https://kbx.com/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:03:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://kbx.com/resources/cost-per-load-is-fine-total-cost-is-bleeding/#comment-69 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:03:12 +0000 https://kbx.com/?p=6210#comment-69 […] In the last issue I said supply chain is a cost center inside your own company. […]

]]> https://kbx.com/resources/how-georgia-pacific-cut-shipping-costs-by-57-with-kbx-logistics/#comment-68 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:47:44 +0000 https://kbx.zionandzion.com/?p=661#comment-68 […] we’ll say it. If rail makes more sense than truckload, we’ll model it. Georgia-Pacific™ cut shipping costs 57% by putting that kind of scrutiny across the […]

]]> https://kbx.com/resources/the-problem-with-the-tradiational-tms/#comment-67 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:47:28 +0000 https://kbx.com/?p=5288#comment-67 […] $126,400, and the license itself can be only about a quarter of a TMS’s total cost, before integration work starts piling […]

]]> https://kbx.com/resources/freight-cost-management-the-total-cost-view-beyond-the-rate/#comment-66 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:46:59 +0000 https://kbx.com/?p=5487#comment-66 […] and get a clean per-shipment price. That still doesn’t tell you what freight really costs. Accessorials, detention, expedites, and service failures have a habit of showing up after the rate sheet looks […]

]]> https://kbx.com/resources/you-dont-need-a-bigger-team-you-need-better-leverage/#comment-65 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:46:43 +0000 https://kbx.com/?p=5386#comment-65 […] you want to know how much of your freight operation is truly fixed, don’t start with carrier rates. Start with everything you’re still paying for when volume […]

]]> https://kbx.com/resources/freight-cost-management-the-total-cost-view-beyond-the-rate/#comment-64 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:15:57 +0000 https://kbx.com/?p=5487#comment-64 […] reaction time. Sphera found companies needed 8.7 hours to notice a disruption and more than 40 to understand the financial damage. Forty hours gives a small problem plenty of room to develop […]

]]> https://kbx.com/resources/why-low-cost-transportation-strategies-often-produce-the-highest-risk/#comment-63 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:14:41 +0000 https://kbx.com/?p=1820#comment-63 […] narrowed eligibility and forced states to revisit licenses already issued. Suddenly, some of the cheapest capacity didn’t look quite so […]

]]> https://kbx.com/resources/delivering-for-depcom-power-amid-hurricane-milton/#comment-62 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:14:14 +0000 https://kbx.zionandzion.com/?p=663#comment-62 […] the same thinking to work when Hurricane Milton threatened a 15,180-pound UPS enclosure headed for DEPCOM Power in Puerto Rico. We moved it by RoRo, kept another route ready, and delivered on […]

]]> https://kbx.com/resources/building-freight-resilience-why-hope-is-not-a-strategy/#comment-61 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 19:13:58 +0000 https://kbx.com/?p=1870#comment-61 […] piece looks at 2026. What stronger networks had in place heading into the year, and why hoping the next disruption lands somewhere else is still an inefficient way to run a supply […]

]]> https://kbx.com/resources/freight-cost-management-the-total-cost-view-beyond-the-rate/#comment-60 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:42:26 +0000 https://kbx.com/?p=5487#comment-60 […] transportation, warehousing, and inventory, and the discipline that survived all three jobs is Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Price the entire thing, every touch from factory to shelf, and then go to work on reducing the […]

]]> https://kbx.com/resources/freight-cost-management-the-total-cost-view-beyond-the-rate/#comment-59 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:30:27 +0000 https://kbx.com/?p=5487#comment-59 […] 1 and 2 are the ones your CFO expects to see. Rows 3 and 4 are the reason cost per load versus total freight cost tell you two different stories about the same […]

]]> https://kbx.com/resources/what-the-supreme-court-ruling-on-broker-liability-means-for-shippers/#comment-58 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:30:04 +0000 https://kbx.com/?p=5166#comment-58 […] v. Caribe Transport II that brokers can be sued under state law for hiring unsafe carriers. So how you vet carriers can now be something a plaintiff’s lawyer eventually reads out loud in court. Ask […]

]]> https://kbx.com/resources/how-to-build-an-outsourced-freight-roi-business-case/#comment-57 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:29:49 +0000 https://kbx.com/?p=2356#comment-57 […] Your business case needs those three years to get beyond hiring and software setup to the bills you’ll keep paying. Keep startup costs separate, and don’t add a service again elsewhere if it’s already included in the provider’s fee. A spreadsheet can overcharge you before a carrier ever gets the chance. […]

]]> https://kbx.com/resources/why-we-built-our-3pl-inside-a-125-billion-company-before-we-sold-it-to-anyone/#comment-56 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:07:18 +0000 https://kbx.com/?p=5985#comment-56 […] As I mentioned previously, we managed Koch’s freight for years before offering our services externally. This background allows us to be selective, and approach your freight differently than a broker would. […]

]]> https://kbx.com/resources/how-shippers-scale-transportation-without-scaling-costs/#comment-55 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:13:22 +0000 https://kbx.com/?p=1803#comment-55 […] A provider that moves freight at network scale does this homework daily without being asked, and one lane pair is enough to show […]

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