C.H. Robinson is one of the largest 3PL companies in the world. Their geographic reach does not know a limit, and they have many forms of transportation. C.H. Robinson started as a wholesale produce brokerage house and has turned into one of the largest third party logistics (3PL) companies in the world. C.H. Robinson was founded by Charles Henry Robinson in 1905. Charles has been described by some as hard-working, flexible, and service-oriented which set the tone for his business venture. C.H. Robinson aims to stay close to the market and meet every challenge with innovation, employs the best technology and talented, empowered employees. As the supply chain industry continues to grow and change their commitment to success and providing exceptional value remains unchanged. C.H. Robinson has thrived as the transportation industry evolved, from the introduction of the first non-ice-based refrigerated truck in 1939 to the building of the interstate highway system starting in 1945 all the way to transportation deregulation in 1980. Because produce freight was exempt from many of the transportation regulations in place prior to 1980, C.H. Robinson’s early roots in the produce industry gave the company a head start on developing strong business relationships, expertise, and supply chain solutions. C.H. Robinson is made up of many different subsidiaries located around the world. There are more than twenty subsidiaries all in all that make up the company, C.H. Robinson. The location for the subsidiary offices include the headquarters based in Minneapolis, as well as offices in China, Hong Kong, and Argentina. One can see how much global influence C.H. Robinson has solely based on the large geographic stretch of their offices. While C.H. Robinson utilizes every mode of transportation including road, rail, air, and water; the company maintains that “over the road” transportation is the company’s area of expertise. “Over the road” transportation involves all those activities traveling over main roads either by rail car or by truck. C.H. Robinson prides itself in its ability to move large amounts of weight by rail or truck for a good price. Not only does C.H. Robinson provide a good price for its customers, it also does not limit its customers in geographic scope of delivery. C.H. Robinson has the ability to deliver shipments all around the world. Because of its huge geographic scope, C.H. Robinson has created an advantage amongst itself and other 3PL companies. C.H. Robinson provides many different services to its customers. C.H. Robinson’s services include over the road, or land, transportation, rail and intermodal transportation, as well as transportation by air and water. C.H. Robinson is not limited in its ability to move any type of cargo to any geographic region. C.H. Robinson also offers a project logistics service in which the company helps its clients with their overarching dimensions of business and sub categories such as break bulk. Due to C.H. Robinson’s massive company size and global reach, they have no shortage of competitors or customers they work against or with every day. C.H. Robinson competes with every logistics company in the world to some degree. Most of the companies C.H. Robinson genuinely competes with are very large in both size and market strength. These competitors include companies such as FedEx, JB Hunt Transportation Services, and Royal Mail PLC. C.H. Robinson must maintain a high level of efficiency and customer satisfaction in order to maintain their market share. C.H. Robinson maintains a healthy piece of market share in the logistics industry, however, there are companies whose scope is much larger than that of C.H. Robinson’s. These companies include Un