Warehouse or Corridor? Why Direct Shipments from Santiago Are Forcing a Hard Conversation Inside US Logistics Networks
The economics of third-party logistics in the United States were built on a set of assumptions about where inventory needed to live and how long it needed to sit. Direct express shipments from Santiago are beginning to challenge those assumptions at their foundation, and the companies feeling the pressure most acutely are not the importers—they are the 3PLs whose business models depend on inventory spending time in their buildings.