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Last Mile Distribution News: January 10, 2020

Stord

Friday, January 10, 2020 Warehouse Automation Startups Gaining Traction High consumer expectations for fast deliveries are prompting retailers to turn toward automation to help speed up distribution. Since 2015, $1.2 Almost 28% of warehouses globally are expected to be using commercial robots by 2025, up from just 3% in 2018.

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Lingering Port Congestion with Paul Brashier

The Logistics of Logistics

Paul Brashier and Joe Lynch discuss lingering port congestion and other issues causing shipping delays. Joining ITS Logistics in 2015, Brashier created and elevated the drayage and intermodal division to #11 in the United States to over $300 million in revenue. Tusk save Shippers 40% or more on small parcel shipping.

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Your Favorite Posts of 2015

The Network Effect

This is the World’s Largest Container Ship… And It’s Massive. Why “Distributed Order Management” is a Top Retail Trend and Why You Should Care. The post Your Favorite Posts of 2015 appeared first on The Network Effect. Pull in Your Supply Chain…What’s the Difference?

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6 Questions To Ask 3rd Party Logistics Companies for 2015 and Beyond

GlobalTranz

With an ever-increasing pool of third-party logistics (3PL) providers to outsource shipping needs to, understanding how to select the best 3PL is the difference between reaching your existing customers and gaining a new market share. Fortunately, selecting a 3PL for 2015 and beyond can be broken down into six specific questions.

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The 8 Personas of Highly Effective Leaders

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

We were expected to stay in our silos and focus on ‘making, packing, shipping’ flawlessly. APAC is a rapidly growing $7+ Billion business – the end-to-end network encompasses over 1000 suppliers; 50+ manufacturing operations; over 25 Distribution Centers and 1000+ customers in 20 markets.

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This Week in Logistics News (April 20-24, 2015)

Talking Logistics

Lots of supply chain and logistics news this week, so let’s go straight to the items that caught my attention: Amazon now ships to your Audi’s trunk ( USA Today ). Manhattan Associates Reports Record First Quarter 2015 Performance. Ryder Reports Record First Quarter 2015 Results. SAP Announces First Quarter 2015 Results.

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Google Will Acquire a 3PL – And Other Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2015

Talking Logistics

That will be in 2015, after the peak of oil [supply].”. 2015 is less than three weeks away, and a barrel of Brent crude oil is $65.70 million bbl/d in 2015.” . Shipping and delivery capabilities become even bigger competitive weapons. If you want that oil, that’s what you will have to pay for it.