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New Year, New Horizons: Transportation Industry Gets Ready to Take On 2023

Intelligent Audit

As FreightWaves reports, “UPS has informed its managers not to schedule any paid time off during July and August in case parcels are required to be moved.”. To help shippers save on costs in an increasingly expensive reverse logistics marketplace, FedEx has announced plans to launch a consolidated returns service. 15 press release.

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100+ Supply Chain Crisis Statistics: Raw Materials, Covid-19, Labor Shortages, and More

ToolsGroup

Increased Shipping Costs, Delays, and Transportation Issues. Dealing with the Shipping Container Crisis. 82% of people have concerns that the supply chain will ruin life plans, such as birthdays, vacations, holidays, and the purchasing of necessary items. Increased Prices Resulting from Shortages and Supply Chain Issues.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 9 – 15)

Logistics Viewpoints

It also provides predictive analytics that can tell the restaurant more about what kind of coffee its customers enjoy and when. UPS wants to ship packages in the metaverse. According to recent reports, Walmart has increased the number of digital orders coming from its stores by 170 percent in the last year.