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Choo-Choo Your Way to Logistics Dominance: 5 Surprising Perks of Rail Transport

August 28th, 2024 Brown Distribution Centers Written By: Mark Hughes, VP of Domestic Operations at Brown Distribution Centers When moving goods, businesses often default to more traditional shipping methods like trucks or air freight. But savvy logisticians know there’s a hidden gem waiting to revolutionize your supply chain: rail transportation. This workhorse mode of transport may…

Warehouse Woes? Here’s 5 Ways to Wrangle Your Wild Supply Chain!

August 21st, 2024 Brown Distribution Centers Written By: Mark Hughes, VP of Domestic Operations at Brown Distribution Centers Running a warehouse is like herding cats in a tornado – chaotic and full of surprises. Let’s dive into some common nightmares and their not-so-serious solutions: 1: The “Where’s Waldo?” of Inventory Problem:…

Manufacturing Drawback: A Guide to Recovering Your Company’s Money

August 15, 2024 Rogers & Brown Written By: Beth Morris, VP of Compliance at Rogers & Brown What is Manufacturing Drawback? Manufacturing drawback provides companies with an opportunity to recover certain duties, taxes, and fees paid on imported raw materials or components when those materials or components are manufactured into new articles or made fit…

Is Your Warehouse a War Zone? 5 Hilarious Signs It’s Time to Outsource

August 8th, 2024 Brown Distribution Centers Written By: Mark Hughes, VP of Domestic Operations at Brown Distribution Centers Is your warehouse bursting at the seams? It’s time to let someone else deal with the chaos! Let’s face it: running a business is hard enough without playing Tetris with your inventory. Here are 5 signs that…

Mexico Tops List of U.S. Trade Partners in 2023

August 1st 2024 Rogers & Brown Written By: Raymond Kelley, President of Rogers & Brown Key Trade Trends: Growth, Declines, and North American Dominance In 2023, The United States did $5.1 trillion of overall trade with the world. This was down 3.9% from the previous year when it did just over $5.3 trillion in trade….

Utilizing Technology to Manage Your Supply Chain Visibility

July 25th 2024 Rogers & Brown Written By: Gabe McGann, VP of International Operations Managing Your Supply Chain in an Evolving Technological Environment As we move forward into a world where technological advances seemingly offer something new each day, I constantly run into the issue with clients where too many tools can create more problems…

Transportation (as a Function of Freight Forwarding)

July 17th 2024 Rogers & Brown Written By: Wallace Hester, Director of Sales at Rogers & Brown Our previous articles associated with freight forwarding have described the various functions that go into forwarding, reviewed the general pricing structure for those functions/services, and discussed how forwarding services can also include not just transportation arrangement (“forwarding”) but…

Inventory Management Strategies: Why Are They Important?

July 10th 2024 Brown Distribution Centers Written By: Mark Hughes, VP of Domestic Operations at Brown Distribution Centers What are Inventory Management Strategies? Why are they important? How can my company benefit from utilizing these strategies? Inventory management strategies are crucial for businesses across various industries. They help optimize inventory levels, reduce costs, improve customer service, and…

U.S. Imports: Inspections and Examinations

July 3rd 2024 Rogers & Brown Written By: Lori Mullins, Director of Operations at Rogers & Brown What are the different U.S. Import inspections and examinations? Who is responsible for paying these fees? How can my company avoid these? U.S. imports are required to pass through multiple government agencies and processing layers that could cause…

What is Duty Drawback? Explaining Unused Merchandise Drawback

June 26th 2024 Rogers & Brown Written By: Beth Morris, VP of Compliance at Rogers and Brown Can my company benefit from duty drawback? How do I file a duty drawback claim? What is Duty Drawback? Duty drawback allows companies to claim refunds on specific duties, taxes, and fees paid on goods imported into the…