This article originally ran in The Supply Chain Brain on Feb. 6, 2023.
By Mary Lamie, Executive Director of St. Louis Regional Freightway.
The supply chain disruptions that have rocked the logistics industry over the past few years have made one thing abundantly clear: Infrastructure investment and innovation are key to supply chain resilience and efficiency. It takes both to create the redundancy and available capacity that are essential to keep freight moving, even when the unexpected occurs.
One area of investment has the potential to create additional capacity, and a new alternative for shippers.