Supply Chain Matters

JULY 26, 2023

The Supply Chain Matters blog provides highlights of an announced tentative labor contract agreement between UPS and the Teamsters union, along with some implications. would be reclassified immediately to Regular Package Car Drivers and placed into seniority, ending an existing two-tier wage system. more per hour in 2023, and $7.50

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Supply Chain Matters

OCTOBER 26, 2022

After parcel carrier and logistics services provider FedEx stunned the investment community with a sudden across the board quarterly financial performance miss , all eyes were on this week’s quarterly report by rival UPS. The financial media headlines were summed up as a slight miss on revenues but topping expectations in profitability.

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Unleashed

JUNE 22, 2022

In this way fulfilment encompasses the end-to-end process of inventory storage to delivery and returns – as well as data analysis. If you’re looking at eCommerce fulfilment services, and confused about comparing apples with apples, let our practical guide help steer you towards the right decision for your business.

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Supply Chain Matters

JANUARY 17, 2023

The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group through its affiliate the Supply Chain Matters blog shares select individual prediction snapshots that are included in our annual 2023 predictions for industry and global supply chains research advisory. Background. West Coast , and later, U.S.

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Talking Logistics

AUGUST 29, 2014

With summer unofficially ending this weekend, and school starting next week, the clock is ticking on summer vacation. So let’s not waste any time and go straight to the news… Google tests drone deliveries in Australia (Financial Times). Newegg Launches Same-day Delivery Service. req’d)). Was it possible?

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 6, 2021

Some companies attacked the traditional supply chain from the producer end. Other companies entered the distribution channels from the retail end. Amazon did away with traditional retail altogether and sold a wide variety of products online. The future of distribution is changing more quickly every year.

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Kuebix

AUGUST 14, 2019

FedEx is breaking up with Amazon as the e-commerce giant continues to make waves in the shipping industry. The carrier announced that it will choose not to renew its ground freight contract with Amazon for any final mile delivery, effective September 2019.

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FLEXE

OCTOBER 10, 2017

And those front-end service upgrades have always been enabled by back-end supply chain enhancements. Housing each product category in a separate building required redundant end-to-end paths to market and limited the potential to scale. But if that were the only way to do business, we would be in a lot of trouble.

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FLEXE

MAY 12, 2017

Two decades of growth from Amazon, FedEx, UPS, DHL, and others have given rise to an expansive network of multi-modal shipping options and world class information systems. Fulfillment centers that can cost-effectively meet short lead times to the end customers. Customer demand that is predictable with manageable variability.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Past performance is not indicative of future results. This is not only true for financial investments, but also for supply chain and logistics predictions. Photo By: MAJ Aaron Haney. Here’s one of my predictions for 2016 that hit the mark: Blockchain Technology Will Make Its Debut in Supply Chain Management.

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