Multichannel Merchant

APRIL 7, 2022

The call for sustainable shipping is getting real. The transportation sector is the largest U.S. Pressure is coming from all sides for companies to adopt more sustainable shipping practices. Here actions you can take now to improve your sustainable shipping. Work Toward a Sustainable Shipping Certification.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JANUARY 12, 2024

As a New England Patriots fan, this season was certainly disappointing, as everything seemed to go wrong, except for landing a top-3 draft pick in 2024. DHL Group does not operate ships but it uses them to transport containers. This milestone demonstrates the port’s commitment to supporting sustainability in Virginia.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

JANUARY 3, 2024

Regional supply chains will be shorter and more localised, enabling companies to benefit from reduced lead times, freight costs and emissions, at the same time as increasing control, responsiveness and resilience. Sustainability Everyone is now ever-more conscious of climate change and the importance of the sustainability agenda.

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Logility

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Although inflation has eased in many countries over the past summer, CPG prices are still rising faster than real wages and showing no signs of leveling off in 2024. In addition, a considerable portion of freight transportation expenses continues to soar as diesel fuel costs surge by 20% year over year.

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Freightera

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Freightera’s CEO, Eric Beckwitt Gives His Predictions on The Trends in Sustainability in 2024. Although interest rates are widely predicted to fall in 2024, and the freight recession may end, the multi-decade trend of moving manufacturing overseas, especially to China, may be largely over.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 30, 2021

In other sustainability news, the InBev 100+ Accelerator is adding some big-name companies: Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, and Unilever. The 100+ Accelerator was launched in 2018 as a global incubator program to help solve supply chain challenges across water stewardship, circular economy, sustainable agriculture, and climate action.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 4, 2024

In addition, Spinnaker SCA’s offerings will augment Publicis Sapient’s capabilities around advanced AI/ML analytics, supply chain digital twins, data solutions, warehouse management, transportation management and expanded digital sustain services. All rights reserved.

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Supply Chain Matters

APRIL 14, 2023

Reportedly, capital raised in this latest round to accelerate product innovation, including insights and tracking related to ESG and sustainability risks across a company’s extended supply chain. The company’s technology aims to provide a holistic approach to transport management. while securing a $5.4

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 4, 2023

The Teamsters union has already said it is “putting infrastructure in place to help affected members get the assistance they need to find good union jobs throughout freight and other industries.” Walmart puts its students up in a hotel and transports them back and forth to the training center while they continue to be paid.

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American Global Logistics

JANUARY 10, 2024

The old status quo cannot manage these disruptions in the 2024 supply chain. To get ahead of these tectonic shifts, identifying emerging trends will help you navigate the coming 2024 supply chain changes. Supply Chain Management With disruptions likely to persist in 2024, developing supply chain resilience and agility will be crucial.

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Logistics Viewpoints

APRIL 29, 2022

Earth Day roundup: companies announce sustainability goals. Bank of America sounding the alarm on collapsing freight demand. Here are some of the higher profile announcements around sustainability initiatives: AIT Worldwide Logistics set a net-zero emissions target for 2035 in its first sustainability report.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 6, 2023

So, when it comes to sustainability, we should be focusing on reducing emissions in the ocean that can kill off plant life. They have pushed through annual general rate increases of more than 30% from 2019 to 2024, and are often nearly lock step on pricing. Postal Service and Amazon, UPS and FedEx dominate the U.S.

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Unleashed

MARCH 25, 2024

This is the secret to sustainable growth and higher profits. Consolidation warehousing is a strategy that allows your business to reduce transportation costs and improve customer service by combining shipments from various sources into a single truckload. There are two types of consolidation warehouses: third-party and private.

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The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

MARCH 22, 2022

If we take a closer look, we can see that global aviation, including domestic and international; passenger and freight accounts for 2.5% Quicker transports have, in turn, helped the expansion of international trade and globalization. Today about 90% of non-bulk cargo worldwide is transported by a container. Coming clean.

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Logistics Viewpoints

JUNE 30, 2023

Loadsmith says its newly formed entity, Loadsmith Transportation, is the first freight transportation company built specifically for self-driving trucks. The home improvement retailer expects to complete the effort in fiscal year 2024. This will certainly be an interesting trend to watch.

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Intelligent Audit

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Being able to reduce transportation costs requires managers to focus on ways to boost overall return on investment (ROI). For example, Gartner reports “By the end of 2024, 75% of enterprises will shift from piloting to operationalizing AI, driving a 5X increase in streaming data and analytics infrastructures. Think about it.

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Stord

MAY 8, 2024

Facing fluctuating costs of freight and increasing costs of parcel, warehousing, and labor requires improved inventory forecasting and more strategic thought for inventory placement across a network of fulfillment capacity. Growth will always be an essential driver of success, in 2024 and beyond.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Starting in 2024, Amazon will require suppliers to share their emissions data , set emissions goals, and report on their progress, the e-commerce giant said in its recently released sustainability report. In 2022, there were at least 22 workplace injuries at DHL’s CVG operations that required transport to a hospital or emergency room.

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Elementum

AUGUST 11, 2016

The global trucking industry is currently facing two great challenges for sustainability: to transport a significantly higher volume of goods, and to further develop new means of delivery concepts. Trucking is the main means for freight transportation in the United States. Overview of Trucking in the U.S.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 18, 2024

Last week, The Biden-Harris Administration released the National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy to “guide the deployment of zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicle (ZE-MHDV) charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure from 2024 to 2040.”

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Unleashed

JUNE 23, 2021

Sustainable supply chains. for the 2020-2024 period), but to also help businesses move on from the pandemic. This means faster shipping times, and lower transport costs. Reduced carbon footprint: Cutting your freight times doesn’t just save money, it lowers your impact on the environment too. billion by 2024 (up from $14.9

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Logistics Viewpoints

MARCH 22, 2024

commercial truck fleet would require nearly $1 trillion in infrastructure investment alone, according to a new report from Roland Berger released today by the Clean Freight Coalition. The $2,500 spread between spot market rates and long-term freight contract rates for Asia to U.S. Intel wins $19.5 Full electrification of the U.S.

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Logistics Viewpoints

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

McDonald’s pledges to offer more sustainable Happy Meal toys. According to FedEx, the tight labor market added $450 million to costs, including increased overtime, higher wages to attract workers, and extra spending on transportation. This is adding expenses for new truck routes and additional third-party transportation companies.

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Logistics Viewpoints

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Failure to reach an accord by October 31 would mean that levies on $10 billion of exports between the EU and US would automatically come back into force at the start of 2024. Uber Freight and others that are testing autonomous big rigs in Texas and surrounding states. billion of goods stuck waiting in Mexico. Maersk joins FedEx Corp.,

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