Environmental and sustainability concerns are on everyone’s mind in the logistics industry. In fact, nearly every supply chain and logistics company has created environmental policies that reflect its mission and goals. As the world strives to create a more eco-friendly, carbon-neutral environment, it’s important to understand the logistics industry’s role in achieving that goal. Here are a few tips for reducing your carbon footprint in logistics.
Select Green Suppliers
Selecting greener suppliers is a great first step towards reducing your carbon footprint in logistics. Choosing raw materials directly affects the environment as each material can have a vastly different carbon footprint. Before selecting raw materials, do some research on the supplier’s energy consumption, waste, and emissions. Keeping track of these vital environmental metrics can go a long way.
Optimize Your Supply Networks
Global supply chains often involve large supply networks that require air and ocean transportation. These modes of transportation largely contribute to greenhouse gas emissions which negatively impact the environment. Although there is no way to eliminate these transportation modes, it is possible to optimize your routes and consolidate your supply networks across shorter distances. This proves to be a great way to reduce your carbon footprint.
Use Eco-Friendly Transportation Options
There is more than one way to get from point A to point B. If a logistics provider only offers one mode of transportation, your options are limited. What if that’s not the most efficient route or mode of transport? Look for a company that offers a broad portfolio of services so that you can take advantage of the most eco-friendly transportation options. A good logistics provider will partner with carriers or organizations (like SmartWay Transport) that keep sustainability in mind.
Sustainability Through Technology
Having the right data at your fingertips is crucial for achieving carbon footprint reductions. Whether it’s through data evaluation or macro-level data consumption, technology can identify savings opportunities by completing optimization studies to find out the best way to distribute products efficiently. With technology’s importance growing in the supply chain, understanding how to utilize it can supplement your sustainability initiatives.
You should not underestimate the importance of reducing your carbon footprint in logistics. With more customers choosing green logistics partners that align with their beliefs, businesses should start with small, impactful steps to reduce their carbon footprint. Ultimately, there are more advantages of sustainable logistics in the long run.
As a part of our sustainability initiatives, Logistics Plus is proud to be the first corporate sponsor to enroll in the Restoring Integrity To The Oceans (RIO) Plastic Neutrality Program. Read the news release here for more details.
Simply put, Incoterms® are the selling terms that the buyer and seller of goods both agree to during international transactions. Legal authorities and governments accept these rules around the world. Deciding which of the 11 Incoterms® to select is fundamental for the seller to create the pro forma invoice, and it serves as the basis for the buyer’s purchase order. So what is the perfect arrangement for the seller to offer while accommodating the buyer’s purchase terms?
Ex Works (EXW) named place and Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) named place are the opposite extremes of seller versus buyer responsibility. Ideally, sellers favor EXW because it’s the closest thing to selling domestically. On the other hand, buyer’s typically welcome DDP because the seller assumes all the responsibility, risk, and costs associated with transporting the goods until the buyer receives them. So what is the Incoterm® of sale that allows the buyer and seller to meet in the middle? Free Carrier (FCA) seller’s shipping facility.
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Logistics Plus ForwarderPlus services go beyond the freight forwarder’s traditional role. That includes collaboration with the seller and prospective buyer at the earliest transaction negotiation stages. The best way to illustrate this process is through an actual shipment example. This describes how the Logistics Plus Pro Forma invoice is created, and it takes the viewer through the steps involved from the purchase order issuance, cargo receiving, and main carriage shipping.
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Logistics Plus Founder and CEO Jim Berlin was featured on the weekly Business Spotlight program from WPSE AM 1450/FM 107.1 Radio. Business Spotlight is a 30-minute program airing Fridays at noon. Each segment focuses on a business or organization that is making an impact across the region.
In this segment, Jim gives an update on business as the first quarter of 2021 comes to a close, navigating supply chain challenges from the Suez Canal blockage, environmental sustainability practices, and more. You can listen to a replay of the interview on the Logistics Plus YouTube Channel below.
Logistics Plus Ranks Among America’s Top 3PLs According to Multiple Transport Topics 2021 Lists
Logistics Plus ranks as a top freight brokerage firm and a top dry storage warehousing firm in the $231 billion U.S. third-party logistics industry.
ERIE, PA (April 6, 2021) – Logistics Plus Inc., a leading worldwide provider of transportation, logistics, and supply chain solutions, has again been named to two top third-party logistics provider lists in the April 5, 2021 issue of Transport Topics magazine. Logistics Plus ranks number 61 on the Transport TopicsTop Freight Brokerage Firms list and number 62 on the Transport TopicsTop Dry Storage Warehousing Firms list.
Industry research firm Armstrong & Associates estimates the U.S. third-party logistics (3PL) market grew 8.8% in 2020, bringing the total market to $231.5 billion. Domestic transportation management represents the largest segment of the U.S. 3PL market, followed by international transportation management, value-added warehousing and distribution, dedicated contract logistics, and logistics software.
Transport Topics publishes an annual list of the top 50 logistics companies along with its sector lists for freight brokerage, dry storage warehousing, refrigerated warehousing, dedicated, ocean freight, and air freight services. To read more about the largest logistics companies in America, visit Transport Topics at https://www.ttnews.com/top50/logistics/2021.
About Transport Topics
Transport Topics is the news leader in freight transportation and has been for the last 80 years. When it comes to major issues, industry events, and new developments, Transport Topics journalists are there first and most often. Our hallmark coverage of the regulatory environment and the business and technology landscapes makes TT unique — a major multimedia channel, personalized for transportation. Read us daily at www.ttnews.com.
About Logistics Plus Inc.
Logistics Plus Inc. is a 21st-century logistics company that provides freight transportation, Warehousing, fulfillment, global logistics, business intelligence, and supply chain management solutions through a worldwide network of talented and caring professionals. The company was founded 25 years ago in Erie, PA, by local entrepreneur Jim Berlin. Today, Logistics Plus is a highly regarded, fast-growing, and award-winning transportation and logistics company. 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.
The Logistics Plus® network includes offices, warehouses, and agents located in Erie, PA; Akron, OH; Buffalo, NY; Chicago, IL; Chino, CA; Cleveland, OH; Dallas, TX; Des Moines, IA; Detroit, MI; Fort Worth, TX; Haslet TX; Houston, TX; Laredo, TX; Lexington, NC; Los Angeles, CA; Melbourne, FL; Nashville, TN; New York, NY; Olean, NY; San Francisco, CA; Australia; Bahrain; Belgium; Canada; China; Colombia; Czech Republic; Egypt; France; Germany; India; Indonesia; Japan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Libya; Mexico; Netherlands; Poland; Saudi Arabia; Taiwan; Turkey; UAE; Ukraine; Uganda; and United Kingdom; with additional agents around the world. For more information, visit www.logisticsplus.com or follow @LogisticsPlus on Twitter.
After being blocked for nearly a week, traffic has finally resumed in the Suez Canal. Logistics Plus Founder and CEO Jim Berlin connected with Erie News Now reporter Haley Potter to discuss the blockage’s supply chain impact. Even though the canal blockage happened over 5,000 miles away in Egypt, the effects are still felt in the United States.
“Even though the ships will get through more quickly to get rid of the backlog, when you think about it, they are all going to ports, and now the ports will be clogged,” Jim told Erie News Now. He added, “We will feel this for a few months, I think.”
Since its completion in 1869, the Suez Canal has become one of the world’s most important seaways. This human-made waterway enables a more direct route for shipping between Europe and Asia. According to Reuters, about 15% of the world’s shipping traffic transits the canal, and an estimated $10 billion worth of goods was disrupted each day the canal was blocked.
Logistics Plus Chino Warehouse Receives Alcohol License Approval
California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control grants public warehouse license approval.
ERIE, PA (April 1, 2021) – Logistics Plus Inc., a leading worldwide provider of transportation, logistics, and supply chain solutions, is pleased to announce that the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control has granted a license to its Chino, California warehouse for the public storage of alcoholic beverages and spirits.
Logistics Plus is also announcing the creation of a new company division, called LP Spirits™, to place additional focus on its growing alcohol and spirits warehousing and logistics business.
“Since our grand opening last fall, the LP Chino warehouse has become a hallmark facility for warehousing and fulfillment,” said Tom Kelly, Regional Director of Sales and Operations for Logistics Plus. “With our new license, and our new capabilities catering to the spirits industry, there is not much in the way of dry storage freight that we cannot efficiently store and distribute from our southern California location. Plus, we can also provide liquor companies with valuable importation, compliance, and export solutions.”
The 565 thousand square foot Logistics Plus Chino Warehouse facility offers commercial storage, inventory management, distribution, and pick-pack-ship fulfillment solutions. The company has nearly three million square feet of warehousing across North America, including facilities in Dallas, TX; Chicago, IL; Erie, PA; Olean, NY; Lexington, NC; and Dayton, NJ. Early this year, the Logistics Plus Chicago Warehouse received its alcoholic beverage warehouse license from the Illinois Liquor Control Commission.
Logistics Plus Inc. is a 21st-century logistics company that provides freight transportation, Warehousing, fulfillment, global logistics, business intelligence, and supply chain management solutions through a worldwide network of talented and caring professionals. The company was founded 25 years ago in Erie, PA, by local entrepreneur Jim Berlin. Today, Logistics Plus is a highly regarded, fast-growing, and award-winning transportation and logistics company. 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.
The Logistics Plus® network includes offices, warehouses, and agents located in Erie, PA; Akron, OH; Buffalo, NY; Chicago, IL; Chino, CA; Cleveland, OH; Dallas, TX; Des Moines, IA; Detroit, MI; Fort Worth, TX; Haslet TX; Houston, TX; Laredo, TX; Lexington, NC; Los Angeles, CA; Melbourne, FL; Nashville, TN; New York, NY; Olean, NY; San Francisco, CA; Australia; Bahrain; Belgium; Canada; China; Colombia; Czech Republic; Egypt; France; Germany; India; Indonesia; Japan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Libya; Mexico; Netherlands; Poland; Saudi Arabia; Taiwan; Turkey; UAE; Ukraine; Uganda; and United Kingdom; with additional agents around the world. For more information, visit www.logisticsplus.com or follow @LogisticsPlus on Twitter.
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