Top Shipping and Logistics Tradeshows and Conventions

Looking to streamline your distribution channels or network with top 3pl companies and carriers around the world? We've put together a quick list of some of the top trade shows and conventions to do just that.  Also, don't hesitate to contact us if you need help shipping trade show materials or to help streamline your supply chain channels!  We've got technology to simplify even the toughest supply chains, click here.


CSCMP Annual Global Conference: This conference offers supply chain management professionals education and growth opportunities in order to improve efficiency and enable cost effective supply chain solutions.  

Eye For Transport Logistics Convention: Eye for transport is a leading online resource for logistics and transportation news.  They also offer numerous networking events, including their annual summit for transportation and logistics practitioners.  

Warehousing Education and Research Summit: This summit focuses on warehousing and logistics.  The conference has approximately 1,000 attendees.  These attendees are 90% managers, supervisors, and C-level executives.  Topics include cost-cutting, customer service, disaster response, environment, equipment, human resources, legal issues, metrics, safety, security, and technology.

International Warehouse Logistics Association: IWLA is also a warehousing and logistics association.  Professionals operate both nationally and internationally providing real solutions for top companies around the world.  Their convention and expo allows you to reach real 3pl buyers.

Supply Chain and Logistics North American Summit: Here you'll find vice presidents, directors, managers and other senior-level decision makers with responsibilities including: Supply chain management and strategy, procurement and purchasing, transportation and logistics, distribution and fulfillment, warehousing and material management, operations, forecasting, sales and operational planning, sustainability and performance management.

Retail Supply Chain Conference - Logistics:  This conference is a little different from the rest. It focuses on retail and consumer product executives in logistics, distribution and supply chain management.  Nearly 1,400 attendees gather annually.

Enterprise Truckload Solutions

Full truckload and enterprise truckload solutions can seem foreign to many small business professionals unseasoned in transportation logistics.  Stream lining your supply chain and transportation spending can save companies a significant amount of money. 

A third party logistics company can assist in finding you the right carrier, type of truck and trucking route for your shipment.  Brokers like FreightCenter.com can also save you money by providing huge volume discounts on your shipments.   We negotiate with carriers based on our large number of shipments and then pass these savings on to you.  Freight agents also walk you through the process, providing specialized trucks like refrigerated trucks, flat beds or heavy haul trucks depending on your organization’s transportation needs.

An often misunderstood concept in supply chain management is the need to reduce trucking transportation costs.  More often than not managers who want to reduce supply chain costs need to increase their transportation spending.  Spending more on transportation allows you to efficiently reduce your inventory.  FreightCenter.com can work with organizations one on one to determine where there supply chain is lacking and what cost saving methods can be applied.

Any company can benefit from FreightCenter’s enterprise truckload solutions.  Having a national supplier for all of your transportation needs can be a huge cost saver. The fewer vendors and carriers you use the higher your bulk discounts will be.

Visit FreightCenter to get a quote and learn more about our supply chain logistics and full truckload solutions or get one on one customer care from a freight agent.  

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