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Greener Shopping and Shipping: The Rise of Carbon Neutral e-Commerce Delivery

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Barbara Schielke Chief HR & CSR Officer for Asendia explains how carbon offsetting, emissions reporting per parcel, and supply chain efficiencies are helping retailers green their e-commerce fulfilment. Nearly half (49%) stated they would prefer their cross-border parcels to be carbon neutral.

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Cardinal Health Invests in Visibility to Improve Agility

Logistics Viewpoints

Across their inbound and outbound supply chains the goods are transported by air, ocean, rail, truckload, less-than-truckload, parcel, and even couriers. Cardinal Health wanted real-time visibility across all those modes. While the goal is real-time visibility, that is in part mode dependent. This is a win-win project.

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How to Choose the Right Shipping Boxes!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Boxes are essential in ensuring that your items arrive safely at someone’s doorstep or parcel boxes. Aside from having a parcel delivery box for safety, the right kind of box is essential. Usually, homeowners install a parcel delivery box for increased safety. But, not all households have a parcel delivery box.

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Small Parcel Shipping: Best Practices for eCommerce Merchants

Ware2Go

Understanding the differences between small parcel and freight shipping allows fast growing eCommerce sellers to reduce shipping costs and maximize profitability. One way to minimize shipping costs is understanding the differences between small parcel and freight delivery. What Is Small Parcel Shipping? What Is Freight Shipping?

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What Should Shippers Do to Prepare for Parcel General Rate Increases to Keep Total Transportation Spend in Check?

Intelligent Audit

However, this time of year brings stress for shippers with parcel general rate increase and deciding which carrier to use. Looking at the market as a whole, “Global Courier, Express, and Parcel market size is estimated to grow at CAGR of 7% with USD 141.05 What Are Parcel General Rate Increases?

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10 Reasons the Retail Industry Should Invest in a Last-Mile Delivery Solution

The Logistics of Logistics

As pointed out by Insider Intelligence , “ With crowdsource technology, retailers, logistics partners, and consumers can connect directly with local, non-professional couriers who use their own transportation to make deliveries. The Last-Mile in Retail Is More Costly Than Any Other Mode. Minor issues can lead to significant delays.

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FOSC: Collaboration drives last-mile success

The Logistics of Logistics

All these things are cyclical and I’ve been around long enough to see what goes up comes down, especially in the e-commerce parcel space,” she said. The solution matches any size order to an ecosystem of carriers, couriers and internal fleets to meet customer-specific SLAs.