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The 2023 CLDA Member Advantage Guide highlights the resources that make your CLDA membership special. In these pages you’ll get ideas, tips and ways to stretch your dollars to help you make your business successful in 2023 and beyond. Click the link below to read the full guide.
In the history of the Final Mile there has never been a time of greater change. Customer demand has increased, the labor market is strained, and everyone wants more control and faster delivery. What does our future hold?
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The M&A session at the 2022 Final Mile Forum and Expo outlines the acquisition process from start to finish, describing the various types of acquisitions, how they work, and identifying transaction costs.
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Maintaining an efficient healthcare supply chain is critical to ensure patient care. Carriers have always played an instrumental role, and more so during COVID-19 pandemic, transporting lab samples, vaccines, and medical supplies. In this session, panelists discuss the key elements that the healthcare supply chain needs to be successful.
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Major events over the last few decades have led to extreme security measures for the air cargo supply chain. As security is a critical element of the air cargo industry it is important to understand those elements to provide the best possible service to our customers. Are you in the know?
See the full panel discussion from FMF 2022 below:
At the 2022 Final Mile Forum and Expo, keynote speaker Brian Carter explains why the “growers” continue to attract, compete and win in today’s market. With today’s increasing pace of change, some organizations GROW while others GO. Amazon, Netflix and Uber have GROWN, while Borders, Blockbuster, Yellow Cab SF are GONE. Many organizations are looking for the secrets of how to attract the customers and workforce they need.
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At the 2022 Final Mile Forum and Expo, keynote speaker Gene Marks provided attendees with tactics and strategies for attracting and retaining the best personnel in a post-COVID world.
View his presentation below and download the slide deck for handy reference.
Click on the link below to learn how driver background checks mitigate your company’s risk!
Five Mistakes On Background Checks That Can Put Your Company At Risk
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the ways shippers and 3PLs connect with last-mile transportation providers. Many shippers and third-party logistics (3PL) companies formed new strategic partnerships in the face of these changes to combat same-day delivery expectations fueled by the “Amazon Effect” during lock-down. That was the conclusion of a new whitepaper entitled The Age of Amazon: Why 3PLs & Last-Mile Delivery Fleets Must Draw Closer. The whitepaper is a joint project of the Customized Logistics & Delivery Association (CLDA), the trade association for final-mile delivery companies, and the Transport Intermediaries Association (TIA), the voice of the third-party logistics (3PL) industry. Read the whitepaper.
Wondering about all these industry abbreviations and acronyms? Our glossary can help.