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Dave Giblin discusses the strategies and tactics to fully optimize your transportation spend with FreightWaves TV.

There are cases in which owning a cold chain distribution center (DC) can make sense—such as a manufacturer or distributor with a large, steady customer. However, there can be benefits to leasing that better fit your business and strategy. Leasing allows food and beverage distributors to avoid the expense of owning physical cold chain facilities. By avoiding such large capital investments, they g...

Capacity crunches are nothing new. We see them every year, to a certain extent. In 2017, Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana in late August, followed by Hurricane Irma in Florida on Sept. 10. Hurricane Maria followed on the heels of Irma and became the second major storm to slam into multiple Caribbean islands and Puerto Rico. The sheer size of these storms and the number ...

Phil Schmidbauer of ODW Logistics speaks with Freightwaves TV and discusses data-driven supply chain strategies and the impact of COVID on the transportation industry. Watch the interview below: https://tv.freightwaves.com/videos/ws-06-23-2021

Brian is the Senior Director of Operations Excellence here at ODW Logistics. He will celebrate his 1 year anniversary with ODW this July. Brian graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a degree in Industrial Engineering. After graduating he spent roughly 8 years in manufacturing and the last 20 years in distribution. His 20 years in logistics has been comprised of consulting, food distribu...