Frank P. Crivello

E-commerce consumers want two-day shipping, and they want it to be affordable. Amazon spent a decade normalizing the idea of fast and free shipping, and now online shoppers have the same expectation for all goods ... Read More

Many experienced manufacturing stakeholders might not take rumors about reshoring seriously. Though business media has touted a growing manufacturing renaissance for many years, the U.S. industrial sector has yet to see much in the way ... Read More

While there is no shortage of demand for industrial real estate in the United States, supply won’t catch up with that demand any time soon. Though COVID-19 fueled a massive shift toward e-commerce, shoppers are expected to keep buying ... Read More

The complexity of the modern supply chain requires agility and advanced capabilities that can keep goods moving and avoid catastrophic disruptions. Dealing with the continuous impact of COVID-19 on the supply chain requires the ability ... Read More

Most grocery sellers found themselves ill-prepared for the dramatic shift to online shopping that occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and these businesses have spent the last year and a half struggling to implement affordable ... Read More

While other commercial real estate (CRE) sectors struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic, industrial real estate barely stumbled at all. As shoppers shifted their purchases online to avoid crowded stores, the ensuing eCommerce boom created a ... Read More

Supply chain best practices have trended toward Lean inventory and production models for decades. The basis of modern Lean practices began with the development of the Toyota Production System in the mid-20th century, with one of ... Read More

Ongoing supply chain disruptions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic have caused American companies to consider reshoring production and logistics assets to U.S. soil. The Biden administration has openly supported these initiatives in its 2022 budget ... Read More

As industrial business leaders and property owners focus on their own operations, it’s sometimes easy to forget that all businesses exist as part of a larger community. Without the support of the cities and towns they ... Read More

In a flexible warehousing arrangement, the hiring company—often an e-commerce or omnichannel retailer—hires a warehousing provider to handle distribution and fulfillment operations. As the name indicates, the difference between flexible warehousing and standard contract warehousing ... Read More