___________________________________________________________________________________ Supply Chain Resilience
How managed transportation builds resilience
There are four areas where a managed transportation model meaningfully strengthens a food company’ s freight network.
Diversified, vetted carrier capacity. A managed provider maintains relationships across a wide carrier base, including regional specialists, reefer-dedicated fleets, and assetlight brokers. When a primary carrier falls out on a lane, alternatives are already qualified and ready. For temperature-controlled freight in particular, having pre-vetted backup capacity isn’ t a nice-to-have: it’ s the difference between a delivery and a claim.
The data on what structured logistics partnerships actually deliver is worth noting here. The 2025 Annual Third-Party Logistics Study from NTT DATA, Penn State University, and Penske Logistics found that 82 percent of shippers reported improved customer service through 3PL partnerships,
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