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The Impending Ocean Carrier War on Last Mile Fulfillment

Freightos

More on Maerskā€™s transition to an end-to-end provider can be found in this 2020 report. Late 2021 saw Maersk continue to shift towards vertical integrations, with acquisition of Senator, a German freight forwarder for $644 million dollars. While Facebook is looking at virtual reality, Alibaba and Amazon are looking more at freight.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 27 ā€“ December 1, 2017)

Talking Logistics

Itā€™s December 1, the beginning of the end of 2017. Logility Acquires Halo Business Intelligence to Expand Advanced Analytics. Descartes Reports Fiscal 2018 Third Quarter Financial Results. Kane Is Able Purchases Vintners Logistics. How did we get here so fast? Shipping Networks (WSJ – sub.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 4-8, 2017)

Talking Logistics

freight trains in federal crosshairs after crashes: GAO (Reuters). As reported by the Wall Street Journal : United Parcel Service Inc. The company said on Wednesday ā€œthat soaring online purchases have caused delays in its distribution network,ā€ according to Reuters. Growing length of U.S. Just ask UPS and Walmart.

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The Data Behind Amazonā€™s Logistics and Fulfillment Play

Freightos

In his 2017 annual shareholder letter , Bezos lauded ā€œdivinely discontentā€ customers as innovation drivers. Not even B2B is spared from these changing expectations (which is why we at Freightos launched an online freight marketplace ). Thatā€™s not surprising, given that Amazonā€™s shipping costs grew from $11.5 Source: Amazon.com.

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Omnichannel is another Word for Complexity

Enterra Insights

Consumers now take the digital path to purchase more often than not; but, they donā€™t care what retailers call their shopping journey or what strategies companies use to make the shopping journey a seamless one. ” Once a consumer completes his or her digital path to purchase (i.e., ’ They simply just shop.”[1]

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Logistics, Innovation, and the Future

Enterra Insights

If consumers ever think about supply chains and how the items they desire manage to find their way into their homes, they likely picture fleets of trucks, trains, airplanes, and cargo ships ā€” the logistics part of supply chains. As modes of transportation improved and supply chains extended, logistics got more complicated and complex.

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Boom Time for the Shared Economy within Supply Chain

Logistics Bureau

There are many other instances of the shared economy within the supply chain domain, including the following: 1) Uber Freight. Launched in 2017, Uber Freight pairs truck drivers with shippers in a similar way that the companyā€™s ride-hailing app connects those looking for a ride with available drivers. million (AUD), up from $11.4