08/24/2021Transportation Management: An Extension of our Customers’ Team Reading Time: 3 minutes Meet the Team Making TM Operations Seamless Enabled by technology that gives real-time visibility to transportation networks, our experts make transparent, quick decisions that mitigate costs and increase efficiencies for our customers. In this video, Darren Conner and Tanika Cobb highlight how NFI’s dedication to customer service and nimble decision-making support NFI’s customized solutions, and… Continue reading Transportation Management: An Extension of our Customers’ Team
08/11/2021Using Technology to Navigate Supply Chain Volatility Reading Time: 4 minutes Volatility became synonymous with supply chain in 2020 and that trend has continued throughout 2021. Consistent disruptions are forcing shippers to rethink the way they manage their networks. Supply chain visibility is critical when making calculated decisions that help support the health of your business. Advancements in technology can help fill the gaps exposed by… Continue reading Using Technology to Navigate Supply Chain Volatility
07/16/2021The Dallas-Ft. Worth Distribution Advantage Reading Time: 5 minutes As the world regains its footing post-pandemic, the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area continues to grow economically. One of only two large U.S. metros to post three-year job gains, the Dallas region is recovering to pre-pandemic employment levels faster than all other large U.S. Metros.[1] Dallas ranks as the ninth-largest city in the United States with… Continue reading The Dallas-Ft. Worth Distribution Advantage
07/01/2021What the Approaching ILWU-PMA Contract Renewal Means for Shippers Reading Time: 5 minutes After a year marred by congestion, skyrocketing cargo handling costs, increased demand as a result of the pandemic, and looming clean air mandates, West Coast marine terminal operators have had all the more reason to explore productivity improvements and cost-saving options like automation. Historically, concern about displacing and replacing employees with robotics had prompted the… Continue reading What the Approaching ILWU-PMA Contract Renewal Means for Shippers
06/25/2021Transportation Management: Collaboratively Implementing Solutions Reading Time: 3 minutes Meet the Team Making TM Implementation an Effortless Endeavor Through a planned, partnered approach, NFI’s Transportation Management (TM) team implements solutions that get customers up and running with powerful network capabilities in a matter of weeks. In this video, team members Bill Wolfe and Darren Conner highlight how NFI is able to address complex implementation… Continue reading Transportation Management: Collaboratively Implementing Solutions
04/08/2021Transportation Management: Engineering for the Future Reading Time: 3 minutes Meet the TM Engineers Driving Customer Value They’re not supply chain engineers, they’re supply chain scientists. Calculated risk-taking and hands-on program design are enabling NFI’s Transportation Management team to customize solutions of the future for NFI customers. In this video, team members Felipe Molino and Kayla Broyles highlight how NFI is able to deliver custom,… Continue reading Transportation Management: Engineering for the Future
02/19/2021Supply Chain Mergers & Acquisitions 2021 Outlook Reading Time: 11 minutes Supply Chain Mergers & Acquisitions 2021 Outlook Featuring TJ Lynch, SVP Finance and Marketing at NFI What do you think will be in store for the market in 2021? The pandemic has had a pretty significant impact on M&A during this time period and there’s a couple of things that happened. Number one, companies that… Continue reading Supply Chain Mergers & Acquisitions 2021 Outlook
02/12/2021Supply Chain Technology 2021 Outlook Reading Time: 6 minutes Supply Chain Technology 2021 Outlook Featuring Gerard Darby, EVP, Chief Information Officer at NFI What do you think will be in store from an IT perspective in 2021? NFI is going to continue to grow quickly, which means we have to continue to evolve how nimble we are and how scalable we are making our… Continue reading Supply Chain Technology 2021 Outlook
02/10/2021Supply Chain Innovation 2021 Outlook Reading Time: 8 minutes Supply Chain Innovation 2021 Outlook Featuring Jimmy Shafer, SVP Integrated Design and Solutions at NFI What do you think will be in store for the logistics industry as a whole in 2021? Asset sharing, and sharing in general, of data and information is going to be at the forefront. Traditionally, that’s not something that has… Continue reading Supply Chain Innovation 2021 Outlook
02/08/2021Supply Chain Labor 2021 Outlook Reading Time: 4 minutes Supply Chain Labor 2021 Outlook Featuring Nancy Stefanowicz, EVP, Chief Human Resource Officer at NFI What do you think will be in store for the industry in 2021? All human resource (HR) professionals in 2020 have learned how to work through disruption. I think of 2008, the year the finance teams came into the forefront… Continue reading Supply Chain Labor 2021 Outlook