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Why the Great Driver Shortage Is Now Top of Mind for Shippers & a Driver of a Capacity Crunch

GlobalTranz

In fact, the truck driver shortage is expected to double to 100,000 in the next five years, but other industry experts, reports Iris Kuo of Trucks.com , suggest actual worsening could be as high as 200,000 unfilled positions by 2026. percent by the end of the third-quarter in 2017.

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Technology Support in Integrated Business Planning: Automation, Augmentation and Human Centricity

Supply Chain Trend

IBP can support a company’s vision by positively influencing its values and behaviors, thus actively shaping the company’s culture (Van Hove, 2017). In my benchmark survey (Van Hove, 2017), only 25% of survey participants answered yes to the question ‘ We have a relentless focus on only what is important for long term business objectives ’.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 31 – January 6)

Logistics Viewpoints

“Customers will buy five items and return one, but when they package the one item, they use the same box the five items were originally shipped in,” explains Ryan Kelly, vice president of e-commerce and alliance marketing at FedEx. Then, you need to get your packages ready and attach a prepaid shipping label to them.

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Cross border eCommerce: How viable is the model for Indian consumers and retailers

Vinculum

The Indian eCommerce market is expected to grow to $200 billion by 2026 from $38.5 billion in 2017. Cross-border commerce products tend to be pricey, and there are shipping, and other cost components also associated with them. Heavy reliance on domestic retailers due to lack of online infrastructure facilities.

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Guide to warehouse robots: types of warehouse robots, uses, navigation & more

6 River Systems

between 2017 and 2022, reaching $6 billion in value by 2022 , with the U.S. We’ve created this guide to provide an overview of the warehouse robotics market, the types of warehouse robots, their functions, use cases and other information warehouse operators need to know to make informed technology investments.

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eCommerce Business Explained: How To Sell Products Online

Unleashed

And it’s making strides: experts estimate that global eCommerce sales will reach $8 trillion (USD) by 2026. Popular categories include business software, office supplies, construction materials, and shipping services. Businesses engaged in D2C selling manage their own marketing, sales, and shipping.