Warehousing services are a key component of the logistics and supply chain industry, providing a place for companies to store their products and materials. Warehousing companies offer a range of services, including storing, handling, and distributing goods. They may...
The past two years have seen a lot of chaos and challenges for pretty much everyone, but especially the logistics and transportation industries. COVID-19 and the ensuing challenges such as major supply chain hiccups, worker shortages, etc. will continue into 2022. ...
For our last 2021 trend blog, we will look at how our predictions for blockchain have developed over the year. As a reminder, in this 2021 trends blog, we said that blockchain would become more prevalent in supply chain management and logistics overall. What we found...
When COVID hit, the quarantine and ensuing issues did a lot of damage to many industries. The hospitality industry was probably one of the hardest hit, including many sub-industries that felt the crunch. One of the trends we predicted was that many industries that use...
When we made our annual predictions for the logistics industry in January, there were some trends that we were confident would happen, but with so much changing in our industry, it was hard to know exactly what some of them would look like. The trend related to...
This year's "holiday shopping weekend" is expected to be a little different this year compared to 2020 for one primary reason: the pandemic. Last year, many people stayed home and shopped online only, but as the Covid numbers are falling, the interest in going out to...
Even before the pandemic, ordering furniture and other housewares online was becoming increasingly popular. During the pandemic, deciding to redecorate or completely renovate a home has burgeoned. We deliver a lot of furniture all over Northwest Arkansas and Central...
Anyone who has shopped nearly anywhere in the United States lately has likely noticed higher prices on their favorite products. While inflation usually can't be attributed to just one thing, officials in various industries – from retail to manufacturing – agree that...
Dave Pointer has been a valued member of the On Time Logistics team for five years and was declared our Star Driver in July. We featured him on our blog in 2017 but wanted to catch up with him and find out what he’s been up to lately. Dave is one of our regular...
When we predicted at the start of the new year that COVID-19 would continue to affect the logistics industry, even then, we called it a “no-brainer.” Today, we are focusing on how this prediction has proven true about two years after the virus started showing up in...