All articles tagged with “Supply Chain Cost”.
LCL (less-than-container-load) cargo arrives scattered. FCL (full-container-load) ships consolidated. The warehouse sits in the middle, running the consolidation math on dock-to-stock windows and drayage economics. Getting it wrong costs thousands per shipment.
Kenvue Canada's electric truck pilot cut diesel costs by 44.7% on Greater Toronto Area short-haul runs. That number is real and significant for the cost stack. But a 44% fuel saving doesn't solve the actual problem most importers face at the dock: unpredictable arrival windows, detention charges, and the fact that drayage is a small piece of landed cost when CBSA delays and warehousing dwells run long.
Your customs broker bill isn't one number — it's a stack of line items that most importers don't fully understand until they audit it. Understanding what you're paying for and why changes how you negotiate and structure your shipments.
CH Robinson's public safety commitment isn't PR window-dressing—it signals a shift in how major 3PLs are managing carrier risk and passing costs downstream. For Canadian importers and forwarders moving freight through Montreal, this means higher drayage minimums, tighter SLAs, and warehouse Montreal cost pressure in the near term. The question isn't whether safety matters; it's whether your operation is built to absorb the compliance overhead.