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This Week in Logistics News (April 27 – May 3)

Logistics Viewpoints

in push for freight decarbonization China e-commerce exports, unreliable Red Sea shipping boost air cargo Sephora is expanding its take-back and refillables programs Amazon announced that it delivered to Prime subscribers at its “fastest speed ever” in its quarterly earnings on Tuesday. The initiative is allocating nearly $1.5

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Welcome to the Supply Chain where the Risks Never Stop Coming

Enterra Insights

2018 challenged them in new ways, and 2019 is shaping up to present continued uncertainty as long-standing trade relationships are reconfigured.” ”[2] He adds, “According to Control Risks, an international consultancy, there are five major global risks for 2019.” “Hold on tight.”[2] ” 7.

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Saving the Smart City Future

Enterra Insights

This helps city authorities to intelligently manage their assets, increase efficiencies, revolutionize transport, reduce costs, and in theory, enhance overall quality of life for residents.” Even so, Kaplan discusses how using resources wisely and improving the quality of life for urban residents are important.

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Bend but Don’t Break: 3 Issues Facing Today’s Supply Chain

QAD

Demand for certain life science products impacting the delivery of quality healthcare. Transportation and Distribution. A third major disruptor to supply chains today is transportation and distribution. COVID-19 accelerated e-commerce, with sales growing from $598 billion in 2019 to $861 billion in 2020 — a 44% increase.

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Five Ways to Reduce Driver Churn Rates in the Trucking Business

Turvo

Historically, as evidenced by a 2019 poll by the American Transportation Research Institute, turnover rates in the trucking business are substantially greater than in most occupations (ATRI). One of the top ten issues raised by transportation CEOs in the poll was driver retention.

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Freight Market Update and Q2 Trucking Outlook

Zipline Logistics

But that figure still represents a growth of about 8% when compared to 2019. Katie Denis, the vice president of industry narrative at the CBA, spoke to Transport Topics recently, stating , “I think the ongoing demand to me breaks down into short-term and long-term behavior. “It’s pretty heavy.

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All The Supply Chain News You Need To Know 2.18-2.22

Freight Plus

While a seasonally weak winter has led to lower spot rates in 2019, load-to-truck ratios are up 3.5%. It’s absolutely ridiculous,” said Jeff Shefchik, president of Paper Transport Inc. Cargo thefts down 19% in 2018 but California still leads pack. Last year 592 cargo thefts were reported with an average cost of $142,342.