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Updated March 26,2019 An enterprise that reaches annual sales of $530 billion worldwide, the cosmetics and skin care industry is one that steadily toes the line between lucrative and ever-evolving. A market-driven business whose bottom line is directly affected by consumer demand, the storage and logistics of health and beauty products requires a facility that possesses a combination of skill, ad...

Recently, customer requirements have become increasingly more challenging, particularly due to their experiences with same-day or next day deliveries of packages to their homes. In response to ever-changing customer expectations, shippers are seeking any potential method that may improve the speed-to-market and accuracy of their shipments—all while lowering costs as much as possible. To meet suc...

January 10, 2019 | reJournal Transwestern brokered a 343,410-square-foot industrial building lease for ODW Logistics, Inc. at 5300 Proviso Drive in Melrose Park, Illinois. Senior vice president John Joyce, CCIM, represented the landlord, TSP Melrose Park LLC in the deal. “Distribution center tenants are expanding to meet growing business needs, especially in the O’Hare submarket,” said Joyce. “T...

There is truth to the old saying, “You can’t manage what you can’t measure.” This is the principle behind how using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) help improve your supply chain. If you’re a shipper working with a third party logistics provider (3PL), or just thinking about outsourcing, logistics KPIs are an effective tool for maximizing the performance of your entire logistics operation. The...

ODW Logistics has been named a Top 100 Trucker by Inbound Logistics in 2018. The editors selected this year's list from a pool of 300-plus trucking companies, evaluating surveys, conducting online research, and talking with shippers and truckers alike.  The full digital edition of the September 2018 Inbound Logistics issue can be found here:  https://resources.inboundlogistics.com/digital/issues/...