{"id":5988,"date":"2021-04-30T13:51:19","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T17:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/?page_id=5988"},"modified":"2021-07-23T16:08:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T20:08:04","slug":"selecting-a-3pl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/selecting-a-3pl\/","title":{"rendered":"Selecting a 3PL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column 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.fusion-posts-container{margin-left: -15px !important; margin-right:-15px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-posts-container fusion-posts-container-infinite fusion-posts-container-load-more fusion-blog-rollover fusion-blog-layout-grid fusion-blog-layout-grid-4 isotope fusion-blog-equal-heights\" data-pages=\"2\" data-grid-col-space=\"30\" style=\"margin: -15px -15px 0;min-height:500px;\"><article id=\"blog-1-post-7648\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7648 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-articles category-logistics category-selecting-a-3pl-2 category-supply-chain category-technology category-transportation\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:none;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:rgba(235,234,234,0);\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Rethinking-the-Freight-RFP-Process-Meme.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"If you could just stop using Excel to run your supply chain that would be great\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Rethinking-the-Freight-RFP-Process-Meme-200x137.png 200w, https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Rethinking-the-Freight-RFP-Process-Meme-400x274.png 400w, https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Rethinking-the-Freight-RFP-Process-Meme-600x411.png 600w, https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Rethinking-the-Freight-RFP-Process-Meme.png 742w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 870px) 253px, (min-width: 794px) 337px, (min-width: 717px) 505px, (min-width: 640px) 717px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/rethinking-the-freight-rfp-process\/\" aria-label=\"Rethinking the Freight RFP Process\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 20px 30px 20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/rethinking-the-freight-rfp-process\/\">Rethinking the Freight RFP Process<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/author\/joelynch\/\" rel=\"author\">joelynch<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-07-08T16:31:44-04:00<\/span><span>September 11th, 2021<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/logistics\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Logistics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/selecting-a-3pl-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Selecting a 3PL<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/supply-chain\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Supply Chain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/technology\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Technology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/transportation\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Transportation<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Rethinking the Freight RFP Process Once a year, shippers and carriers begin the arduous freight RFP process, when shippers send<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4386\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4386 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-logistics category-selecting-a-3pl-2 category-special-services category-supply-chain category-technology category-transportation\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:none;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:rgba(235,234,234,0);\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-26-at-2.42.53-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"3pl services\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/main-3pl-services\/\" aria-label=\"What are the main 3PL Services?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 20px 30px 20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/main-3pl-services\/\">What are the main 3PL Services?<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/author\/joelynch\/\" rel=\"author\">joelynch<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-04-07T15:24:22-04:00<\/span><span>May 26th, 2016<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/logistics\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Logistics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/selecting-a-3pl-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Selecting a 3PL<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/special-services\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Special Services<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/supply-chain\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Supply Chain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/technology\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Technology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/transportation\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Transportation<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Admiral E. J. King famously said \u201cI don't know what the hell this \"logistics\" is that Marshall is always talking<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4307\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4307 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-logistics category-sales-marketing category-selecting-a-3pl-2 category-special-services category-technology\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:none;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:rgba(235,234,234,0);\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-29-at-7.21.29-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"The 3PL Buying Process Begins Online and You Aren&#039;t There\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/the-3pl-buying-process-begins-online-and-you-arent-there\/\" aria-label=\"The 3PL Buying Process Begins Online and You Aren&#8217;t There\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 20px 30px 20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/the-3pl-buying-process-begins-online-and-you-arent-there\/\">The 3PL Buying Process Begins Online and You Aren&#8217;t There<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/author\/joelynch\/\" rel=\"author\">joelynch<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-04-07T15:25:46-04:00<\/span><span>October 29th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/logistics\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Logistics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/sales-marketing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Sales &amp; Marketing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/selecting-a-3pl-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Selecting a 3PL<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/special-services\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Special Services<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/technology\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Technology<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The 3PL buying process begins with shipper's looking\u00a0online and you aren't there. It's no surprise that shippers are using the<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4293\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4293 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-selecting-a-3pl-2\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:none;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:rgba(235,234,234,0);\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"695\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Screen-Shot-2015-10-28-at-1.59.51-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"3PL Sales Platform Interview\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/3pl-sales-platform-interview\/\" aria-label=\"3PL Sales Platform Interview\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 20px 30px 20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/3pl-sales-platform-interview\/\">3PL Sales Platform Interview<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/author\/joelynch\/\" rel=\"author\">joelynch<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-10-22T16:38:40-04:00<\/span><span>October 28th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/selecting-a-3pl-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Selecting a 3PL<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JiEr4U3avVA#action=share  Recently, I was interviewed by my friend and colleague, Dustin Mattison. Dustin is a supply chain expert who<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4161\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4161 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-logistics category-sales-marketing category-selecting-a-3pl-2 category-transportation\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:none;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:rgba(235,234,234,0);\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/logistics-is-not-a-commodity.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/logistics-is-not-a-commodity-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/logistics-is-not-a-commodity.jpg 593w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 870px) 253px, (min-width: 794px) 337px, (min-width: 717px) 505px, (min-width: 640px) 717px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/logistics_is_not_a_commodity\/\" aria-label=\"Logistics is Not a Commodity!\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 20px 30px 20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/logistics_is_not_a_commodity\/\">Logistics is Not a Commodity!<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/author\/joelynch\/\" rel=\"author\">joelynch<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-04-21T19:15:24-04:00<\/span><span>April 17th, 2015<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/logistics\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Logistics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/sales-marketing\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Sales &amp; Marketing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/selecting-a-3pl-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Selecting a 3PL<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/transportation\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Transportation<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Logistics might not be a commodity, but it sure feels like it. Anybody selling transportation and logistics services will tell<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4103\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4103 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-selecting-a-3pl-2\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:none;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:rgba(235,234,234,0);\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Depositphotos_8809288_xs.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"3pl selection criteria\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Depositphotos_8809288_xs-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Depositphotos_8809288_xs.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 870px) 253px, (min-width: 794px) 337px, (min-width: 717px) 505px, (min-width: 640px) 717px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/webinar-select-3rd-party-logistics-provider-3pl\/\" aria-label=\"Webinar: How To Select a 3rd Party Logistics Provider (3PL)\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 20px 30px 20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/webinar-select-3rd-party-logistics-provider-3pl\/\">Webinar: How To Select a 3rd Party Logistics Provider (3PL)<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/author\/joelynch\/\" rel=\"author\">joelynch<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-04-21T18:24:32-04:00<\/span><span>October 21st, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/selecting-a-3pl-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Selecting a 3PL<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>How to Select a 3rd Party Logistics Provider (3PL)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4083\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4083 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-logistics category-selecting-a-3pl-2 category-transportation\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:none;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:rgba(235,234,234,0);\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"392\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/13215692_s.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"alternative small package\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/13215692_s-200x229.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/13215692_s.jpg 392w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 870px) 253px, (min-width: 794px) 337px, (min-width: 717px) 505px, (min-width: 640px) 717px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/alternative-small-parcel-carriers-ups-fedex\/\" aria-label=\"Alternatives to UPS and FedEx\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 20px 30px 20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/alternative-small-parcel-carriers-ups-fedex\/\">Alternatives to UPS and FedEx<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/author\/joelynch\/\" rel=\"author\">joelynch<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2022-11-10T10:31:01-05:00<\/span><span>October 20th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/logistics\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Logistics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/selecting-a-3pl-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Selecting a 3PL<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/transportation\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Transportation<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Introduction Although UPS and Fedex may seem like the best options\u00a0due to their prevalence, it's important to look into alternative<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-4038\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-4038 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-selecting-a-3pl-2\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:none;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:rgba(235,234,234,0);\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/5948644_s.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"LTL Carriers and 3PLs\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/5948644_s-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/5948644_s.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 870px) 253px, (min-width: 794px) 337px, (min-width: 717px) 505px, (min-width: 640px) 717px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/the-changing-relationship-between-ltl-carriers-and-3pls\/\" aria-label=\"The Changing Relationship Between LTL Carriers and 3PLs\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 20px 30px 20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/the-changing-relationship-between-ltl-carriers-and-3pls\/\">The Changing Relationship Between LTL Carriers and 3PLs<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/author\/joelynch\/\" rel=\"author\">joelynch<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-10-22T16:45:39-04:00<\/span><span>August 8th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/selecting-a-3pl-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Selecting a 3PL<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>On July 30th, I hosted a webinar where my friend and colleague, Erik Malin gave a presentation on the changing<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3972\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3972 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-selecting-a-3pl-2\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:none;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:rgba(235,234,234,0);\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/selecting-a-3PL.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"hiring a 3PL\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/selecting-a-3PL-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/selecting-a-3PL.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 870px) 253px, (min-width: 794px) 337px, (min-width: 717px) 505px, (min-width: 640px) 717px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/selecting-a-3pl\/\" aria-label=\"Selecting a 3PL &#8211; 9 Things Every Shipper Should Know\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 20px 30px 20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/selecting-a-3pl\/\">Selecting a 3PL &#8211; 9 Things Every Shipper Should Know<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/author\/joelynch\/\" rel=\"author\">joelynch<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-10-22T16:41:03-04:00<\/span><span>June 20th, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/selecting-a-3pl-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Selecting a 3PL<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Recently, a shipping manager asked me what selection criteria he should use when selecting a 3PL. \u00a0As a sales\u00a0guy\u00a0for a<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3745\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3745 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-selecting-a-3pl-2\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:none;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:rgba(235,234,234,0);\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Depositphotos_8809288_xs.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"selecting a 3PL\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Depositphotos_8809288_xs-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Depositphotos_8809288_xs.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 870px) 253px, (min-width: 794px) 337px, (min-width: 717px) 505px, (min-width: 640px) 717px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/selecting-3pl-8-things-great-3pls\/\" aria-label=\"Selecting a 3PL &#8211; 8 Things the Great 3PLs Do\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 20px 30px 20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/selecting-3pl-8-things-great-3pls\/\">Selecting a 3PL &#8211; 8 Things the Great 3PLs Do<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/author\/joelynch\/\" rel=\"author\">joelynch<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2018-10-22T16:46:05-04:00<\/span><span>January 31st, 2014<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/selecting-a-3pl-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Selecting a 3PL<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Click to register for this free webinar: Selecting a 3PL: 8 Things the Great 3PLs Do\u00a0(Wednesday, February 12, 1:00 pm<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-3610\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-3610 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-logistics category-selecting-a-3pl-2 category-special-services category-supply-chain category-technology category-transportation\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:none;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:rgba(235,234,234,0);\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"346\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Depositphotos_3555815_xs.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"3PL Definition Guide - 46 Logistics Support Services Explained\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Depositphotos_3555815_xs-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Depositphotos_3555815_xs.jpg 346w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 870px) 253px, (min-width: 794px) 337px, (min-width: 717px) 505px, (min-width: 640px) 717px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/author\/joelynch\/\" rel=\"author\">joelynch<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2021-04-21T18:53:07-04:00<\/span><span>November 28th, 2013<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/logistics\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Logistics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/selecting-a-3pl-2\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Selecting a 3PL<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/special-services\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Special Services<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/supply-chain\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Supply Chain<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/technology\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Technology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/category\/transportation\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Transportation<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-content-sep sep-none\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\u201c3PLs bundle services to better serve their clients. The logistics industry is huge and the service offerings are very diverse.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2684\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2684 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-selecting-a-3pl-2\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:none;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:rgba(235,234,234,0);\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogisticsoflogistics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Service-Level-Agreement.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Service Level Agreement\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div 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