If you are shipping to downtown Toronto during the week between 21st - 28th please let your customers know that there will be no way to guarantee anything over that time. I've compiled a couple of links below that may help with organizing around this event. Officially the event is from June 25-27, and the restricted areas will include Spadina - Yonge and from King to Queens Quay.

The 3PL world can be very confusing for anyone who is interested in potentially outsourcing their logistics needs. Questions abound and there are hundreds of possible solutions. Once you've decided to move forward, some of the more common questions are: - Which provider should I use and what's the difference between them? - What are the costs for doing this and how do I go about setting this up? - Will I lose the visibility of my product and become just another customer in the vast sea of accounts that the company I go with services? How do I know that I'll get the attention that I need from my provider?

McKenna Logistics Centres, a leading Canadian provider of logistics services, are happy to announce that we will be making the switch from printed invoices to electronic invoices for our customers around the world. With a simple conversion process, customers will easily be switched over from paper invoicing to eInvoicing and reap the following benefits:

Demand for E-tail Internet Order Fulfillment in the Logistics Industry In an increasingly competitive global marketplace, it is extremely important for businesses to embrace the latest methods and trends to conduct their business. With the advancement of technology, specifically the Internet, businesses have discovered new avenues of opportunity by improving the transactions of traditional business models in terms of efficiency, productivity, profitability, and competitiveness. The impact of E-commerce, and subsequent growth of B2C transactions (business to consumer) means that an efficient and cost effective order fulfillment model is more necessary than ever.

If you take off your logistics professional hat for a minute then you can better see the challenges that surround home and houseware products. Open any newspaper or flyer, listen to any TV or radio ad, walk into any big box store or retail boutique and you are inundated with an incredible number of options of nice to have or improved function products for the home. Everyone knows there are a few thousand manufactures of knives, toasters, chairs, garden hoses etc. out there but if you asked anyone on the street for a brand name they can probably only name one or two; and most likely they will throw the name of a gimmick product rather than the top of line. Think SlapChop. Also, the retail giants are not specialized any more in catering to a specific part of the house; Canadian Tire is no longer a big hardware store, WalMart is now very successful in food and Costco will sell anything that fits on its shelves, in bulk.

How to Hit a Homerun with your 3PL As a logistics company that handles thousands of units of athletic products ranging from bikes to snowboards to hockey and baseball equipment, McKenna Logistics has tons of “games played” when dealing with sporting goods logistics. Not only do we have the experience that comes from handling the tough ground balls, […]