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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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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 ). Source: Amazon.com. Thatā€™s not surprising, given that Amazonā€™s shipping costs grew from $11.5

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Blockchain has Potential

Enterra Insights

Tracking payment information, such as purchase orders. Managing freight transportation. She writes, “In most food-supply chains it might take weeks to figure out where it went from source to destination, and in some cases, the source may not be known, but on a blockchain, it takes just seconds.”[3]

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Greater Supply Chain Savings Thanks to Transportation Management

GlobalTranz

This involves the combination of data capture, analytic and dashboarding tools to make decisions easier. As a result, companies can realize better control of transportation networks and eliminate redundancies without risking a loss of product availability, while still cutting costs and boosting the bottom line.

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This Week in Logistics News (December 5-9, 2016)

Talking Logistics

The sky and whatā€™s beyond, an endless source of creativity and imagination for kids and adults alike. DAT’s Accelerated Freight Matching Launches with New Load Board App for Carriers and Paperless Onboarding Service for Brokers. R2 Freight & Logistics, Inc. One Network Delivers Real Time Value Network 17.0:

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Spire and Gravity Supply Chain solutions helping restore flow of goods

Gravity Supply Chain

Developing end-to-end supply chain management software, Gravity optimizes operations, mitigates risk, and controls costs. In 1956, manually loading a ship cost $5.86 per ton; the standardized container cut that cost to just 16 cents a ton … The U.S. billion metric tons as of 2017. One joint solution.

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6 Major Delivery Logistics Trends!

Supply Chain Game Changer

2017 was an important year for delivery logistics. On the other hand, customers are always aware of the status of their purchase and have the ability to interact with their driver directly if need be. Customers are increasingly demanding and worried about the supply chain behind their purchases. Subscribe Here! Email Address.