Spring Isn’t Slow Season. It’s “Fix-It-Before-It-Gets-Crazy” Season. If you work in retail operations, you know the feeling. January feels urgent. February feels corrective. By March, things finally quiet down. And that’s exactly when problems start forming. Spring...
Third-Party Logistics (3PL)
Distribution Technology Named Sam’s Club 2026 Third-Party Partner of the Year
March 4, 2026 (Charlotte, NC) — Distribution Technology has been recognized by Sam’s Club Supply Chain as the 2026 Third-Party Partner of the Year, continuing a long-standing partnership built on performance, reliability, and operational excellence. This latest...
Building a Scalable Cross-Dock Network
Building a Scalable Cross-Dock Network: What Regional and National Retailers Should Expect From a 3PL Partner For regional and national retailers already operating cross-dock networks, the question is no longer whether cross-docking works. The real challenge is...
The Logistics of Candy Corn: How Seasonal Treats Get to Your Local Store
Every fall, shelves across America turn orange, yellow, and white as candy corn makes its annual comeback. It’s the unofficial mascot of Halloween season—a nostalgic favorite that appears overnight and vanishes just as quickly when November hits. But behind that...
The Critical Role of 3PL in Food Logistics
The Critical Role of 3PL in Food Logistics: Ensuring Freshness, Efficiency, and Compliance Optimizing Food Logistics with a 3PL Partner In today’s fast-paced supply chain, food logistics presents unique challenges that require precision, efficiency, and strict...
Comprehensive 3PL Services
Comprehensive 3PL Services: How Distribution Technology Will Deliver Excellence in 2025 As we begin 2025, logistics industry continues to demonstrate its dynamic nature through evolving customer demands and operational challenges. For businesses seeking to navigate...
3PLs Support Manufacturers’ Supply Chain
Manufacturing companies today must rely on increasingly complex supply chain logistics in a landscape that is frequently shifting. And the stakes are high. For manufacturers, lost time in the supply chain will always prove costly, potentially undermining all the good...
Shared Warehousing Benefits
As your business grows, your warehousing needs will grow with it – and so will the complexity of those needs. By necessity, modern warehousing is an intricately sophisticated operation that requires the right expertise, technology and equipment. An inefficiently...
Ecommerce Order Fulfillment: The Advantage of Outsourcing to a 3PL
Ecommerce has brought robust growth and exciting new opportunities for many companies, but it also has ushered in new, complex challenges. One of the key places where those challenges fall is fulfillment. Customer orders come in faster than ever, and those customers’...
Advantages of Asset-Based vs. Non-Asset Based 3PL Warehouses: Distribution Technology’s Edge
In the world of third-party logistics (3PL), the distinction between "asset-based" and "non-asset based" warehouses plays a pivotal role in shaping the efficiency, control over costs, and overall service quality provided to clients. At Distribution Technology, we take...









