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Amazon Expands Air Freight Services and Carrier Equity Stakes

Supply Chain Matters

These re-purposed aircraft will be converted from passenger to freighters by a Germany based firm and operated for the online retail provider by Hawaiian Airlines , which reportedly has this type of aircraft as part of its global fleet since 2010. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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This Week in Logistics News (October 29 – November 4)

Logistics Viewpoints

Driver shortage eases slightly in 2022 but relief likely temporary. The truck driver shortage eased slightly in 2022, after more than 90% of TL carriers raised pay last year, but the industry still faces its second-largest number of vacancies on record, American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello said Tuesday.

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This Week in Supply Chain Management Tech June 28 2022

Supply Chain Matters

Included in this June 29, 2022 edition are updates featuring the following providers: Logility and Starboard Solutions. Parcel transportation and logistics services provider FedEx and freight-tracking software company FourKites Inc. © Copyright 2022, The Ferrari Consulting and Research Group and the Supply Chain Matters® blog.

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Will the Inflation Reduction Act Reduce Supply Chain Costs?

Intelligent Audit

This, along with container shortages, drove up ocean freight spot rates and caused sporadic export delays. for the 12 months ending December 2021, the largest calendar-year increase since data were first calculated in 2010. How is Inflation affecting freight rates? As the first anniversary of the pandemic approached, U.S.

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Last-Mile Success - Closer and Faster

Cathy Roberson

The recent batch of retailers' earnings offers insights into the success that retailers are achieving in connecting the online and physical store, better known as omnichannel which was first coined around 2010. from Q4 2021 to Q1 2022 due to higher general rate increases and fuel surcharges. I wear a number of hats these days.

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Logistics at BR Williams

BR Williams Supply Chain Management

Some cool facts about our Logistics Division: It was created with just one employee on May 26 th , 2010. We moved our very first load of auto parts on June 3 rd , 2010, to Roanoke, VA. We use these principles, along with some creativity, to service our customers by moving their freight as efficiently as possible.

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Women in Logistics: Breaking Gender Roles in Leadership & Addressing the Talent Shortage

Intelligent Audit

Yet, according to WomeninTrucking.Org , the number of female drivers has risen by 88% since 2010. . Specifically, 9% of African American women and 22% of Asian American women have computing in freight positions, compared to 7% and 15% of their male counterparts. Additionally, there is a wage gap to consider.