and exporting by providing documentation, customs brokerage, duty optimization, and freight forwarding solutions. This can help companies introduce their products to new markets or source lower-cost materials for production.
- Reducing supply chain risk. 3PLs can help mitigate risks by ensuring companies are using licensed and safe transportation carriers, providing logistics talent acquisition expertise, and staying abreast of special governmental and environmental rules and regulations.
With the above benefits in mind, here is a very simple 3PL checklist you may want to consider when evaluating your partner options:
Credibility?
- Is your potential partner financially stable with a long history of successful operations? Do they have reputable customers from whom they have received testimonials? Have they won any significant awards or recognition?
Assets or Non-Asset?
- Do they manage their own truck fleet or assets? Do they provide non-asset brokerage solutions? Do they have dedicated warehousing and do they manage warehousing using any of their own staff?
Domestic Operations?
- Are they able to manage all transportation modes, including LTL, truckload, expedited, rail, air, and ocean services? Do they have adequate staff with sufficient expertise to manage all aspects of domestic transportation? Can they provide dedicated staff and resources for a complete managed transportation solution?
Global Capabilities?
- Do they have global staff located around the world? Are they able to manage all aspects of imports and exports? Can they manage all international transportation modes, including ocean, air, ground, and rail? Can they manage complex project cargo from start until finish? Do they provide customs broker solutions and can they assist with global trade compliance?
Leading Technology?
- Do they have a capable transportation management system (TMS)? Do they have international freight forwarding track and trace capabilities? Do they have a warehouse management system (WMS)? Can their technology solutions be integrated into your back-office systems?
Ancillary Services?
- What additional services can they bring to your company? Can they help with things like global sourcing, specialized warehousing, linguistic solutions, cargo insurance, and financing options?
Cultural Fit?
- Do they have a customer service-oriented culture? Do they have a mission statement or mantra that resonates with you? Are they proud of, and do they showcase, their people? Do they have a history of successes and “going to bat” for their customers?
Hopefully this gives you a good starting checklist if you are, or will soon be, evaluating 3PL partners. Obviously, we feel very confident that Logistics Plus has the credibility, capabilities, and cultural fit that works well for most companies and industries. If you’d like to engage us in your evaluation process, request for quote (RFQ), or request for proposal (RFP) – or if you simply want to talk – just let us know. We’re here to help and we’re ready to do so.
Looking for more outside reading on this subject? Check out his article from SuppyChain247.com
