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For Chiquita Brands, moving 60 million boxes of pineapples and bananas from Central America to U.S. grocers each year is the easy part. The challenge is making sure its refrigerated ships and containers don't return without a payload.
If you're tempted to hire out some of those pesky non-core activities to an outside company, think twice, says Jim Tompkins. Unless you've developed a core competency in outsourcing itself, you could be worse off than when you started.
With truck and driver shortages wreaking havoc on their supply chains, some companies find themselves contemplating what was once unthinkable: starting their own fleets.
Signs have emerged in the last few months that point to a renaissance for the waterways. Frustrated by highway congestion and a shortage of trucks, shippers are giving the inland waterways another look.